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Phil Heath
American
Athlete
Born:
Dec 18
,
1979
Day
Me
Myself
People
Time
You
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It can be 10 people or thousands of people: I want them to see something special. I want them to say, 'I saw the best in the world at something,' and maybe that will inspire them to go do something in their life with the same vigor.
Phil Heath
Life
Best
People
World
Inspire
Will
Saw
Say
Thousands
Thousands Of People
See
Something
Something Special
Go
Same
Maybe
Want
Them
Special
Vigor
There are days when I don't count sets at all, but then there are some days when I have to realize that I don't want to overwork because I still have an hour of cardio ahead of me or another training session later that day.
Phil Heath
Day
Me
Training
Sets
Later
Some
Count
Days
Hour
Another
Because
Still
Overwork
Want
Realize
Then
Cardio
Session
When it comes to personal appearance, people are quick to cast judgment on people who look better than them. It's part of the human inferiority complex.
Phil Heath
People
Inferiority
Better
Judgment
Complex
Cast
Part
Look
Quick
Than
Inferiority Complex
Personal
Human
Them
Who
Appearance
I've actually read that isolation is the enemy, so why do that to myself?
Phil Heath
Myself
Enemy
Isolation
Read
Why
Actually
I definitely stay on top of my Vitamin C.
Phil Heath
Top
Definitely
Stay
You can't be around people who appease you all the time.
Phil Heath
Time
You
People
Around
Who
Appease
I stick to bread-and-butter bodybuilding. I hit my muscles from various angles, work on bringing up any weaknesses, and design workouts that are always challenging and helping me progress.
Phil Heath
Work
Me
Progress
Design
Weaknesses
Angles
Various
Stick
Always
Up
Hit
Any
Bodybuilding
Workouts
Helping
Challenging
Bringing
Muscles
Do cardio throughout the year at least three days a week for at least 30-40 minutes, whether it be first thing in the morning on an empty stomach or after a post-workout protein shake. Cardio won't kill your gains as much as you think; you'll see how much muscle you really have.
Phil Heath
Morning
You
Three
First
Year
Think
See
Minutes
Shake
Week
Throughout
Days
Protein
Empty
First Thing
Empty Stomach
How
Least
How Much
Stomach
After
Whether
Gains
Much
Really
Your
Thing
Cardio
Muscle
Every so often, I'll look at myself in the mirror and go, 'You're a bad mother,' you know? Like, 'You're a bad dude, man, and you're gonna show the world who you are when the time is right.'
Phil Heath
Time
Myself
You
Man
World
Mother
Mirror
Every
Bad
Like
Know
Look
Dude
Go
Often
Gonna
Show
Who
Right
I received a lot of criticism early in my career, but people didn't realize that I'd only been training for three years when I turned pro.
Phil Heath
People
Training
Criticism
Three
Only
Been
Years
Lot
Pro
Realize
Turned
Received
Early
Career
This sport has given me so much. It has taught me to be strong emotionally and physically.
Phil Heath
Me
Strong
Be Strong
Given
Physically
Emotionally
Sport
Taught
Much
I believe you need to take enough rest to lift heavy weights, but if it takes you 5-10 minutes to rest and get psyched up for a big lift, I don't know if that's going to be good.
Phil Heath
Good
You
Rest
Big
Believe
Enough
Minutes
Take
Lift
Takes
Weights
Know
Up
Get
Going
Psyched
Heavy
Heavy Weights
Need
My first bodybuilding competition was the 2003 NPC Northern Colorado, where I was a light-heavyweight weighing in at 192 lbs. I was very nervous, as it was my first real-life experience being a bodybuilder.
Phil Heath
Experience
Competition
Nervous
First
Colorado
Weighing
Very
Northern
Being
Where
Bodybuilding
I would probably lose my mind if I wasn't busy. There's only so many video games I can play.
Phil Heath
Video Games
Mind
Lose
Busy
Would
Only
Video
Games
Many
Play
When you see me at the show, I'm smiling because I want you to know I can do this all day.
Phil Heath
Day
Me
You
All Day
See
Know
Smiling
Because
Want
Show
As Mr. Olympia, I have to go above and beyond. It's more than just showing muscle.
Phil Heath
Above
More
Beyond
Go
Than
Just
Showing
Muscle
It's not that I don't want big triceps, but the truth is, I've never had much difficulty adding mass to them.
Phil Heath
Truth
Truth Is
Big
Difficulty
Adding
Never
Had
Mass
Want
Them
Much
You win the Mr. Olympia, you are the best in the world. There is no better than that. Some people will think back prior to the 1950s, where Mr. Universe was the top guy. They say, 'Are you Mr. Universe?' 'No, I'm Mr. Olympia, which is the best of all.'
Phil Heath
Best
You
People
World
Win
Better
Will
Some People
Think
Universe
Back
Top
Say
Some
Guy
Prior
Than
Where
Which
They Say
I despised basketball for a long time.
Phil Heath
Time
Long
Long Time
Despised
Basketball
If you can get to the gym 4-5 days a week, that would be perfect. You can still do chest/tri's, back/bi's, legs, shoulders, and make the fifth day a cleanup day, meaning focus on body parts you may be weaker in.
Phil Heath
Day
You
Focus
Weaker
Would
Would-Be
Gym
Perfect
Week
Days
Make
Parts
Still
Get
May
Legs
Meaning
Fifth
Body
Shoulders
Dropsets overload the muscle with shorter rest periods and increasing volume, which you need to grow.
Phil Heath
You
Rest
Increasing
Volume
Periods
Overload
Which
Grow
Muscle
Need
Since I first signed with AMI's Weider Publications in 2005, everything has turned to gold.
Phil Heath
First
Everything
Signed
Since
Gold
Turned
Publications
If you want something you've never had before, you gotta be willing to do something you've never done before.
Phil Heath
You
Before
Willing
Something
Never
Had
Gotta
Done
Want
You can give me credit on a skilled sport - golf, basketball - but when it comes to someone's appearance - how often do guys compliment another man on anything? They find it feminine.
Phil Heath
Me
You
Man
Compliment
Find
Someone
Give
Give Me
Guys
Sport
Another
Another Man
How
Feminine
Often
Anything
Golf
Skilled
Appearance
Credit
Basketball
Cup stacking on an ESPN highlight? That's pretty messed up.
Phil Heath
Pretty
Highlight
Messed
Messed Up
Cup
Up
ESPN
Gifted Nutrition was able to show me that they had FDA-compliant ingredients in their supplements. I thought that was really huge, especially when you are trying to show people that you are a natural athlete.
Phil Heath
Me
You
Natural
People
Thought
Nutrition
Gifted
Athlete
Able
Had
Supplements
Huge
Trying
Ingredients
Really
Show
Show People
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