Phil Hernon

[Massive G]

Love him or hate him Phil Hernon was on of the greatest mass monsters.
Keep in mind this clip was over 30 years ago.

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[K1]

Good or bad, dude was definitely a major contributor here and in the bodybuilding world.

 

[A50#]

My favorite Phil moment was him beating Craig Titus

 

[Heath82]

This board has seen some great members come and go. Regardless of the circumstances, the amount of information these guys gave is priceless

 

[Massive G]

Phil was actually the reason I joined PM in 2004. Always idolized his mass and back then Pro M was the first vbulletein board started by a pro and had many pro bodybuilders as members. I actually hired him back then training was exactly how he had laid it out in Muscular Development.
It is interesting that all the people I interacted with back in the day that would be pros gurus and or trainers we never discussed drugs it was all training diet etc. Now everything is so over analyzed and comprehensive in a such a simple process of building size and strength.

 

[AllOkJumpmaster]

Love him or hate him Phil Hernon was on of the greatest mass monsters.
Keep in mind this clip was over 30 years ago.

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I commented this same thing in the rarely mentioned pros thread, but it is worth repeating in this stand alone thread.

--tear line--

My guy out here with a damn Pro Show Winning physique in the NPC. I cannot believe what the NPC looked like back then.

I know many of you knew Phil personally, I never knew, nor spoke to him, but I have read about some of methods, and followed him on social media before he passed (RIP). He was definitely an old school OG, and I respect his contributions to training and dieting methodologies.

Guy had a crazy physique. If you listen with sound, it is pretty cool to hear the commentators talking about Phil.

That said, it was also crazy that / when fucking NPC bodybuilding shows were on ESPN.

 

[Dens228]

Phil was actually the reason I joined PM in 2004. Always idolized his mass and back then Pro M was the first vbulletein board started by a pro and had many pro bodybuilders as members. I actually hired him back then training was exactly how he had laid it out in Muscular Development.
It is interesting that all the people I interacted with back in the day that would be pros gurus and or trainers we never discussed drugs it was all training diet etc. Now everything is so over analyzed and comprehensive in a such a simple process of building size and strength.

I hired him very shortly after joining this site. Over the years since I've probably used his training program 90% of the time.
I'd love to get my hands on that MD article.

 

[buck]

He was a mass monster when they were rare. He had his own ideas. I never fault people for that.
These days training hard and attacking the weights seems to be out of style.

 

[D2]

he and bertil fox were the 2 bodybuilders i admired when i first started. Their muscle thickness were crazy then.

 

[iwantmass]

I still apply everything he taught me to most of my workouts.

 

[3BILLS]

Eat when your hungry

 

[b-boy]

I miss the living hell out of Phil. My mentor in this sport, the man helped me so much its not even funny. Miss talking with him and John Meadows greatly

 

[b-boy]

Eat when your hungry

One of the best things he ever taught me. So many people couldn't understand this simple concept, if your anabolic your hungry... if your not hungry then you need to figure out WHY?

 

[comedycentral]

One of the best things he ever taught me. So many people couldn't understand this simple concept, if your anabolic your hungry... if your not hungry then you need to figure out WHY?

I didn’t understand this initially and it wasn’t until I ran the big beyond belief program and a lightbulb went on in my head at the end of the second week after a full body session. I had a nap as I felt exhausted and just hammered a huge meal then I was still ravenous an hour or so later. It was then I realised the training had made me hungry

 

[Massive G]

I hired him very shortly after joining this site. Over the years since I've probably used his training program 90% of the time.
I'd love to get my hands on that MD article.

I got somewhere i will find it and post the pages.

 

[IronFist]

i liked phil , hired him for about 4 months when i first came over here from anasci.

he was controversial but so are many , youre never going to agree with all views someone has but overall he was a good guy.

 

[comedycentral]

I got somewhere i will find it and post the pages.

Yes please do. I still think his style of training can stand up to anything else certainly for the average and intermediate lifter. It’s a style I’ve always preferred. Him LATS DC just seems to make sense to me.

 

[tornquad201]

I learned something new from Phil everyday , he definitely is missed .

 

[primobolan]

High frequency, low volume. Seems to gaining favor lately. He was preaching this over 30 years ago, few listened.

 

[madg]

Love him or hate him Phil Hernon was on of the greatest mass monsters.
Keep in mind this clip was over 30 years ago.

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235 looking like 300

90s was the golden era

I miss phil learned a lot from him