When the seven-time Mr. Olympia winner speaks, the whole scene comes to a standstill. Phil Heath recently took to the podcast to address one of the biggest scourges of modern bodybuilding – the overuse of Site Enhancement Oils (SEO)<\/b>, known here mainly as synthol.<\/p>\n
According to Heath, what made champions champions is disappearing from the sport: hard work on the details and genetic exceptionalism. Instead, there is a drive to “inflate” weaknesses artificially.<\/p>\n
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They don’t know how to use it.<\/h2>\n
Heath doesn’t deny that various forms of oils have always been present in bodybuilding. But he sees a huge difference in how they were used before and how they are used today.<\/p>\n
“If you’re doing it, no one should know.” <\/cite><\/small><\/strong><\/p>\n Phil alludes to the fact that for many of today’s athletes, the application of oils hits the eyes the first time they pose.<\/p>\n Instead of sharp separations and detail, all we see in many guys is swollen muscle areas that lack hardness. “You see shoulders that look like pillows, or biceps without a single detail. That’s not bodybuilding, that’s hiding weaknesses,” Heath doesn’t mince words.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Phil was known for his incredible “3D look” of muscles during his era. According to him, it is the excessive amount of synthol that paradoxically destroys this effect. The oil under the skin actually “pours” the muscle – the muscle may look bulkier, but it loses those deep grooves and texture that separates the winner from the rest of the field.<\/p>\n Today’s trend, he says, is about having as much “mass” as possible at any cost, even if it’s at the expense of aesthetics and quality.<\/p>\n Phil Heath’s main message is clear: there is no substitute for honest training and time. Modern bodybuilding, he says, has gotten to the point where competitors want results now, no matter how bizarre it looks in the end under the harsh lights on the podium.<\/p>\n “People forget that judges aren’t blind,”<\/strong> Phil concludes.<\/cite><\/small><\/p>\n If bodybuilding wants to survive as an aesthetic sport, it needs to get back to quality and stop relying on injectable fillers that have nothing to do with real muscle.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n No posts have been made yet.<\/p>\nLoss of 3D appearance<\/h2>\n
It’s about discipline, not oil<\/h2>\n