Wow, look how small Ronnies waist was. He could have just kept refining what he had instead of ending up the way he did. Same with Dorian. They didn't have to get injured the way they did.
The funny thing is he didn't need to be any bigger what so ever , he was beating much heavier guys than himself in 98 , like Flex he didn't need to be big to beat the bigger guys
you look at the trend in 98 he was 249lbs and hard as nails and dry , 99 a tad heavier at 257lbs and you can see his conditioning is suffering , 2000 264lbs and his conditioning is going south and his gut is maxing out as well as his balance & proportions , he pulled it all together in 2001 ASC at 247lbs and look his best ever which proves Ronnie's ideal was right around 250 lbs at that weight he looked bigger and his conditioning was spot-on
