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Getbig Main Boards => Gossip & Opinions => Topic started by: affeman on July 18, 2025, 04:42:00 AM
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Ronny is 53 now and is competing to win his IFBB-Pro Card a 2nd time (he got kicked out of the federation because he did a few NABBA shows in his final season before he retired for the frist time lol).
His lil' daughter will be so proud of her dad one day for putting on his thong goin' to war in honour of her again. 8)
Posing update 10 weeks out @24:20
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Picture of health. So much lustre in the magical pro card elevating ones identity to superhuman levels ::)
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53? He looks 70+ :-X
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From death?
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I hope he wins
Having to requalify is disrespectful
WooooShhhhhhhhhhhhhh
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Why does he embaress himself like this. Way way way pass his prime.
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Der Ronny sieht sehr alt aus, und ist krank im Kopf. Total Idiot!
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Der Ronny sieht sehr alt aus, und ist krank im Kopf. Total Idiot!
He said he's going to bring his best shape ever at 53 8)
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Der Ronny sieht sehr alt aus, und ist krank im Kopf. Total Idiot!
Bitte keine krassen Yugo-Deutsch hier
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On a quest for a pro card and the vast financial rewards that go with it.
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he looks fucking terrible
Most bodybuilders never seem to realise its time to stop
they look in the mirror and they see there 30 year ago body looking back at them
Pure body dysmorphia
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Give it up and quit already.
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he looks fucking terrible
Most bodybuilders never seem to realise its time to stop
they look in the mirror and they see there 30 year ago body looking back at them
Pure body dysmorphia
I see this in the mirror...
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He should just retire and workout to stay in shape.
He`s fucking cooked !!
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Selfish to have a daughter and still going full throttle with bbing
Heart attack or organ failure is in the future and he will leave his daughter behind
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mental illness
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I was reading this earlier today: https://www.thebignewsletter.com/p/the-number-go-up-rule-why-america
The average American billionaire is a boomer in his early 60s. Donald Trump is a boomer, most of his key advisors are boomers, so is Democratic Senate chief Chuck Schumer. Key business leaders - like Apple CEO Tim Cook and JP Morgan CEO Jamie Dimon - are boomers, as are most CEOs of Hollywood studios, who have traditionally skewed younger. The average S&P 500 CEO is in his late 50s, and the number of young people serving on corporate boards keeps going down.
Bodybuilders, too, are getting older.
Twenty years ago, 40 was old for a bodybuilder, and competing past 50 was basically unheard-of. (There are outliers like Beckles, but they don't really count.) Today, the average bodybuilder is probably over 40, the reigning Mr. O is pushing 40, "up and coming" bodybuilders like "Andrew Jacked" are over 40, and dudes like Rockel competing well into their fifties.
Kids these days are too addicted to social media and video games to don the thong and go to battle.
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I was reading this earlier today: https://www.thebignewsletter.com/p/the-number-go-up-rule-why-america
Bodybuilders, too, are getting older.
Twenty years ago, 40 was old for a bodybuilder, and competing past 50 was basically unheard-of. (There are outliers like Beckles, but they don't really count.) Today, the average bodybuilder is probably over 40, the reigning Mr. O is pushing 40, "up and coming" bodybuilders like "Andrew Jacked" are over 40, and dudes like Rockel competing well into their fifties.
Kids these days are too addicted to social media and video games to don the thong and go to battle.
70%; of americants are overweight 40-something% obose 🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮
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Selfish to have a daughter and still going full throttle with bbing
Heart attack or organ failure is in the future and he will leave his daughter behind
He's diabetic as well :D
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Insecurity is a bitch. If he slims down nobody will give him any attention. Attention from strangers is a drug to anyone that lifts to impress other people
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Why does he embaress himself like this. Way way way pass his prime.
Agreed.
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He's diabetic as well :D
Genetic predisposition to high A1C level.
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torn lats, torn inner pec, bloated gut... looks terrible
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torn lats, torn inner pec, bloated gut... looks terrible
You’ll have to be more specific on who you’re talking about
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Better than the mutant :)
WooooSHHHHHHHHHHHHH
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Better than the mutant :)
WooooSHHHHHHHHHHHHH
What a difference 10 years makes.
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Ok so he looks way worse now... but can he manage to secure the pro card? I mean a lot of crappy bodybuilders win cards these days. Maybe he can even do a Masters class so it's easier?
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As an old(er) guy there’s time when you just have to hang it up. This guy has gone to having a great physique to a complete monstrosity.
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Selfish to have a daughter and still going full throttle with bbing
Heart attack or organ failure is in the future and he will leave his daughter behind
Usually it's all they have, "gym life".
He probably needs the money and the media attention to keep up his own social media
Retire = less followers and less views I guess
Nearly all "comebacks" are disastrous. See Levrone, Ferrigno, Wheeler, same for old boxers
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torn lats, torn inner pec, bloated gut... looks terrible
Yeah I realized he has a lil bit of this Scott Steiner thing going on in his pecs, wonder where this comes from, as he never even trained that heavy. But it will probably get worse and worse over the years :-\
(https://i.ytimg.com/vi/h8wuateLtwU/maxresdefault.jpg)
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Yeah I realized he has a lil bit of this Scott Steiner thing going on in his pecs, wonder where this comes from, as he never even trained that heavy. But it will probably get worse and worse over the years :-\
(https://i.ytimg.com/vi/h8wuateLtwU/maxresdefault.jpg)
Steiner tore both pecs
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What a difference 10 years makes.
WoooSSHHHHHHHHHHH
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(https://www.getbig.com/boards/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=700070.0;attach=1566159;image)
WoooSSHHHHHHHHHHH
Would love to be that granny smith….
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Steiner tore both pecs
I have that, my pecs are GONE almost totally. In my case it's due to tears on the other side tendons, obviously lost innervation.
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2008 Olympia might have been his best ever
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Selfish to have a daughter and still going full throttle with bbing
Heart attack or organ failure is in the future and he will leave his daughter behind
x2. BB is a single (gay) man’s sport. I’m amazed that anyone who has a child would gamble with is health like this. ???
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Yeah I realized he has a lil bit of this Scott Steiner thing going on in his pecs, wonder where this comes from, as he never even trained that heavy. But it will probably get worse and worse over the years :-\
And his right lat also injured, the atrophied arms, and the gut.
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(https://www.getbig.com/boards/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=700070.0;attach=1566159;image)
Just saving this piece of fruit from Kai Greene
WoooSHHHHHHHHHHHHH
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:D
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Gaspari is ready to take him on!
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I have that, my pecs are GONE almost totally. In my case it's due to tears on the other side tendons, obviously lost innervation.
Is there any way to fix that? ART maybe?
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Gaspari is ready to take him on!
Jesus Christ, somebody tell Gaspari to keep his shirt on! Such ugly old skin and deteriorated body, ghastly sight. What is the matter with such senior citizens who still think they look like 30?
There should be a law forcing them to always wear long pants and long sleeves. Just to protect others from the traumatising sight ;D
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Jesus Christ, somebody tell Gaspari to keep his shirt on! Such ugly old skin and deteriorated body, ghastly sight. What is the matter with such senior citizens who still think they look like 30?
There should be a law forcing them to always wear long pants and long sleeves. Just to protect others from the traumatising sight ;D
Fun facts: The first bodybuilding magazine I ever saw at a gym was with Gaspari on cover ripped posing with a chick, that was when I was a teen back in Dominican Republic ...... then when I came back to NY the first magazine I ever bough (days after I arrived) was Gaspari once again on the cover... He was bodybuilding's poster boy, the Man to beat Lee Haney!
Now, 35 years alter ..... to see him flexing his abs looking like that brings tears to my eyes ...
WOoooSSHHHHHHHHHHH dont dream, is over
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Gaspari is ready to take him on!
Let's not forget the real King, Kamali.
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Gaspari is ready to take him on!
Holy hell. Gaspari looks like a tumor.
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Im not seeing it the same way for Rockel. Of course he's older but aside from lacking the elasticity and fresh look of youth, his muscles still somewhat full, no injuries, still has the shape that he was known for, tight waist etc... yes, he has the burnt cracked look to his skin thats associated with palumboism but that aside there are only a handful of 52 year old bodybuilders that have ever looked good. I don't think the lighting plus his pale skin helps him in this video. There is obvious regression in some of his body parts, especially lats and chest. But overall, he looks better than some current pro's.
I certainly don't think he should be competing, what does he need an IFBB pro card for? To throw away a few hundred dollars a year in 'dues.'?
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It’s weird, Gaspari is juiced as hell but should not pull his shirt up or let the atrophied pecs show. Here are some recent amateurs (Over 70) who are 20 years older than Gaspari but have a fresher look
https://contests.npcnewsonline.com//images.php?image=20169131&contest=2025-NPC-Teen-Collegiate-&-Masters-National-Championships&title=Comparisons--&ids=c0akz,c0al0,c0al1,c0al2,c0al3,c0al4,c0al5,c0al6,c0al7,c0alk,c0alm,c0aln,c0alp,c0alr,c0als,c0alt,c0alu,c0alv,c0alw,c0alx,c0aly,c0alz,c0am0,c0am1,c0amh,c0ami,c0amj,c0amk,c0aml,c0amm,c0amn,c0amo,c0amp,c0amq,c0amr,c0ams,c0amt,c0amu,c0amv,c0anb,c0anc,c0and,c0ane,c0anf,c0ang,c0anh,c0ani,c0anj,c0ank,c0anl,c0anm,c0ann,c0ano,c0anp,c0ao5,c0ao6,c0ao7,c0ao8,c0ao9,c0aoa,c0aob,c0aoc,c0aod,c0aoe,c0aof,c0aog,c0aoh,c0aoi,c0aoj,c0aoz,c0ap0,c0ap1,c0ap2,c0ap3,c0ap4,c0ap5,c0ap6,c0ap7
https://contests.npcnewsonline.com//images.php?image=20169115&contest=2025-NPC-Teen-Collegiate-&-Masters-National-Championships&title=Comparisons--&ids=c0akz,c0al0,c0al1,c0al2,c0al3,c0al4,c0al5,c0al6,c0al7,c0alk,c0alm,c0aln,c0alp,c0alr,c0als,c0alt,c0alu,c0alv,c0alw,c0alx,c0aly,c0alz,c0am0,c0am1,c0amh,c0ami,c0amj,c0amk,c0aml,c0amm,c0amn,c0amo,c0amp,c0amq,c0amr,c0ams,c0amt,c0amu,c0amv,c0anb,c0anc,c0and,c0ane,c0anf,c0ang,c0anh,c0ani,c0anj,c0ank,c0anl,c0anm,c0ann,c0ano,c0anp,c0ao5,c0ao6,c0ao7,c0ao8,c0ao9,c0aoa,c0aob,c0aoc,c0aod,c0aoe,c0aof,c0aog,c0aoh,c0aoi,c0aoj,c0aoz,c0ap0,c0ap1,c0ap2,c0ap3,c0ap4,c0ap5,c0ap6,c0ap7
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Holy hell. Gaspari looks like a tumor.
Edited.
Im not seeing it the same way for Rockel. Of course he's older but aside from lacking the elasticity and fresh look of youth, his muscles still somewhat full, no injuries, still has the shape that he was known for, tight waist etc... yes, he has the burnt cracked look to his skin thats associated with palumboism but that aside there are only a handful of 52 year old bodybuilders that have ever looked good. I don't think the lighting plus his pale skin helps him in this video. There is obvious regression in some of his body parts, especially lats and chest. But overall, he looks better than some current pro's.
I certainly don't think he should be competing, what does he need an IFBB pro card for? To throw away a few hundred dollars a year in 'dues.'?
IFBB pro card is a joke . you can compete, promote and even win the damn Olympia ...and they won't give a flying Fak'....
look what they did to IFBB legend Chris Dickerson while on his dying bed IFBB couldn't afford a single visit or call .
WooooSHHHHHHHHHHHHH
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IFBB is a joke . you can compete, promote and even win the damn Olympia ...and they won't give a flying Fak'....
look what they did to IFBB legend Chris Dickerson while on his dying bed IFBB couldn't afford a single visit or call .
WooooSHHHHHHHHHHHHH
the IFBB cant do anything, its a fiction
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the IFBB cant do anything, its a fiction
So is the WWE yet their "athletes" get paid instead of having to pay to participate in
WoooooSSSHHHH Pro card ;D
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(https://www.getbig.com/boards/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=700070.0;attach=1566159;image)
Just saving this piece of fruit from Kai Greene
WoooSHHHHHHHHHHHHH
Lot of oil sadly. Pecs arms delts.
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IFBB pro card is a joke . you can compete, promote and even win the damn Olympia ...and they won't give a flying Fak'....
look what they did to IFBB legend Chris Dickerson while on his dying bed IFBB couldn't afford a single visit or call .
WooooSHHHHHHHHHHHHH
G*d Damn, thats sad. So they pay a fee to the IFBB for their pro card. But for every contest don't they still have to pay an entrance fee too?
So what does the IFBB do? Ever see their website? Do they have any publications? Provide insurance or healthcare?
Of course they must secure the venue's for the contests, pay their judges, pay promoters (honestly what tf does a bodybuilding promoter do? A few tweets, a few posts on IG, maybe some posters or tee-shirts? Reach out to the supplement companies to advertise their shitty products?)
Exactly what does a bodybuilder get from the ifbb? Your typical 'social media influencer' can generate more revenue than an average mid tier pro.
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G*d Damn, thats sad. So they pay a fee to the IFBB for their pro card. But for every contest don't they still have to pay an entrance fee too?
So what does the IFBB do? Ever see their website? Do they have any publications? Provide insurance or healthcare?
Of course they must secure the venue's for the contests, pay their judges, pay promoters (honestly what tf does a bodybuilding promoter do? A few tweets, a few posts on IG, maybe some posters or tee-shirts? Reach out to the supplement companies to advertise their shitty products?)
Exactly what does a bodybuilder get from the ifbb? Your typical 'social media influencer' can generate more revenue than an average mid tier pro.
the average Walmart employee earns more than most pros
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G*d Damn, thats sad. So they pay a fee to the IFBB for their pro card. But for every contest don't they still have to pay an entrance fee too?
So what does the IFBB do? Ever see their website? Do they have any publications? Provide insurance or healthcare?
Of course they must secure the venue's for the contests, pay their judges, pay promoters (honestly what tf does a bodybuilding promoter do? A few tweets, a few posts on IG, maybe some posters or tee-shirts? Reach out to the supplement companies to advertise their shitty products?)
Exactly what does a bodybuilder get from the ifbb? Your typical 'social media influencer' can generate more revenue than an average mid tier pro.
You gotta ask the "athlete's rep" :D
(https://www.panattasport.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/bob-2.webp)
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4 weeks out
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I still am impressed with Ronny
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Wow he does look good especially considering how he looked in the first video
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Wow he does look good especially considering how he looked in the first video
Surprised me also. Not bad at all.
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You gotta ask the "athlete's rep" :D
(https://www.panattasport.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/bob-2.webp)
The old cuntface is reallly starting to look like a dyke.
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The old cuntface is reallly starting to look like a dyke.
A pretty big dyke :D
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IFBB pro card is a joke . you can compete, promote and even win the damn Olympia ...and they won't give a flying Fak'....
look what they did to IFBB legend Chris Dickerson while on his dying bed IFBB couldn't afford a single visit or call .
WooooSHHHHHHHHHHHHH
Don't think the IFBB is there to wipe their arses for them or bale
them out when things get tough.
Plus Dickinhisarseson was as bent as bent could be.
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why bother competing at older age when you're so much worse from your prime
just lift for fun and get other hobbies to occupy your time
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why bother competing at older age when you're so much worse from your prime
just lift for fun and get other hobbies to occupy your time
he still sees his younger all time best when he looks in the mirror
Trust me, its delusional, I have been there.
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Don't think the IFBB is there to wipe their arses for them or bale
them out when things get tough.
Plus Dickinhisarseson was as bent as bent could be.
He who has an IFBB pro card, Mike O'Hearn as favorite natural bodybuilder and a baseball cap of the Colorado Rookies,
has NOTHING
WooooSHHHH Fak that noise
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why bother competing at older age when you're so much worse from your prime
just lift for fun and get other hobbies to occupy your time
Because it feels good and, if you do it right, it’s healthy. So what if other people think it’s a bit weird, screw them. A lot of what humans do is weird. Plus it is GREAT to fit in the slimmest waist clothes. Opens up the whole closet and the best clothing purchases from the past. Competitions are a no brainer way to get there.
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Because it feels good and, if you do it right, it’s healthy. So what if other people think it’s a bit weird, screw them. A lot of what humans do is weird. Plus it is GREAT to fit in the slimmest waist clothes. Opens up the whole closet and the best clothing purchases from the past. Competitions are a no brainer way to get there.
Live and let live. People do what they want. It's hard to leave something that is part of your identity. But I'd say competetive bodybuilding at older age does more harm than good. Simular to aging MMA fighters. But in a different way for them(CTE)
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Live and let live. People do what they want. It's hard to leave something that is part of your identity. But I'd say competetive bodybuilding at older age does more harm than good. Simular to aging MMA fighters. But in a different way for them(CTE)
Well yes, the drugs can bite worse than when you’re younger (maybe you need to be on the “natural” side of the spectrum) and the muscle and joint wear and tear can be a strong negative. But come on. Anywhere as near a negative as with the population at large? What are the two things doctors beg older male patients to do? Don’t be fat! And PLEASE weight train! For bone and muscle health, disease prevention, anti-inflammatory, etc. If you still look decent, getting up on stage in a thong is one way to go about it.
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Had Ronny competed this past weekend at the Master's O he would have been the only relevant BB at the show,
Sad no legends want to do the Master Olympia no more
Maybe next year?
WooooSSHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHh