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.
we don't know how much Ronnie could deadlift, because all we saw was Ronnie deadlifting 5 weeks out from the Mr. Olympia...look at Ronnie there. Poundstone in his life has never been in that condition nor that depleted. And that is a 5 week out Ronnie, and we are not talking about for any old contest. This was Mr. O, if Ronnie had hurt himself, he would have been out of the contest, and it would have like 98 all over again.
That is what amazes me. Ronnie did all these lifts 5 weeks out, when othes would have done moderate weights...as they would be generally weaker as they progressively diet.
But, as Shawn Ray said of Dorian, what made Ronnie, broke Ronnie.
