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CHAMPIONSHIP GEMS Words of training wisdom from a guy who’s learned a thing or two in the gym over the years: seven-time Mr. Olympia Phil Heath. DON’T GET FANCY “The biggest lesson I’ve learned is that you don’t have to reinvent the wheel. You don’t have to come up with any exotic movements if what you’re currently doing is working. The goal is to find out what works.” BRO SCIENCE DEBUNKED “Saying, ‘Oh, I’m just going to focus on higher reps and shred up’—that’s a fallacy, I believe. I don’t buy into that anymore. Early on in my career, I believed that. But not anymore. I realize that a strong muscle is always a bigger one and that you should be able to lift heavy throughout your contest prep until maybe the last 10 days.” INSTINCTIVE TRAINING “There are days when I don’t count sets at all, but then there are some days when I have to realize that I don’t want to overwork, because I still have an hour of cardio ahead of me or another training session later that day.” RECOVERY IS KEY “A lot of guys think that you have to hammer it out at the gym every single workout. Ideally, you want to do that. But you have to keep in mind that your body may not be recovering as fast, and you might actually be doing more harm than good.” FLEXONLINE.COM 89