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Getbig Main Boards => Gossip & Opinions => Topic started by: affeman on July 20, 2025, 05:08:54 AM
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Just epic :D
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Lol, fucking natural gas meter on the wall inside the gym. Place looks like a mechanic shop. Ronnie looking huge though.
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Lol, fucking natural gas meter on the wall inside the gym. Place looks like a mechanic shop. Ronnie looking huge though.
Thank you for describing the picture to us.
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Maybe not relevant to this pic, but I don't know how he managed to train in that crazy hot gym in his prime.
My workouts are basically just extended warm ups whenever the mercury starts rising
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Yeah Buddy
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One of the best photos of Ronnie I have seen was him just standing from a side view and his leg veins was bulging out of of his spandex. It was a testimony to the sheer mass he had to look like that.
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One of the best photos of Ronnie I have seen was him just standing from a side view and his leg veins was bulging out of of his spandex. It was a testimony to the sheer mass he had to look like that.
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Well, that is one.
The one I referred to was him just standing there in gray tights.
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Does peak Ronnie beat peak Dillett?
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(https://wallpapercave.com/wp/wp3006486.jpg)
cover Ronnie with your hand and look at the other guy on his own, he looks pretty jacked, then take your hand away
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Ronnie was the best when it came to "being big at all cost".
He was the last freak to truly look great.
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“Hot in dis place.”
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“Hot in dis place.”
He's got nosebleeding from monster high blood-pressure there
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Crazy pic… light weight
I Remember when I was at my first job and competing at the time
21 ish
Had Ronnie as my computer screen saver.
Fuck that was gay lol
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Thank you for describing the picture to us.
Well, you are an idiot. The simplest of texts is just a word salad in your feeble mind.
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Well, you are an idiot. The simplest of texts is just a word salad in your feeble mind.
Hey Dan
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I'm not sure which aspect of that picture looks more like it was created by AI, Ronnie's ridiculous physique, or the fact that that gym looks more like a garage than a place anyone would actually work out!
How Ronnie trained year-round in a gym in Texas that didn't have air conditioning is something I'll never understand! 🤣
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Ronnie at his prime was definitely better than Dorian.
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not hating on Ronnie, but do you guys think he used synthol?
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Ronnie at his prime was definitely better than Dorian.
;D
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Crazy pic… light weight
I Remember when I was at my first job and competing at the time
21 ish
Had Ronnie as my computer screen saver.
Fuck that was gay lol
"The Unbelievable" was highly motivating. Also used it to push myself to eat.
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not hating on Ronnie, but do you guys think he used synthol?
No.
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not hating on Ronnie, but do you guys think he used synthol?
Only at the end of his career in his delts and triceps
(https://people.com/thmb/oKiTIwXBGyujRCn-uB7bjYkb6gQ=/4000x0/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():focal(736x157:738x159)/ronnie-coleman-2006-mr-olympia-070125-fc7fd0e849954245be841e5dfc1b2217.jpg)
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(https://www.getbig.com/boards/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=700099.0;attach=1566212;image)
We`re talking hard fucking core!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!111111
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"The Unbelievable" was highly motivating. Also used it to push myself to eat.
I was a schoolkid when a classmate showed me "The Unbelievable" for the first time, he must've downloaded or ripped it from somewhere and I had never stepped foot into a gym at this point.
I was dumbstruck, the guy looked like an alien to me, not even human.
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Impressive but I'm sure in hindsight he wishes he trained more sensibly.
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Impressive but I'm sure in hindsight he wishes he trained more sensibly.
he claims not
Thats how fucking dumb he is.
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he claims not
Thats how fucking dumb he is.
:D Dumb or in denial.
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Impressive but I'm sure in hindsight he wishes he trained more sensibly.
F*ck it, he inspired generations of iron warriors with material meant to last forever 8)
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"Remember, your bodybuilding career will last only as long as your joints hold out. Therefore, do all you can to protect them now." - Lee Haney
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F*ck it, he inspired generations of iron warriors with material meant to last forever 8)
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"Remember, your bodybuilding career will last only as long as your joints hold out. Therefore, do all you can to protect them now." - Lee Haney
"Stimulate don't annihilate."
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I like the concept of black and white pics with not so perfect gym attire, depicting real training. Brian Moss is trying to do something like that but it comes across as very fake, like a rag wrapped around a thigh for no apparent reason. That Ronnie pic is great for its realism...
I wear plenty of old not so perfect t-shirts to the gym, now it's really hot here and I'm about to cut off some sleeves from old t-shirts, instead of buying some crazy expensive GASP tanks or whatever. Then again I train so late there's only about 4 or 5 Somalis and Arabs there, sometimes no one and it's a big two story gym :D
Edit: meant to post this in the Animal Pak thread but it works here also 8)
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"Remember, your bodybuilding career will last only as long as your joints hold out. Therefore, do all you can to protect them now." - Lee Haney
"Lights out - Game Over!" - Ronnie Coleman
(https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimCWij3PNeYK3M0fzGveW9kkZPryDNLXAc5sy399PtUdBPKvNAvmXjSEflvM5DUlxA4tXut-3hUIh8K5thTl3lV1MgZpQtwK61YwRtb3L-F6LzqDOMhLK_rCdY7qEvpnW4TfcIgqMn5NpN/s1600/2004%20Mr%20Olympia%20Winner%20Ronnie%20Coleman%20-%20www.Musclebase.Blogspot.com.JPG)
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I like the concept of black and white pics with not so perfect gym attire, depicting real training. Brian Moss is trying to do something like that but it comes across as very fake, like a rag wrapped around a thigh for no apparent reason. That Ronnie pic is great for its realism...
I wear plenty of old not so perfect t-shirts to the gym, now it's really hot here and I'm about to cut off some sleeves from old t-shirts, instead of buying some crazy expensive GASP tanks or whatever. Then again I train so late there's only about 4 or 5 Somalis and Arabs there, sometimes no one and it's a big two story gym :D
Edit: meant to post this in the Animal Pak thread but it works here also 8)
Where did he do that? hhhaahhahaaha. Brian always was a bit weird.
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not hating on Ronnie, but do you guys think he used synthol?
Yes, watch the unbelievable in several parts his delts were a watery looking blob, zero delt heads.
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Where did he do that? hhhaahhahaaha. Brian always was a bit weird.
He uses random wraps and bandages as props. What's that loose wrist bandage do? It's just to project some type of wounded warrior aura. Didn't find the thigh rag yet. Now I remember Tom Platz used to carry around an old small towel he had used as padding on the bar, he put it around his thigh sometimes as some type of amulet mental thing.
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"Lights out - Game Over!" - Ronnie Coleman
(https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimCWij3PNeYK3M0fzGveW9kkZPryDNLXAc5sy399PtUdBPKvNAvmXjSEflvM5DUlxA4tXut-3hUIh8K5thTl3lV1MgZpQtwK61YwRtb3L-F6LzqDOMhLK_rCdY7qEvpnW4TfcIgqMn5NpN/s1600/2004%20Mr%20Olympia%20Winner%20Ronnie%20Coleman%20-%20www.Musclebase.Blogspot.com.JPG)
(https://www.x-rep.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Lee-Haney-stage-double-biceps.jpg)
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A pro bb wearing one raggedy glove in the gym. One wrist wrap for leg presses. One sloppy knee wrap for sitting on a bench.
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Does peak Ronnie beat peak Dillett?
Ronnie destroys everyone at his peak.
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"Remember, your bodybuilding career will last only as long as your joints hold out. Therefore, do all you can to protect them now." - Lee Haney
That was one of the first physiques I saw as an 8 year old flipping through my first magazine. Pure magic, still is. Can't quite put my finger on why that is, but whatever it is it's there. Everyone also said he was a gentleman, a class act, so that's good too. Maybe he has secrets but he's been married to the same woman all this time.
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That was one of the first physiques I saw as an 8 year old flipping through my first magazine. Pure magic, still is. Can't quite put my finger on why that is, but whatever it is it's there. Everyone also said he was a gentleman, a class act, so that's good too. Maybe he has secrets but he's been married to the same woman all this time.
Ignoring the obvious things like his crazy lats and V Taper. Haney is the only bodybuilder I've seen hit the vacuum pose and simultaneously make his abs pop. Samir kinda could do it, but nothing like Haney. So it is naturally a very strong pose for Haney and then he adds a unique finishing touch that makes a huge difference
(https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/1633/7705/files/lee_haney_workout_877ff707-5d25-455c-be28-e08abe6bf796_480x480.jpg?v=1707586901)
(https://global.discourse-cdn.com/tnation/optimized/3X/6/f/6f85ed3438b9255460a52262ee1b17b5989e375d_2_365x500.jpg)
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I wear plenty of old not so perfect t-shirts to the gym, now it's really hot here and I'm about to cut off some sleeves from old t-shirts
Same here. In fact most of my so called leisure wear are first used as just that. Hanging out and when nothing more formal is needed. Then when they start to wear down I move them to another pile with other gym clothes 😊
I don’t think I have never bought a piece of clothing just for the gym 🤔
Platz I though that his adductor rag would be just some makeshift feel good apply pressure thing for some lingering groin etc issue?
Lee Read my first BB magazines around this time. When Gaspari took three 2nds is a row.
Haney looked like straight out of a Marvel mag. But Rich was a short white dude so liked him more 😁
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That was one of the first physiques I saw as an 8 year old flipping through my first magazine. Pure magic, still is. Can't quite put my finger on why that is, but whatever it is it's there. Everyone also said he was a gentleman, a class act, so that's good too. Maybe he has secrets but he's been married to the same woman all this time.
Haney was born to be Mr Olympia. No doubt. Dorian just advanced the look haney had and made it bigger. Have you watched haney train? Barbell rows with 65 pounds (no lie) "throw another 10 on there" he was really not the hardest trainer. For sure. Pure genetics.
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Haney was born to be Mr Olympia. No doubt. Dorian just advanced the look haney had and made it bigger. Have you watched haney train? Barbell rows with 65 pounds (no lie) "throw another 10 on there" he was really not the hardest trainer. For sure. Pure genetics.
But he was smart enough to realise if it was enough to build muscle, why lift heavier?
Also did quarter-rep squats with moderate weight.
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Haney was born to be Mr Olympia. No doubt. Dorian just advanced the look haney had and made it bigger. Have you watched haney train? Barbell rows with 65 pounds (no lie) "throw another 10 on there" he was really not the hardest trainer. For sure. Pure genetics.
He was smarter. "Stimulate don't annihilate" was his favorite saying on his TV show. If Ronnie had done the same he would have still won those Olympias and he'd be healthy and walking around instead of hobbling.
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Haney was born to be Mr Olympia. No doubt. Dorian just advanced the look haney had and made it bigger. Have you watched haney train? Barbell rows with 65 pounds (no lie) "throw another 10 on there" he was really not the hardest trainer. For sure. Pure genetics.
Haney put the work in when it was needed. He trained with Gaspari for a while who was known for his intensity in the gym.
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He was smarter. "Stimulate don't annihilate" was his favorite saying on his TV show. If Ronnie had done the same he would have still won those Olympias and he'd be healthy and walking around instead of hobbling.
In his videos he always emphasises injury prevention.
Probably the smartest training videos from any of the Mr O's.
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Platz I though that his adductor rag would be just some makeshift feel good apply pressure thing for some lingering groin etc issue?
He himself said he "drew strength" from it or something like that. He'd used that rag for his epic squat workouts so it held sentimental value and it contained positive memories. He talked a lot about his ritualized behavior and magical thinking surrounding workouts. Red pants for squats. Using an old leg extension machine for the imprinted memories on it. Leaving space between plates for the clanking sound. Smoking cigars and drinking Louis the 13th cognac as a "therapeutic" after workouts. I'm all for it, if it "works."
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not hating on Ronnie, but do you guys think he used synthol?
What makes you say that?
Ronnie had some of the best arm (bicep) and shoulder detail of any bodybuilder in history, and that is primarily the two locations that most professional bodybuilders put synthol.
His arm detail in particular makes most of the current pros look like they are, in fact the ones putting synthol in their arms, or need to diet for another 6 weeks!
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What makes you say that?
Ronnie had some of the best arm (bicep) and shoulder detail of any bodybuilder in history, and that is primarily the two locations that most professional bodybuilders put synthol.
His arm detail in particular makes most of the current pros look like they are, in fact the ones putting synthol in their arms, or need to diet for another 6 weeks!
He put a lot of shots in his calves in my opinion. Look closely at his calves. It's been a standard practice for a long time, especially for black bodybuilders. As you say, delts are the place to build scar tissue with injections, rear delts in particular. Almost every singe top bb builds their delts with injections nowadays, actually since at least two or three decades.