amazing how strong Ronnie was!

[noeasywayout]

 

Derek poundstone 200lb DB press 5 reps at 0:45

Ronnie coleman 200lb DB press 12 rep

Stan Efferding incline presses 210 pound dumbells for 9 reps

[affeman]

I still think the dumbbells in "The Unbelieveable" are fake. He gets them in the starting position + the first rep so easily when everyone else is struggling like a MoFo just to get them from your knees back, seems fake to me.

[affeman]

Here's Efferding with 215s btw. Efferding is probably the strongest of em all.

[Fortress]

Yes, Ronnie was/(still is) a very, VERY strong individual.

Him and Poundstone, at Coleman's biggest, are roughly the same size.

Everyone has his favored lifts. Poundstone is a pulling MACHINE. Deadlifts way more than Ronnie ever could. Derek is a freak on most every lift, although he doesn't put too, too much emphasis on benching crazy amounts of weight.

Ronnie's dumbell pressing strength doesn't fully equate to flat barbell bench, as well. He presses, at his best, what, five or so reps with five plates? I mean, this is still fantastic, but not what one would think when he smashes up 200s in dumbell exercises.

[mesmorph78]

I still think the dumbbells in "The Unbelieveable" are fake. He gets them in the starting position + the first rep so easily when everyone else is struggling like a MoFo just to get them from your knees back, seems fake to me.

no for a guy ronnies size 200 isnt that heavy

[d0nny2600]

no for a guy ronnies size 200 isnt that heavy

They aren't fake...regardless of anyones size 200lb dumbbells are heavy.

[affeman]

Here's Efferding with 215s btw. Efferding is probably the strongest of em all.

Look how this fucker (Powerlifting world champion) is struggling just to get them up on his shoulders! And you guys wanna tell me Ronnie is conveniently repping them for 12. You guys must be completely retarded to believe that BS.

[TRock99]

I am here in Dallas and lived in Arlington when Ronnie first started BB, and he was strong as shit back then, knocking out 4 or 5 plates each side like most do for 2 or 3

[noeasywayout]

Here's Efferding with 215s btw. Efferding is probably the strongest of em all.

damn....

[G_Thang]

I still think the dumbbells in "The Unbelieveable" are fake. He gets them in the starting position + the first rep so easily when everyone else is struggling like a MoFo just to get them from your knees back, seems fake to me.

i'm sure dopson keeps a bunch of fake stuff around metro, that's how branch tore a lat and ronnie had multiple tears his last yr. watch out kulco when you are doing those 800lb squats and 2000lb presses.

i find it hard to believe a man who prided himself on "light weight" would go that low.  

[Fortress]

They aren't fake...regardless of anyones size 200lb dumbbells are heavy.

They're not fake.

And to the jackass who claims 200s aren't heavy for a man Ronnie's size, please, just shut your mouth. Strength isn't linear. Greater and greater poundage requires greater and greater size and horsepower, if you will. Smaller increments, in other words, require proportionately greater strength capacities.

Fools need to shut their mouths when a subject is out of their depth if knowledge.

[yates fan]

ronnie was a good bit bigger than stan and had been using that weight for years is why he handles it so easy and was crazy strong on all his lifts.

[Reeves]

Without drugs, they are all pretty much regular guys.  Strong?  Only when full of shit.  And they are all full of shit.  

[TRock99]

Yeah like his squat was faked too 

[mass243]

Ronnie was huge

[mesmorph78]

They're not fake.

And to the jackass who claims 200s aren't heavy for a man Ronnie's size, please, just shut your mouth. Strength isn't linear. Greater and greater poundage requires greater and greater size and horsepower, if you will. Smaller increments, in other words, require proportionately greater strength capacities.

Fools need to shut their mouths when a subject is out of their depth if knowledge.

 
let me clause that
IMO for a guy on whatever coleman is on his size his strength and genetics... 200lb isnt heavy

[YoungBlood]

I still think the dumbbells in "The Unbelieveable" are fake. He gets them in the starting position + the first rep so easily when everyone else is struggling like a MoFo just to get them from your knees back, seems fake to me.

I saw "The Unbelievable" when it first came out, and up to this point you're the only one I've ever heard make a claim for Ronnie using fake weights. That's including message boards, people I've talked to and what I see/hear in the video.

I never once thought those were fake weights. The sound of them hitting the ground, or him struggling with them at the end of the set is enough for me and apparently everyone else that has seen the video to say they are not fake.

[Fortress]

let me clause that
IMO for a guy on whatever coleman is on his size his strength and genetics... 200lb isnt heavy

Fair enough. However, even on gas, 200s in pressing movements isn't light weight for ANYBODY. Well, maybe a prime Kazmaier (ha, ha), but very, very few others.

 

[OTHstrong]

I still think the dumbbells in "The Unbelieveable" are fake. He gets them in the starting position + the first rep so easily when everyone else is struggling like a MoFo just to get them from your knees back, seems fake to me.

Bro,making a statement like that is OUTRAGES, 800 lb squats and deads, 500lb bentover rows with perfect form, 13 plates on T-bar, 5 plates perside bench for reps, and you really think the 200's are fake, not a chance in hell are those fake, I would bet everything I own (which isn't much, but....)

[apply85]

You guys give so much respect to people who can lift heavy weights because they inject particular hormones and they were born with lifting genetics, who gives a shit, ronnie is the man because of his attitude not because he could lift 200 pound dumbbells 12 times

[Dr Dutch]

Maybe it's 200 lbs for the 2 dumbells together....

[claymore]

All of ronnies lifts were legit.

[mesmorph78]

Fair enough. However, even on gas, 200s in pressing movements isn't light weight for ANYBODY. Well, maybe a prime Kazmaier (ha, ha), but very, very few others.

 

agreed coleman was genetically strong...
thats why i made the statement ... i think he could move 300 for a couple reps maybe

[The_Leafy_Bug]

Can someone explain to me how these guys get the db up on their knee without their shoulder popping loose? I use the heaviest dbs in my gym (140s) and i have to have help putting them on my knees. Everytime i swing it forward i feel like my shoulder is going to rip loose. Maybe its because of my bird joints and it will be a problem ill always have. Anything past 120 i need help with.

[closeline]

i was in th e gym with zydrunas savickas, healthy fit savickas, he s the strongest  i ve ever seen regarding the weights he could move for low reps

ronnie did extremley heavy lifts at 6 percent of bodyfat while savickas was about 20percent and gallons of extra water with a much bigger bone and tendon frame


so for me ronnie is the strongest man ever, if you talk about real muscular strenght for 3+ reps

lower than 3 reps is all technique, big bones, and strong tendons