{"id":715,"date":"2025-12-27T07:30:45","date_gmt":"2025-12-27T07:30:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worldbodybuildingnews.com\/?p=715"},"modified":"2025-12-27T07:30:45","modified_gmt":"2025-12-27T07:30:45","slug":"kai-greene-phil-heath-was-protected-kai-greene-effect","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldbodybuildingnews.com\/?p=715","title":{"rendered":"Kai Greene: &#8220;Phil Heath Was Protected&#8221; | Kai Greene Effect"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\"  width=\"580\" height=\"385\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qX_prvaPXSE\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Video Source:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=qX_prvaPXSE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Watch on YouTube<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\udfa4 RECAP: https:\/\/generationiron.com\/kai-greene-phil-health-protected\/<br \/>\n\ud83d\udcaa 20% OFF GFUEL: https:\/\/www.gfuel.com\/GI20<br \/>\n\u2705 SUBSCRIBE TO PATREON: https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/generationiron<\/p>\n<p>The latest episode of The Kai Greene Effect dives into a topic that always gets the bodybuilding world talking: off-season weight, how far is too far, and what happens when athletes push their bodies in the name of more muscle. This time, the focus is on former Olympia champion Phil Heath, who Kai Greene claims was &#8220;protected&#8221; by the judges at the Mr. Olympia contest. Kai holds nothing back in his belief that Phil had his &#8220;ass beat&#8221; and should have lost on at least one occasion.<\/p>\n<p>TOPICS:<\/p>\n<p>00:00 Phil Heath&#8217;s Support System<br \/>\n03:29 Kai&#8217;s Heaviest Weight<br \/>\n12:06 Dangers of Rapid Weight Gain<br \/>\n17:29 Managing Weight and Health<br \/>\n18:40 Developing an Eye for Portion Sizes<br \/>\n20:20 Samson&#8217;s Unique Position in Bodybuilding<br \/>\n25:15 Lightning Round Questions<br \/>\n35:30 Final Thoughts on Phil Heath<\/p>\n<p>Bodybuilding, fitness, weight training &#8211; all on the Generation Iron Fitness Network!<\/p>\n<p>#kaigreene #philheath #bodybuilding #generationiron #podcast <\/p>\n<p>=======<\/p>\n<p>SHOP the GI Store here: https:\/\/shop.generationiron.com\/<\/p>\n<p>WATCH GI ORIGINAL FILMS: https:\/\/generationiron.com\/movies\/<\/p>\n<p>Check out our official website:<br \/>\nhttp:\/\/www.generationiron.com\/<\/p>\n<p>Check out our Facebook:<br \/>\nhttps:\/\/www.facebook.com\/GenerationIron<\/p>\n<p>Also make sure to hit up our official Instagram:<br \/>\nhttps:\/\/www.instagram.com\/generationiron\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Video Source: Watch on YouTube \ud83c\udfa4 RECAP: https:\/\/generationiron.com\/kai-greene-phil-health-protected\/ \ud83d\udcaa 20% OFF GFUEL: https:\/\/www.gfuel.com\/GI20 \u2705 SUBSCRIBE TO PATREON: https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/generationiron The latest episode of The Kai Greene Effect dives into a topic that always gets the bodybuilding world talking: off-season weight, how far is too far, and what happens when athletes push their bodies in the name [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":716,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"video","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-715","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-video","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news","8":"post_format-post-format-video"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Kai Greene: &quot;Phil Heath Was Protected&quot; 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