Best Version of Ronnie

[ndog]

What contest was Ronnie at his absolute best cheers for any vid posts!

[Supercows]

[Unbiasedfan]

2003 is probably his most dominant version.

[BigNasty99]

2003 hands down. We will never see another human being have that size and condition at the same time ever again. Ronnie walked on stage and people started LAUGHING he was so big and ripped. True story, Dexter Jackson saw Jay backstage at the '03 Olympia with his face burried in his hands and asked what was wrong. Jay said "Ronnie's huge".

[matcabliii]

I like this version of him very much!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fj5bfBFQg5c

[bazookasword]

2003 hands down. We will never see another human being have that size and condition at the same time ever again. Ronnie walked on stage and people started LAUGHING he was so big and ripped. True story, Dexter Jackson saw Jay backstage at the '03 Olympia with his face burried in his hands and asked what was wrong. Jay said "Ronnie's huge".

this

he was just ridiculous

[ResovoirDog]

It's funny how much we hype up pro's to be the next olympia or whatever, but no one is even remotely close to Ronnie

[BOUNTYHUNTERMK2]

YEAH BUDDY. Any excuse to post this!

Though Ronnie in 98 was one of the great versions of the GOAT.

[spamy]

2003 hands down. We will never see another human being have that size and condition at the same time ever again. Ronnie walked on stage and people started LAUGHING he was so big and ripped. True story, Dexter Jackson saw Jay backstage at the '03 Olympia with his face burried in his hands and asked what was wrong. Jay said "Ronnie's huge".

Uhmm, let's not get overboard. In the near future, no, but on long term, the bodybuilding will reach eventually the next step.

[BartPimpson]

Uhmm, let's not get overboard. In the near future, no, but on long term, the bodybuilding will reach eventually the next step.

Jason Genova.

[Champion651]

The 2001 Arnold Classic was IMO his best showing.

[___]

i always laugh when i hear someone in the crowd at 4:09 "MY GOD".. lol

but i do think the best version of ronnie is 99.. perfection

[NVious]

[dazlittle]

I met him yesterday at an expo, I was sat in a group discussion with him and at the end he whipped off his shirt and did a quick pose down!





Still looks pretty good for 48 considering the amount of surgeries he has had.

[I_hate_Training]

03 was the biggest and baddest Ronnie ever. Guys backstage after the Show of Strength (that he lost 2nd place) thought he could be beat...when he came out at what was it 300ish of shredded mass, guys where competing for 2nd and all of them knew it.

But a case can be made for, 1997, 1998...and so on as Ronnie just kept getting bigger and better. He had a semi-off year here and there but if you like the smaller Ronnie, look to around 1997 (where I think he could of won that O)-1999. After that he starts getting much bigger. So if you want mass, look after 1999.

[BigNasty99]

Uhmm, let's not get overboard. In the near future, no, but on long term, the bodybuilding will reach eventually the next step.

I know you want to think this, but I seriously doubt it. Ronnie has a very unique freak factor and yes people always say "here's the next Ronnie Coleman" about certain guys and it never pans out. It's really doesn't have any thing to do with the upcoming guys' work ethic or commitment to the sport, most humans don't have, or have the potential for, the muscle size/fullness, vascualrity, separation, thickness, conditioning, proportion etc like Ronnie all at once. Guys may have 1 or 2 of these qualities but we'll never see anyone close to Ronnie in our lifetime. Some people criticize Ronnie's calves, and of course his gut in his later years (he's almost 300 lbs of stage mind you) but other than that, how often does anyone, even the biggest hater out there, crtiticize Ronnie's physique at his best? From one body part flows right into the next, each just as freaky it's insane.

We won't be around for the "next Ronnie Coleman" trust me

[Zeneth]

98/99 for me....gut detracted from his physique a lot in 03. Think he actually looked better in 05 than 03.

[LupusYB]

Ronnie just has too much of the hgh gut imo. He looks like flex but way too bloated

[AnarkyLost]

2003 hands down. We will never see another human being have that size and condition at the same time ever again. Ronnie walked on stage and people started LAUGHING he was so big and ripped. True story, Dexter Jackson saw Jay backstage at the '03 Olympia with his face burried in his hands and asked what was wrong. Jay said "Ronnie's huge".

[nonamewut]

strong this, gotta love croud when he pops the FDB, OHHHHHHH followed by cheers

[ndog]

How Big Ron's physique changes year to year is amazing he was so ahead of the competition. If I had to pick a fav myself I would say 99 british GP he had a great flow on that stage and the lighting really shows his conditioning.

[BigNasty99]

February 2010 post? I have heard myself Jay say in 2004 or 2005 "nobody can beat Ronnie when he's this big you can only hope he comes in a little off" or something to that effect so he basically admited he's fighting for second at one of those shows so it's possible he said "Ronnie's huge". Jay and Ronnie both weighed in at 265 lbs at the 2001 Olympia, then Jay took a year off in 2002 to improve while Ronnie came in at a measely 245 lbs that year at the Olympia and getting BEAT shortly after at the GNC. So it isnt that hard to believe Jay would say something like this after Ronnie SHOCKINGLY gained 42 pounds of lean stage-ready bodyweight. Think about it, Jay almost beats Ronnie in '01, takes a year off, Ronnie got smaller and actually got beat in 2002 (right after Olympia) so Jay was probably licking his chops for a big win in 2003, just to be crushed by the most impressive physique in human history. I'd facepalm too

[Matt C]

I met him yesterday at an expo, I was sat in a group discussion with him and at the end he whipped off his shirt and did a quick pose down!





Still looks pretty good for 48 considering the amount of surgeries he has had.

This is how Ronnie looked just under a year ago:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hh7hTcjVFfQ