it's true, phil is smart to learn from those before him, the masters of bodybuilding.
what everyone seems to be skirting around is the fact that professional bodybuilding is a fucking joke. it is entirely about illusion, and, as time progresses, will only seem more and more absurd to those "in the know." First it was AAS, then GH and insulin, after those come SEO and implants, now photoshop... pretty soon it's just going to be genetically manipulating muscle-obese freaks in test tubes and grafting the muscle on surgically. Maybe then people will finally wake up and even the most braindead will realize there's no direct correlation between muscle size and power in today's world.
phil heath is more reviled than coleman or yates or whoever because he represents further and further the degeneration of the cult. also he's not even as good as the guys ten years ago by any measure so, even within the retarded world of pro bbing he's still a joke.