The plates are real but I only saw him do 3 25s a side. From what I could see they used plates from the gym. The pictures were taken at Gold's gym on Flamingo the day after the Olympia. They had hired guys to hand him the bar and take it away from him when he was done. They were 25's, and he stared with 2 per side. He curled it half way up and held it there and the photographer had to tell him to look more intense because the wasn't even the slightest bit of effort showing on his face. Then they added another 25 per side to make it 3. He posed for a few pictures and when he was done the guy wasn't there to take the bar so Ronnie just let it fall to the floor. There was a big crash, not the crash that fake weights would make.
well, of course, there is a big difference between 3 25s per side and 4 35s per side.
3 25s ronnie could hold a half curl with relative ease.
