Arnold's chest vs Ronnie's chest...FIGHT!!!

[BartPimpson]

[BartPimpson]

I voted for Arnold. It's very close, both men are comparable in chest size and pectoral development. But I think ultimately Arnold had a more balanced and evened-out chest. Ronnie's chest, particularly in his later years, tended to sag a bit.

By the way, if you don't like the pics, post your own!

[flangmasterj]

Yep both had incredible development but in my opinion (gotta say that apparently) Arnold's was a better shape.

[littlemike23]

That second pic of Ronnie ends the debate.

[btintb]

Arnold, if Arnold had the chance to use the products Ronnie did use ,his chest would even be bigger .Best chest ever in bodybuilding.

[BartPimpson]

[ResovoirDog]

Colemans.
I'm not even guna try and be neutral and say its close. Ronnies chest smashes Arnolds.

If Arnolds arms delts and traps were as big as Colemans, his chest wouldn't be as impressive as it is.

But Ronnie has arguably the best delts bi's traps of all time, and still his chest is fukin insane.

Of course this is all my opinion

[Kiwi_]

Ronnie edges him out slightly imo.

[woodstein]

Arnie was apparently able to balance a pint glass on his chest when he did a side chest pose.

This blows my mind.

That said, I think Ronnies is probably a bit better, but this is maybe due to Ronnie in competition having lower BF, so the striations are more noticable.

In Arnold's book he talks about going onstage at around 8pc bodyfat, if that was done today the competitor wouldnt even place.

Thats the evolution of the sport i guess

[flangmasterj]

In Arnold's book he talks about going onstage at around 8pc bodyfat, if that was done today the competitor wouldnt even place.

Thats the evolution of the sport i guess

Jay won in '07.

[NaturalLoco]

Can not believe that Arnold is winning this thread.. the thickness difference is laughable ... The oak does have a great chest, but ****.. we are talking about the GOAT here..

Might as well compare Franco's back with Ronnie and vote for Franco while where at it

[Kiwi_]

Ronnie in his early years:



'nuff said I think.

[lancs_hotpot]

Wow im suprised. I thought Ronnie never lost a fight on these boards.

I voted Ronnie, there really is no contest here.

[AnarkyLost]

[TripleTrouble]

ronnie had/has a truly collosal chest. i think the majority of people voting arnold are doing so as he is more popular and influential. ronnie had overall much more mass.

[IronLyfe]

the best arnolds chest ever looked:

[the-craig]

Big Ron for me. Full, thick, striated and still looks a strong point despite being between some of the biggest arms and delts of all time.

[TrainOfThought]

The top two bodybuilders to walk on this planet. Ronnies time allowed him to take his body to extreme measures. In respect of there era's, I'm going with the oaks chest as the best ever.

[cramron]

Lets be reality here. Arnold was genetically superior to Ronnie. Though Ronnie had more access to enhancers and bombarded with growth supps by his sponsers but....

Ronnie is 5'10" 1/2....Arnold was 6'2".....With both of them standing relaxed ons tage in their prime, Arnold's pecs were as wide as Ronnie's delts were. Arnold's pecs were so incredibly wide. Maybe Ronnie's were thicker or as thick but honestly nowhere near as wide.

I say Arnold was genetically superior because Ronnie at age 22-27 was a baby compared to Arnold ages 22-27....If Arnold had the supps and the PE's of today he would obviously of been bigger overall than Coleman....But Arnold maxed his pecs out....His pecs were a glimpse at how superior he was genetically over mankind. unfortunately he gave up on the sport well before the rest of his body had a chance to catch up with his chest/biceps/lats/traps

[RC2008]

Ronnie's had more mass, a lot more. And had a great shape. But some side chest shots of Arnold just blow my mind. But lettuce be real tea, a lot of pros of this day have a better chest than Arnold.

[htown_don]

Gotta go with arnold on this one...

[etherax]

Lets be reality here. Arnold was genetically superior to Ronnie. Though Ronnie had more access to enhancers and bombarded with growth supps by his sponsers but....

Ronnie is 5'10" 1/2....Arnold was 6'2".....With both of them standing relaxed ons tage in their prime, Arnold's pecs were as wide as Ronnie's delts were. Arnold's pecs were so incredibly wide. Maybe Ronnie's were thicker or as thick but honestly nowhere near as wide.

I say Arnold was genetically superior because Ronnie at age 22-27 was a baby compared to Arnold ages 22-27....If Arnold had the supps and the PE's of today he would obviously of been bigger overall than Coleman....But Arnold maxed his pecs out....His pecs were a glimpse at how superior he was genetically over mankind. unfortunately he gave up on the sport well before the rest of his body had a chance to catch up with his chest/biceps/lats/traps

so you're saying that trey brewer has better genetics than arnold? Cause by the time trey was 21/22 trey was much bigger than arnold at his biggest.

[JohnBrowne]

Jay won in '07.

Jay was shredded in 07. His poor conditioning was a water retention issue.

[RussAnderson]

Ronnie is a mass monster but arnold had that amazing symmetry that just made his physique something to be admired. Big Ron is Awesome his chest is huge but there's very little if anything in the way symmetrical balanced proportion. Look at the early pic of ron now that's what i'm talking about but i guess modern body building is so competitive these days size is king.

ps so yes arnold simply because his chest was symmetrical well balanced to the rest of his upper body .

[PaLftr]

If Arnold was on the same "supps" as Ronnie...God only knows what a freak at 6'2" we would have seen. Insane genetics.

[ResovoirDog]

In my opinion its so clear cut that Ronnie wins, that I don't even know why its being debated.

I'd be happy debating who had a better chest out of Victor martinez or Arnold.

And I'd still go with Victor.
Front lat spread his pecs flare up like a tsunami. Side chest he gets that crazy cut across the middle.
Side tri it hangs it just hangs off like crazy.
And most muscular his upper pecs are like a shelf.

[hellabutt]

seems to me arnold had a "bigger" chest if you wanna call it that. its just gigantic. but ronnies was pretty big too with more development/detail. either answer to me can be the right one its just a matter of opinion.

[PresidentChoice]

Ronnie wins but it's not a fair matchup. If it's Ronnie in '75 or Arnold in '05 I would give it to Arnie.

[rul3r]

there was a thread about ronnie not long ago, where he posed in the gym, every year 1998-2005 , if u would post the 2000 video there, it would definitely end this discussion

[TrainOfThought]

so you're saying that trey brewer has better genetics than arnold? Cause by the time trey was 21/22 trey was much bigger than arnold at his biggest.

Right because Arnold was mega dosing slin and gh like brewer at his young age.

Arnold and Coleman are more comparable at that age because Ronnie wasnt mega dosing new growth supps at that point.