Revisiting Phil Heath‘s Olympia illness

October 14, 2009

FLEXONLINE.COM

Sickness and injury happen. That’s life. But for some reason, when it happened to Phil Heath during the 2009 Mr. Olympia competition, there were people who didn’t want to believe it.

Some said it was lackluster preparation, others cited poor conditioning. However, the reality is that it was a stomach bug, and we obtained the official EMT report to prove it in addition to a lost video interview with Heath’s trainer, Hany Rambod.

The Gift’s illness caused him to drop weight and lose valuable sleep prior to Friday night’s prejudging.

“It was a deflated version of what we’re used to seeing from Phil,” Rambod, told flexonine.com in an exclusive interview. “There’s no excuses, these things happen all the time but when it does, it’s unfortunate.”

WATCH THE INTERVIEW WITH HANY RAMBOD

WATCH PHIL HEATH DISCUSS HIS ILLNESS AT THE O

DOWNLOAD THE EMT REPORT

For the official 2009 Olympia DVD, go to www.IFBBTV.com!