This is a bullshit, and the degradation of bodybuilding...the guy is narrow from the front, flat pecs, quads that look big only because his calves are tiny. his back is defined but narrow compared to previous mr.O's. the only thing he had are great arms, good abs and a small waist with a good V-taper.
I see Heath as a smaller and shittier version of Dillet in the mid 90s. at least Dillet had great and not just good quads and a V-taper at 270 lbs. that is far more impressive IMO
Why are you being mean to him? Have you met the man, and do you have long in-depth, in-person conversations with him?
If not, why be mean to him, and say mean things about him?
Bottom line: Phil was better than his competition.
Also, as a 174-lb man with similar clavicle width, he is an inspiration to me. That said, there is no way in hell that I have the concentration of muscle fiber density that he has. So no...but it's still cool to see a man with his height and width become a 7x Mr. Olympia.
My hope for Phil, as someone who did meet him in 2007, and saw his rise is this:
Phil turns 40 in December. We have seen far too many bodybuilders die young, because they wanted to stay 300-lb too long. In the end, Tom Prince may end up living longer than many other pros. Seeing Tom shrink down sort of humanized him a little. He is a fellow manlet, one inch shorter than myself. And he is a lot more humble now.
I vividly recall when Jeff McFarland PT posting his own Mr. LA photos, and Tom making a post like this:
"Swimmers - on your mark. Get ready. Get set. *TWEEEEET*"
Uh...that was a whistle...this was pre-Twitter.
I would like to see Phil slim down to maybe...220-lb and cut, and just be a downsized version of himself.
That said, few pros are able to do this without looking weird. Kevin Levrone is a good example of that. He looked good at 185-lb, 210-lb, 230-lb, and in contest shape at 235-lb [NOT "only" 5-lb heavier than his post-contest 230-lb...the 235-lb was in contest shape], as well as 255-lb, which I believe was Kev's heaviest competition weight [255-260?].
If Phil puts forward an effort to PROTECT his central nervous system, rather than tax it further, and IF Phil saved his money [not sure on this one], Phil can have a good second half of his life. More to the point - he can HAVE a second half to his life...period.
I hope he goes the Shawn Ray approach.
Say what you will about Shawn, he was one of the only pros who was able to downsize, and just didn't give AF about what anyone on the boards said. I recall in 2005, Shawn was being interviewed by George Farah at the Arnold Classic. This was when the Athlete's Rep position was just formed, with Shawn assigned to represent the athletes.
Shawn said that he had been working out for seven weeks...and people around him thought he had been working out for seven months!
