I don't care what you were referring to , you're flat out wrong 03 isn't his best everyone knows this with the exception of you , a common theme. I agree 01 doesn't have better muscular bulk HOWEVER all that extra bulk came at the expense of his personal best balance & proportion , density & dryness hence why NO ONE considers 2003 his best showings
Flex Wheeler - MD, February 2004"I'll go on record as saying Ronnie is truly the biggest, hardest, most shredded Mr. Olympia in history. No disrespect to anybody at all, but I'd to identify Ronnie Coleman as the greatest Mr. Olympia of all time."
Paul Dillet - MD, February 2004"Understand that if Ronnie walked away tomorrow, I do not think anyone can measure up to the standards he has set. Just like Sergio Oliva, an awesome bodybuilder way ahead of his time, and like Flex Wheeler, who had an absolutely perfect, beautiful physique. No one will match Serigo or Flex and now Ronnie."
Steve Blechman - MD, Febrary 2004"Ronnie perseveres and proves continually that, at his best, he is unbeatable."
John Hansen, 2x Mr. Natural Universe and Mr. Natural Olympia - Personal Website"It would be safe to say that [Ronnie Coleman] presented a physique that has never been seen by the bodybuilding world ever before. Competing at an incredibly massive 287 pounds, Ronnie destroyed the competition with a physique that could not possibly be equaled."
Ryan Mackie - A Fan Perspective: My 2003 Olympia Experience (Hosted on Bodybuilding.com)"Everyone could see that at 287 pounds this was Ronnie's night and that he was back on top of his game and furthermore bodybuilding had just seen the bar of excellence raised even further. Just like Dorian Yates did in 1993 when he set a new standard, Ronnie has now taken it even further leaving all his competitors wonder what they have to do to now catch Ronnie Coleman, let alone beat him."
Shawn Ray – 2003 Year in Review (Hosted on Bodybuilding.com)"Ridiculous" Ronnie Coleman would win his 6th Sandow Trophy in a row looking absolutely ridiculous! This guy was from another planet! Ronnie added about a million pounds of muscle from the previous year and squashed the competition on sheer MASS! Unbelievable is what Ronnie was this night!"
Dorian Yates – PBW Radio Interview"The judges would probably choose Ronnie [over me]." (referring to the judges' propensity to reward mass)
and muscular bulk doesn't refer to who has bigger parts Dorian was MASSIVE everywhere all over his physique and the sum of bigger parts don't amount to the greater whole in terms of muscular balance , what good is a bunch of mixed and matched parts? parts that don't have great proportion from one muscle to the next
muscular bulk refers to the size of the muscles. Dorian had a larger skeletal frame but smaller muscle groups overall.
Definition is part are parcel of CONDITIONING stop trying play with words , conditioning muscle density & dryness , one can't have highly defined muscles without being dry and hard definition is a by-product of low bodyfat and water levels , I've said this before when guys come in out of shape they don't say he was lacking in definition its an outdtated term thats not used anymore
conditioning and definition may go hand in hand, but they are not the same. The purpose of one is to display the other. When a bodybuilder is well conditioned, people say "look at those separations and striations. He must have very low body fat and water levels." They don't say "look at that conditioning. He must have separations and striations."
and you'll get no argument from me Ronnie is more ' aesthetic ' than Yates , however its NOT an advantage of any sorts and he's not even in the league of aesthetic bodybuilders I already mentioned
better muscle shape is an advantage in bodybuilding.
And symmetry my smart friend is a term that covers both relative clavicle width narrow waist & hips AND muscular balance & proportion its called the symmetry round however they don't just look for a guy with a small waist & hips and wide clavicles they also look for what I mentioned above , torso length , arm length , upper & lower body balance etc , etc , etc and Dorian said he has better balance DIRECTLY compared to Ronnie so much for your claims AGAIN , like I said dummy Ronnie may have advantages in PARTS of the criteria i.e. narrower waist & hips ( I'm not sure his clavicles are wider than Yates ) however as a whole Dorian beats him in muscle proportion from one to another , torso length , upper & lower balance , etc , etc , etc so again while Ronnie may have an advantage in PART of the criteria when EVERYTHING is assessed he still lags behind Dorian because ALL ROUNDS ARE SYMMETRY ROUNDS
yawn, read the definition for balance which Dorian himself provided.
Dorian Yates - Flex, October 2006"Balance means the mass of one side is equal to that of the other"
the only way to determine who has better balance is to individually weigh both halves of the body. Since this is impossible, Dorian is speaking out of his ass if he thinks he has better balance.