Mr Olympia Phil Heath Talks About The Cost Of His Diet

It's pretty simple - when you're Mr Olympia trying to protect your crown, you've got to eat.

And eat.

And eat some more!

And Phil Heath knows all about that - as a 5 x Mr Olympia winner, the common lifters expression "eat, sleep, train, repeat" certainly rings true for Mr Heath.

Having Met Phil and interviewed him many times, we often get chatting about diet.

That's why his revelations in a recent interview about the true costs of being a professional bodybuilder don't surprise me all - given what he told me about his macros in one of our interviews below.

Phil Heath's Nutrition

So what are the stats?

Well, Phil chews through about 5-10 kilograms of chicken per week - which equates to $200 a week - just through chicken alone!

Carbs aren't so much a problem: "carbs are cheap" says Phil, which we know to be true hence the expression "as cheap as chips".

But daily, Phil is taking in about 2.7 kilograms of protein per day - he can spend up to 90 dollars a day on meat, meaning it costs around $30,000 a year on meat alone...

Supplements

Broscience can be forgiven by Phil Heath (because he's Mr Olympia!) but he really does go a bit crazy with the recommendations here, claiming a bodybuilder needs a fat burner, a pre workout, an intra-workout supplement, a post-workout supplement, a supplement before they sleep, and a supplement when they wake up and one for throughout the day!

Now that would all cost a fortune - well over $20,000 Phil says.

But of course, all that is not needed....but we'll forgive Phil this time!

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