Ronnie Coleman

[IBench900]

Met Ronnie COleman Friday night, he was doing a show this weekend in Queens NY and the promoter owns my gym so Ronnie Coleman came by with Flex Wheeler and Dexter Jackson and some other up and coming BB Builders.

Anyway I spoke with Ronnie for about 20 minutes basically trying to convince him to cross over from the darkside into powerlifting. We were actually doing DE Squats with bands and he was very curious about it.

I'm not jockin the guy, but I don't care what picture, video or magazine, until you meet Ronnie in real life you have no concept of how big a pro bodybuilder can be.

Of course I am not advocating Bodybuilding so your probably asking where am I going with this, so......I stuck around to watch Ronnie deadlift.

He was pretty pissed that the bars in my gym only hold 7 plates per side so he said he would have to make do with that.

So figure he's got 14 plates on the bar, still only around 6 hund and change close to 7 hund lbs. no big deal from a powerlifting standpoint. But here is the clincher. He did 3 sets of 10 reps with it and his form was textbook.

Moved on to barbell rows 5 plates per side, 10 plates in total figure around 500 again he did 3 sets of 8 perfect form.

Wish I had videotaped it, nice display ofd strength. I mean yeah Ronnie's a bodybuilder, but he's got power.

Anyway he gave me his word when he gets bored of winning the Olympia, he may look into powerlifting.

One last note, Ronnie said he never goes under 5 reps in the bench, his best is 225 for 80 reps. Not bad.

 

[Tiervexx]

i really wish i could have been there.

when he does rows, does he use an underhand or overhand grip?

does he bend over so that his upper body is parallel with the ground or is he at a slight angle?

Another thing i want to add in. Allot of people give Ronnie shit, saying that cutler deserved to beat him. I think that is absolute bullshit, they are biast because they are sick of him. I remember that before i knew anything about bodybuilding I saw the 2001 Olympia. i knew nothing about any of those guys but he really stood out in my mind. his muscle separations are so damn deep that EVERYBODY else including cutler looked very soft next to him. I can't for the life of me understand how anyone argues with the fact that he deserves to be the top guy. sure his midsection needs to be fixed. but at least he does not have the accord frame that Günter has and cutler only has cuts on his quads and abs.

 

[phatman42]

when he does rows, does he use an underhand or overhand grip?

does he bend over so that his upper body is parallel with the ground or is he at a slight angle?

Got his vid here, in it he's doing overhand, back about 45degrees to floor, from what he says he seems to consider it more of a lower back exercise than a rowing exercise

 

[revexrevex]

Ibench, was that in Powerhouse On Bayside in Queens?

 

[slobberknocker]

He's strong that's for sure. I saw a vid of him front squatting with over 600 lbs for reps.

 

[Tiervexx]

what i really want to know is how cutler's strength compares to ronnie's.

 

[endpoint]

Anyway he gave me his word when he gets bored of winning the Olympia, he may look into powerlifting.

didnt he start as a powerlifter? I remember reading that somewhere

 

[IBench900]

Rever,

No, it was at Platinum Fitness GYM on Queens Blvd. in Rego Park.