Phil. The Sith is one of the best performing bodybuilders in the history of bodybuilding. From 2011 to 2017, he broke through and completed seven consecutive Olympiad titles, winning as many Olympiad titles as "Governor" Schwarzenegger. Like every aspiring bodybuilder, Phil. The Sith also hopes to win the 8th crown of the Olympiad in his career, equal the "grandfather" Ronnie, or even 10 crowns, becoming the first man of Mr. Olympia.
1. 7-time Orsay champion Phil. Sith
Phil. Sith, born on December 18, 1979 in Seattle, Washington, was originally a basketball player, because he was not tall enough (1.75 meters), and later became a bodybuilder. In 2003, the Sith won the first place in the NPC Colorado Lightweight Division for the first time in a bodybuilding competition, he won the IFBB professional card in 2006, won the third place in his first appearance at the Mr. Olympia Bodybuilding Contest in 2008, and won his 4th Olympiad championship in 2011, ushering in his "Sith era", winning seven consecutive Olympiad championships.
Whenever people asked how many times the Sith would win the Olympiad, he always replied, "10 times!" Because his goal is to surpass the "grandfather" Ronnie and become the first person in the history of the Orsay, he has never been modest, never low-key, in addition to relying on excellent strength, he also has a heart that will always pursue championships.
The Sith last competed in the 2020 Mr. Olympia Bodybuilding Competition and finished third. Affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, Phil. Sith also missed the 2021 Mr. Olympia Bodybuilding Contest.
Second, the hernia affects the game
People always liked to talk about whether the Sith would return to the Olympiad until 2022, when in a recent interview the Sith talked about something lesser known and it was these details that became the reason he was away from bodybuilding. Sith suffered from hernias for most of his life, and he underwent hernia surgery prematurely when he was around 3 years old. Phil Sith said: "Because I didn't have enough fascia in that area, they sewed it up when I was very young and I wasn't mature yet. ”
Asked if he would return to the Olympiad, Phil Sith said it was a bigger question "how" he could make a comeback than "if" he could make a comeback. Years of bodybuilding training ultimately had an impact on surgically repaired abdomen, and the situation got worse three weeks before the 2018 Mr. Olympia Bodybuilding Competition. Phil Sith said: "Three weeks before Olympia 2018, I was wearing a belt and all of a sudden I thought – 'Oh my goodness!' I think something exploded! ...... So I ran home and it felt like it wasn't bruises but discoloration. I thought – wait a minute! I couldn't feel the spine of my navel anymore. ”
Then Phil Sith called Dr. Grishkin in Ohio and he said, "Basically you have a floating navel." You have to figure it out, you have to deal with it. The Sith said: "This is obviously information that I can't grasp. When you're in a race, people say, "Oh, he's fat," and I'm like you're holding something that pops up out of nowhere (Orsay belly) and it pops up like you don't feel it..."
In 2018, influenced by the "Olympiad Belly", Phil Sith lost to Sean at the Olympia Bodybuilding Contest. Redden, who had to undergo surgery to cure the disease, said: "Then I had to re-operate, they had to do the left and right surgeries at the same time, put everything together, and then suture..."
It took Phil Sith weeks to recover from surgery. He said fear of it happening again was his biggest obstacle to returning to competitive bodybuilding. In 2020, the Sith returned to the Olympia stage in a less than ideal situation, finishing third in the Pro Open.
Talking about the possibility of a comeback, can you still become a 10-time champion?
By 2022, he had lost weight as the Sith contracted COVID-19. The Sith said, "Maybe your body is telling you something. Maybe you need to calm down, don't worry, your body will not become garbage, you can still train..." In fact, the Sith is not a person who stands still, especially in terms of maintaining his body, he has been training, and his current state seems to have increased a lot of muscle.
The 7-time Mr Olympia champion said even if he decides to come back, he will have to commit to competing in competitive bodybuilding competitions for at least three years, depending on his comeback, but the Sith is now reluctant to make such a commitment, saying: "If you want to do it, it has to be a three-year commitment. What will you give up in those three years, business, relationships, family, all of that... Excuse my pun, but is the sacrifice really worth it? ”
Listening to his remarks, it seems unlikely that we will soon see Phil Sith on the bodybuilding stage, at least in bodybuilding competitions, for the Sith, the 10th Orsay may be an impossible dream for him, however, this does not negate the miracle he has created in the history of The Olympiad. He's 43 years old this year, and while he's not old, he's not young either, and he doesn't need to prove anything!