{"id":32307,"date":"2026-10-22T08:18:05","date_gmt":"2026-10-22T08:18:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worldbodybuildingnews.com\/?p=32307"},"modified":"2026-10-22T08:18:05","modified_gmt":"2026-10-22T08:18:05","slug":"phil-vickery-england-rugby-world-cup-winner-shares-bodybuilding-journey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldbodybuildingnews.com\/?p=32307","title":{"rendered":"Phil Vickery: England Rugby World Cup winner shares bodybuilding journey"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The former Gloucester and Wasps prop won 73 caps for England, five more for the British and Irish Lions.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Victory at the 2003 Rugby World Cup in Australia was a sporting zenith in a career that includes being a businessman and a Celebrity MasterChef winner.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">But personal struggles and a diagnosis for probable CTE (chronic traumatic encephalopathy), for which Vickery is part of a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/sport\/rugby-union\/articles\/cwyg4ne4d97o\" class=\"ssrcss-1fqyhkk-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\">continuing litigation battle,<\/a> means he has had to manage his mental health.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;We all deal with things differently,&#8221; he said. &#8220;I think having the gym and having that space to be able to work is really important for my mental health, but also for my body physically, because it is broken, so I use it in that sense.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;I think the one thing I really struggled with when I finished playing is I trained to play and I couldn&#8217;t find that reason to train afterwards.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;And although you should train for yourself or your wellbeing, it probably took a low point or something to actually trigger it.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;But, probably, the bodybuilding &#8211; or doing the show or doing the original transformation &#8211; I have to close the circle. 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