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Getbig Main Boards => Gossip & Opinions => Topic started by: Stavios on March 18, 2007, 01:58:18 PM
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not impressed I have to say, he looked the same last year when he wasn't even training :-\
and the hair look weird
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Nice gyno. Time to shut it down big boy.
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looks like he found his left tricep. but as usual you can't tell anthing from this far out.
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he's gonna be vascular as fuck in september.
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his waist looks really bad :-\
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any more pics, I want to see the right lat. That was the problem at the O
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no I only have this pic :-\
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no I only have this pic :-\
useless canadian
no wonder Alexxx is better than you
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I dwarf Alexxx 8)
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He looks young. gh15 was right, he looks like he should be in New Kids on the Block. But weren't the producers racist? ???
Anyway, other than the midsection, he looks to be in pretty good condition. Look at the separation in his thighs.
true. and the arms.
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ronnie looks sick
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ronnie looks sick
Growing his hair back was clearly an inarticulate defense mechanism against having irretrievably lost his status as alpha gorilla. :(
But for all his sad "age is nothing but a number" talk, someone needs to tell him that part of being a true champion is gracefully accepting that one's time has past.
Maybe coming in 3rd behind Martinez at the O will slap some sense into him.
But maybe it won't. :(
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not impressed I have to say, he looked the same last year when he wasn't even training :-\
and the hair look weird
I don't think he'll ever fix that waist/stomach.
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Growing his hair back was clearly an inarticulate defense mechanism against having irretrievably lost his status as alpha gorilla. :(
But for all his sad "age is nothing but a number" talk, someone needs to tell him that part of being a true champion is gracefully accepting that one's time has past.
Maybe coming in 3rd behind Martinez at the O will slap some sense into him.
But maybe it won't. :(
the man has trained for most of his adult life, and now you want him to walk away because you say so?
after he "walks away" as you want him to his revenue stream will all but dry up. As long as he can remain competitive and still make some money then why not compete?
I don't see you begging for bret favre, shaq or beckham to just walk away and they are clearly past their prime
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obvious case of palumboism.
kovacks=ronnie c.
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obvious case of palumboism.
kovacks=ronnie c.
indeed.
jay cutler, 2 time mr. olympia.
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his arms look tiny compared to what they used to be.
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the man has trained for most of his adult life, and now you want him to walk away because you say so?
after he "walks away" as you want him to his revenue stream will all but dry up. As long as he can remain competitive and still make some money then why not compete?
I don't see you begging for bret favre, shaq or beckham to just walk away and they are clearly past their prime
For some reason, Beckham greedily cashing out by dicking around in the competition-free environment of American soccer, even though he's already stinking rich [though saddled with a very expensive trophy wife :)], doesn't bother me at all. After putting his name on a fucking perfume, for Christ's sake, he doesn't seem to have much dignity left to lose.
Ronnie hasn't made a fraction of that - so sure, you could make a financial argument for his grinding it out for a few more seasons. But, on a personal level, I think he'll ultimately lose more from the tarnishing of his legacy than he'll gain in his bank account.
I mean let's face it: the man appears to have zero interest in anything outside of bodybuilding. And he's already got a huge home gym and a big-screen TV to watch while he uses it. What else is he going to spend his money on? Collecting the Great Books?
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the man has trained for most of his adult life, and now you want him to walk away because you say so?
after he "walks away" as you want him to his revenue stream will all but dry up. As long as he can remain competitive and still make some money then why not compete?
I don't see you begging for bret favre, shaq or beckham to just walk away and they are clearly past their prime
Unless he puts his Accounting degree to goo use. Unless, he can't count? :-\
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i have to agree........ mid section look bad
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He may not be the best in the world anymore, but the old man still has plenty of gas in him!
sure he does. but its from the protein powder :-X 8)
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You make it sound like he's an old frail man living in a retirement home or something. Ronnie is still the second best bodybuilder in the world right now and you yourself seem to be suggesting he has the potential to be third this year - at age 43 no less. Is someone who is third best in their field doing poorly? Hardly. As for age - he could school me in the gym any day. I am 25 and feel that I am just coming into the prime of my life and he is far and a way bigger and stronger than I can ever hope to become. He may not be the best in the world anymore, but the old man still has plenty of gas in him!
Intestinal gas doesn't count. :) But seriously, there's a world of difference between peaking at #3 and going from widely-regarded-as-#1-all-time to #3.
And while he's obviously not frail, he's not only injured but he's in denial about it.
Come on, you don't really want to see him go out like Nasser, do you?
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Why aren't there anymore where did this come from???!?
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where did the picture come from ?
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Ronnie's taking the Sergio route... keep on competing
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i have to agree........ mid section look bad
Ugh..Could it be that it is OFF SEASON FOR HIM...?
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Nice gyno. Time to shut it down big boy.
That 's not gyno....
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his waist looks really bad :-\
SO DOES YOUR FACE...NOW WHAT
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He looks young. gh15 was right, he looks like he should be in New Kids on the Block. But weren't the producers racist? ???
Anyway, other than the midsection, he looks to be in pretty good condition. Look at the separation in his thighs.
believe it or not but this is what single digit bodyfat% looks like,,hes about 8% there,,his age is catching up to him but i still think he can win it all coming o,,hes just a freak its hard to come by freaks,,monsters and beasts yes you see them all over but freaks of nature,,hard to come by
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his arms look tiny compared to what they used to be.
It's tha hair!!
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Ronnie gonna win it back fuckers! Jay look like a barcalounger.....
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Looking good for top 5 finish
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This picture really doesn't say much to me...Ronnie never really looks that great in the offseason...The big question is what is his back going to look like...Because Jay's back has surpassed Ronnies in terms of width...Ronnie's only hope is to come in dry as fck...And if he can't spead his lats from the back...Then its safe to say that Ronnie may just be somewhere down around 3rd...Assuming Jay and Victor come in Dry...But its Ronnies show if he can come in Dry and be able to spread his back...
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Ronnie is done!
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true. and the arms.
Nice breast tissue. :o
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damn...
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his waist looks really bad :-\
He's off-season bigtime here. We'll all just have to wait and see.
PB
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not impressed I have to say, he looked the same last year when he wasn't even training :-\
and the hair look weird
You know, forget that it's offseason, etc. The real puzzler is: why would a promoter PAY someone to pose looking like that?
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pictures from a better angle for you little biatches !
arms look smaller than ever
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Looking damn good for this far out of contest. His legs are amazing.
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If the picture is any indication ronnie will be slightly worse then last yr with more problems showing due to age.
I think he will come in 10 lbs smaller and he will basically look like a smaller version of last yr .He's thinking he can turn back the clock and come in looking like he did several yrs ago, but he will find out know matter what wieght he comes in at father time will show on him!
On the other hand jay will be bigger and better and probally will distace himself from whomever comes in 2nd this time around, most likely victor martinez!
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not impressed I have to say, he looked the same last year when he wasn't even training :-\
and the hair look weird
Starting to look like Pootietang!!
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Both his hair and physique look aweful.
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Ronnie will take it home '07.. Bookmark this, pull it back up in Sept.
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Small bicep, huge tris on right arm, torn right lat and torn left quad..
ALL THE WAY TO MR. OLYMPIA
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the front double bi is misleading.
why?
because ronnie's upper arm and elbow are at 90 degrees to one another.
makes his high round biceps look shorter and small.
if we have any shots of him fully contracting I am sure his arms would look a lot better.
here is how they looked at the olympia:
(http://www.graphicmuscle.com/~photos/730/Men/RH9K3342.jpg)
pretty crazy arms at this stage in his career.
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the front double bi is misleading.
why?
because ronnie's upper arm and elbow are at 90 degrees to one another.
makes his high round biceps look shorter and small.
if we have any shots of him fully contracting I am sure his arms would look a lot better.
here is how they looked at the olympia:
(http://www.graphicmuscle.com/~photos/730/Men/RH9K3342.jpg)
pretty crazy arms at this stage in his career.
Bullshit we all know that Dorian has better arms !
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hahahaha
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Ronnie is going to be more motivated this year, than any year since 1998. Maybe more.
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Sorry, but ronnie looks like shit this year. His arms look MUCH smaller, and his midsection is bigger than ever. I can see Palumboism setting in ;D Sorry, but he's done. He used to be the greatest of all time as far as physical development, but he's done. Stick a fork in him. Cue Hulkster in 3...2...1...
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Sorry, but ronnie looks like shit this year. His arms look MUCH smaller, and his midsection is bigger than ever. I can see Palumboism setting in ;D Sorry, but he's done. He used to be the greatest of all time as far as physical development, but he's done. Stick a fork in him. Cue Hulkster in 3...2...1...
LOL
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the problem with all of this stuff is that people were saying the same thing leading up to the 2003 Mr. O...and look what happened 8)
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Ronnie is going to be more motivated this year, than any year since 1998. Maybe more.
ya great, to bad his body will still be 44 yrs old ::)
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what a FKn mess
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LOL
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the problem with all of this stuff is that people were saying the same thing leading up to the 2003 Mr. O...and look what happened 8)
I'm no Ronnie hater tho, I'd love to see him take back the title
but hey, It's just one white man's opinion
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Thing is, Ron does believe that he's so different from everyone, which was true in the past, that he can overcome age and the lack of response he'll get this year from drugs.
It's over, but he's in denial, like a lot of athletes who don't know when to retire.
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Thing is, Ron does believe that he's so different from everyone, which was true in the past, that he can overcome age and the lack of response he'll get this year from drugs. It's over, but he doesn't accept it.
I agree that hearing all the time that he wasn't even the same league as the other guys got to his head
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That left arm is never going to look big ever again
notice no Back pics?!?
Easy year for Jay, he can take a breather, no way is Vic even in the same league...
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Bullshit we all know that Dorian has better arms !
Haha
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All I know is back at the GNC show a couple of years back, everyone made a stink saying Ronnie was done when he lost to Gunter. Well....what happend next? Ronnie came back bigger and badder then ever mopping up the floor with his competition and winning the O several more times.
PB
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The point is, he has too many injuries that throw off his symmetry to retake the O. All of those recent pics try to hide his flaws. No back shots, no left side tricep shots, etc, etc, etc... so even though he will go down as the greatest bodybuilder in history in terms of physical development, his time is up, and he should hang it up with class... and not go out bitching about a "racist" IFBB to cover up for his own flaws in his physique. Its funny how almost every time a minority or African American lose at something over someone who happens to be white, its racism... whites arent the ones keeping racism alive... and neither are minorities or african americans as a whole... its sore loosing african americans and minorities that are keeping racism alive. just one white man's opinion 8)
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Growing his hair back was clearly an inarticulate defense mechanism against having irretrievably lost his status as alpha gorilla. :(
But for all his sad "age is nothing but a number" talk, someone needs to tell him that part of being a true champion is gracefully accepting that one's time has past.
Maybe coming in 3rd behind Martinez at the O will slap some sense into him.
But maybe it won't. :(
Exactly. People keep bringing up the fact that everyone said that Ronnie was done in 2002, and yet he came into the 2003 Olympia bigger than ever and won convincingly. What they seem to forget is that Ronnie will be four years older at this year's Olympia than he was in 2003, and at this age, that does make a difference. Bodybuildiing is unique among sports in the sense that competitors peak very late, usually in their late thirties.
For instance, gymnasts peak in their teen years, swimmers peak in their early twenties, sprinters in their mid twenties and marathon runners in their early thirties. The problem is that, at age 43 going on 44, Ronnie has become old even by bodybuilding standards. He reached his absolute peak of muscle maturity and density four years ago, at the 2003 Olympia, when he was age 39 going on 40.
He will lose this year. No doubt. Ronnie's age gives an incredible advantage in muscle density and maturity, but his muscles have began to flatten out, which is what happens when you enter your forties. Ronnie's greatest strengh as a bodybuilder, his incredible muscle fullness, is gone. This, coupled with his injuries and loss of back mass sealed his fate. There are no drugs that'll give him so much muscle back at his age.
SUCKMYMUSCLE
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Exactly. People keep bringing up the fact that everyone said that Ronnie was done in 2002, and yet he came into the 2003 Olympia bigger than ever and won convincingly. What they seem to forget is that Ronnie will be four years older at this year's Olympia than he was in 2003, and at this age, that does make a difference. Bodybuildiing is unique among sports in the sense that competitors peak very late, usually in their late thirties.
For instance, gymnasts peak in their teen years, swimmers peak in their early twenties, sprinters in their mid twenties and marathon runners in their early thirties. The problem is that, at age 43 going on 44, Ronnie has become old even by bodybuilding standards. He reached his absolute peak of muscle maturity and density four years ago, at the 2003 Olympia, when he was age 39 going on 40.
He will lose this year. No doubt. Ronnie's age gives an incredible advantage in muscle density and maturity, but his muscles have began to flatten out, which is what happens when you enter your forties. Ronnie's greatest strengh as a bodybuilder, his incredible muscle fullness, is gone. This, coupled with his injuries and loss of back mass sealed his fate. There are no drugs that'll give him so much muscle back at his age.
SUCKMYMUSCLE
well said.