Someone certainly can train hard without competing.However,for someone to come on a forum and rip on a guy who,not only trains hard,but has the nads to compete is the silliest thing Ive ever seen.Ron put his reputation on the line and goes on stage and competes.He does this knowing that some arm chair "bodybuilder" on a website will rip him.He writes magazine articles and knows ,that by competing,he will be the first one to get ripped for having any part of his body not measuring up,or not coming in shape or any other of a thousand other things.The guy could easily just train in seclusion,and never post a pic or video of himself,make a living writing like so many other bodybuilding writers do,but instead,he "mans up" and goes on stage and shows what he has.To rip a guy like that is assanine and sad,especially if you cant muster the same courage.