Ronnie Coleman 1990, 1/2

Ronnie Coleman in one of his oldest known posing videos.

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Sports

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• ronnie coleman
• ironage
• bodybuilding
• bodybuilders
• mr olympia

[Diamhea]

I love that little turn Coleman does during his poses.

[FitnessByMatt]

@Diamhea What do you think of Coleman's physique today?

[ObscureBeast]

This makes me feel a lot better about my calves.

[RomanSage]

@reallybigmike The genetics argument is nothing more than a delusion to maintain the idea that drugs aren't really responsible for the look of modern bodybuilders. Ronnie used his competition winnings to buy more and more drugs which is why he's bigger today, as a multimillionaire, then he was in this video as a police man.

[nikoskaragiosis1]

@knockoutgymbradford yeah he started the steroids earlier lol

[knockoutgymbradford]

@MFdoomJR Dorian Yates back was bigger

[Mehedict]

Good ol' times when Brian Dobson actually lifted shit and looked buff, instead of hanging his fat ass round the gym yelling at Ronnie and Branch like "YEAH BABY, CMON"

[ryanwegner2010]

@RomanSage it has nothing to do with money. he was bigger in 2005 than he was in 1997 simply because he had 8 years more training.

[martinmerrywinkle]

@RomanSage yeah but Arnie and co from the 70s hollywood films etc could afford all the drugs they wanted but weren't Dorian/Coleman sized. I still think it's the improved knowledge, safely allowing for more intense roid use, probably round the clock in Ronnie's case. Advisors too. Either that or it's the HGH that started the size thing. No idea when HGH started being used. There was an 80's bodybuilder, Victor Richards who was like 300lb on stage, looks Ronnie-like. Wonder what he was taking

[RomanSage]

@martinmerrywinkle Yeah, one guy I know lives off his girlfriend and his mother, avoids taxes, and buys drugs with the money he makes off forty hours a week. It's possible to afford the drugs and not be a millionaire, as long as you have plenty of people to mooch off of. Dorian's story is much the same as Ronnie's however. The more championships he won the more money he made and the bigger he got.

[martinmerrywinkle]

@RomanSage hmm well dorian was almost ronnie's size in the early 90s, and by most accounts he was just an average joe from england with a lot of passion for the sport, hardly rolling in it. I still think bodybuilders are bigger through the ages because drug knowledge increases, thus they can safely push their bodies further.

[martinmerrywinkle]

which one's ronnie

[h82bu223]

mr.texas 1990 

[Diamhea]

@FitnessByMatt Disgusting. '98-'99 was amazing though. His peak IMO.