Phil Heath

It's said that genius is one thing which only ‘passion' can herald from within a person. This is so because in the process of becoming one, a person needs to invest in endless hours of hard work, diligence and graft. One such example who has put in his best and succeeded in being one is Phil Heath.

Phil Heath was born in Seattle , W.A., United States on December 18 th , 1979 as Phillip Jerrod Heath. He played basketball for the University of Denver before taking over body building as a profession in 2002.

Heath's competitive history since 2003 includes Northern Colorado State, Novice, Light-Heavyweight 1st and overall and NPC Colorado State, Light-Heavyweight, 1st (2003), NPC Colorado State , Heavyweight, 1st and Overall (2004). He came into prominence almost immediately by winning the overall title of National Physique Committee (NPC), USA Championships in 2005 and since then earned the honor of competing as an IFBB Pro. He is already called ‘The Gift, The Next Best Thing' after he won his first two pro events namely The New York Pro Championship and The Colorado Pro Championship in 2006. He stood fifth at Arnold Classic held in 2007, though his critics still take him to have secured the third position in the contest. This indeed speaks volumes of Phil's popularity and ardor among the masses.

However in 2008, he made a judicious decision of not participating in the Mr. Olympia contest as he thought he needs more time to improve further for the same. This came as a boon to him as he participated in the IFBB Iron Man Show in the same year instead and proved himself by standing second to Dexter Jackson at Arnold Classic. Phil has been only the second contestant after Flex Wheeler to have become the first rookie to be placed in top 3 in Mr. Olympia debut in 2008.

His competitive stats include height 5'9”, arms- 21”, legs-31”, calves- 19”, neck- 17.5”, waist- 29” and chest -52”. His competition weight has been 235 lbs where as off season weight has been 260 lbs.

Heath has invariably been featured in many fitness magazines and articles and has also occupied the cover page of Flex Magazine many a times.

Phil Heath still has a long way to go but his journey till date has brilliantly exemplified how passion amalgamated with hard graft can chisel a person to be at his best!