Blues are a recessive trait. Both his parents would have to carry it. You need it on both sides. Even then its a 1 in 3 of coming out with blue eyes.
I think that could be his stepdad...in the pic...his mom had remarried.
From an athlete to a bodybuilder......go figure.
Sometimes the Iron bug, just bites people and they take to it. Like that 42 yr old ex NFL player who I think was doing the 202s...
You remember the want and desire, the discipline. And the addictive nature of watching one's body grow.
Phil may not have been able to turn pro, who knows, or he didn't want to play overseas or semi-pro, but for whatever reason when he picked up the weights, it was love at first rep...and he tied the knot to a marriage of sets (and yes, that other D word).