Phil Heath Quotes

I don't do heavy weights at all.

Most of the hotel gym's are not adequate. I mean you might be able to train your arms, but you aren't going to be able to train legs, back, or even chest if they don't have dumbbells and benches.

I'm not really into weight training.

In the past, I was working out too heavy.

I lift weights. Then I put them down again.

The key to building massive, powerful muscles is to doggedly increase the training weights you use.

I think the problem people get into is they want to go into the gym and look at other people's workouts, or they want to lift what other people are lifting. I started out really small. I actually did a lot of research, and I learned all about working out. So take gradual steps.

I have always maintained you should be able to bench press and deadlift at least twice your body weight.

I love it and really, really enjoy weight training. I love free weights. I find it really rewarding.

It's tough, you know, when you're thin and you don't put on muscle mass that easily. What you've got to remember is that you really have to eat a lot and you have to work your body out with basic exercises like deadlifts and squats and the bench press - the workouts that are basic in form but work a large group of muscles.

Guys, particularly in the West, go to the gym and train for hours and hours to pick up something that is heavier than them. Why would you want to do that?

I was more of a weightlifter.

I don't criticize weight training - as long as it is not a substitute for aerobic training.

I occasionally go to the gym and I lift free weights, I don't use machines.

It wasn't until 'Thor' that I started lifting weights. It was all pretty new to me.

I had been wanting to work out with a trainer for a very long time. I always had a good cardio regimen, but I didn't know how to tone up or use weights properly - and I wasn't sure where to start.

I do heavy weights in the morning for about an hour, and then I do 45 minutes of higher-volume lifting in the afternoon. My least favorite is the legs... I do quite a few chin-ups and rows. I do mostly old-school lifting with a lot of squats.

I don't really lift weights. It's kind of a vanity thing that I don't get into.

We never did a lot of weights, but a lot of repetitions. The most I would use doing squats was 300 pounds.

I want to bulk up. I'm a skinny guy.

Strictly speaking, intensity in the weight training context refers to the amount of work required to achieve the activity and is proportional to the mass of the weights being lifted - that is, how heavy the weight is relative to how strong you are.

I want to get more muscly.

Perfecting your form and technique at early stages will go a long way. Don't compromise on the big lifts - deadlifts, squats, and bench-presses.

My body is one that kind of looks at weights, and then all of a sudden, I have muscle.

I don't need to do that many weights but every now and then I do the bar, with 25-30 kilos on either side, which amounts to roughly probably my body weight. I lift this up above my head, then drop it and lift it up again.