The worst Mr.Olympia of Ronnie Coleman.

[Jegudiel]

That was in 2002, he was huge but not at his best.

[tonyt82]

He sure was a machine.The only person he could be judged against was himself

[flangmasterj]

The only person he could be judged against was himself

Damn! So true.

[RobberBaron13]

How could he improve so dramatically for the 2003 mr O?It always boggled me.
This would also go for Dorians 1993 transformation.
You'd think these guys are more or less maxed out, so how can they add that much mass in the space of a 9 month bulk?
Ronnie put on like 22 lb of lean muscle between 2002 and 2003 mr Os.The guys back in the 1970s also put on huge amounts of muscle prior to shows, but they didnt cycle year round like Coleman or Yates.
He also improved a lot between 97 and 98 olympias.
ps.Is it just me or did he lose some detail in his quads when he got bigger later on.

[flangmasterj]

So did Ron gain too much weight too fast going into the Show of Strength after his '02 O' showing and that gave Gunther the edge?

[BartPimpson]

It'd be fun if it turned out he deliberately did stuff wrong to give Jay, Levrone etc false hope going into 2003.

[Devils]

the video is stretched so it looks a little off, where's the original.

lol he looks like the king of bodybuilding, amazing.

[psyke007]

He sure was a machine.The only person he could be judged against was himself

Pretty much this. No one even comes close.

[Sickboy_4ever]

Pretty much this. No one even comes close.

This Coleman IMO was the best Coleman, he got too big for my liking in the 2000s

[RobberBaron13]

Agree, his best years were 98 and 99.Even he says his best showing was 98.
No gut, good aesthetics and crazy detail everywhere.

[Unbiasedfan]

03 would beat that. 01 AC too, i think.

However the gifs from that show are absolutely crazy.

[RobberBaron13]

He didnt have in 03 the detail of 98 or 99 imo.And if you factor in the gut...98,99>03
Mcgough always said 99 was his best, at the O.
265 shredded lb with aesthetic and no gut, thats better than the 03 size.But that's just my take on it.

[Unbiasedfan]

He didnt have in 03 the detail of 98 or 99 imo.And if you factor in the gut...98,99>03
Mcgough always said 99 was his best, at the O.
265 shredded lb with aesthetic and no gut, thats better than the 03 size.But that's just my take on it.

He was 260 in 99, 248 in 98. None of those have more detail than his 01 AC showing, where he was 250 in absolutely insane condition (imo his best condition).

Anyway, i didn't say who i prefered, I only said 03 ronnie would beat any other ronnie on stage.



When you are 25-35lbs heavier with good proportions, detail and condition still (although not his best, sure) i am sure he would beat any of his other versions

[Unbiasedfan]

I will just leave these here



edit: ^nevermind its stretched. With ronnie you never know..

[Iceman1981]

He was 260 in 99, 248 in 98. None of those have more detail than his 01 AC showing, where he was 250 in absolutely insane condition (imo his best condition).

Anyway, i didn't say who i prefered, I only said 03 ronnie would beat any other ronnie on stage.


When you are 25-35lbs heavier with good proportions, detail and condition still (although not his best, sure) i am sure he would beat any of his other versions

Ronnie was 257 lbs at the 1999 Mr. Olympia and 247 lbs at the 2001 AC. 2003 Ronnie would probably beat any version of Ronnie if going by the judging criteria, but I still prefer 1999 Ronnie out of all of them.

[RobberBaron13]

In terms of conditioning i think his best were 01 AC and 98 O. He has unbeliavable detail that i just dont see in his 03 version.Maybe the ligthing is different?
In 98 and 01 AC he also had aestheics and no gut, so for me these 2 must be his all time bests.
But 93 was just freaky, Bob Chic said ppl just started laughing lol when he steeped on stage.The surprise was huge , especially after 2 not so great Mr O showings.

[SPARTANUP]

Its great that a time machine has not been invented because then we would see 8 versions of Ronnie Colemans fighting for the sandows, that would be so hard to judge but so awesome to see LIGHTS OUT BAYBEEEEH! WHOOOOOOOOOOOO!

Bad is when you capable of beatin' the baddest.

[runningregime]

Pretty much this. No one even comes close.

jesus ****. that's GOAT material right there

[Diamhea]

Count me in on the 98-99 love as well. Honestly, his gut was just too much for me to handle past that point. He still had the Brian Buchanan-esque build in the '90s and everything fell into place perfectly for 98-99.

[Iceman1981]

That was in 2002, he was huge but not at his best.

You must be talking about how he looked at the 2002 Mr. Olympia because this 2002 BFTO footage was one of his best looks in his career.

275 lbs

[tonyt82]

I read an interview on coleman,he said he messed up his prep for the 02 O by doing too many photo shoots close to show time.I could be wrong but that just stuck in my mind.
He came in conditioned but just a bit stringy.

[Iceman1981]

I read an interview on coleman,he said he messed up his prep for the 02 O by doing too many photo shoots close to show time.I could be wrong but that just stuck in my mind.
He came in conditioned but just a bit stringy.

That was part of it, but for the most part Ronnie also said since he didn't look the way he wanted to look at the 2001 Mr. Olympia and the media fans were debating he if he should of won, him and Chad wanted to replicate the look Ronnie had at the 2001 AC. So, his contest prep in the last two weeks were messed up by dropping too much weight. He weighed 247 lbs at the 2001 AC & 2002 Mr. Olympia and 275 lbs in the 2002 BFTO footage. Imagine losing 28 lbs of lean muscle in 2 weeks? Ronnie could of has easily won the Mr. Olympia way he looked in the pics I posted above.

[mike8190]

You must be talking about how he looked at the 2002 Mr. Olympia because this 2002 BFTO footage was one of his best looks in his career.

275 lbs

That was in 2002, he was huge but not at his best.

god damn it he looks so ridiculous here. Hard to imagine anyone could surpass this. Any distention is rebuked by how inhuman he looks. I think aceto is full of **** when he says ramy could surpass ronnie. Someone may get more wins, be more muscular (hard to imagine tho), but idk the way ronnie carried that mass, his conditioning and shape is just amazing.

[mikieson]

god damn it he looks so ridiculous here. Hard to imagine anyone could surpass this. Any distention is rebuked by how inhuman he looks. I think aceto is full of **** when he says ramy could surpass ronnie. Someone may get more wins, be more muscular (hard to imagine tho), but idk the way ronnie carried that mass, his conditioning and shape is just amazing.

Ramy will never win one Olympia..Much less 8..Coleman is just too much muscle,flow,and complete to be out done. Although not most peoples ideal physique...He will forever be KING Coleman.

[Unbiasedfan]

Ramy will never win one Olympia..Much less 8

Really? Would you mind checking the lottery numbers for next week?

[mikieson]

Really? Would you mind checking the lottery numbers for next week?

you think different? maybe you know the numbers already..

[stealth_swimmer]

So did Ron gain too much weight too fast going into the Show of Strength after his '02 O' showing and that gave Gunther the edge?

I think so cus all the vid/pics I seen of Ronnie 2002 Olympia, he looked a bit stringy especially in the arms.