Was the 99 Olympia Ronnie the best physique to ever step on the Olympia stage?

[Hulkster]

from the above post:

Hulkster Somewhat Justified - McGough says 1999 Coleman's best Olympia but..
He says Coleman 2001 AC is his best physique.
Around 8:10 he states it very clearly and there
are many that feel the same. Hulkster always stated that McGough
placed 1999 ahead of 1998 as far as advancing the sport
and I have to give him credit-he was right that in what McGough was saying.

PS I am always right

[Danimal77]

Freakiest maybe , best physique ever on the Olympia stage ? not even close .

Whenever I see Dexter now I instantly see a Ninja Turtle 

[Danimal77]

QFT

WoooSSSHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH H

Franco was so much better there (mid 70's) than he was in 1981.

[old-school-lifter]

Good I just want your opinion and not Mc Gough's. His writing style is horrendous, he has a selective memory (ignores all his bullshit predictions that never came through) and .... his writing style is horrendous. My 10 year old son has a better grasp of the English language yet Mc Gough holds himself as some wordsmith, a literary pioneer. He's just a schmoe battling his sexual desires and erections to get a few words on the page before he can jerk off to men in thongs.

98/99 were both amazing (no homo), 2003 was crazy but when I look back his back lacked that insane level of detail that made the mass all the more extraordinary. That was Ron's thing - huge, conditioned and crazy separation. As he got to insane sizes he still came in ripped and and obviously huge but some detail was lost. His quads looked like turnips in 03 and 04, in 05 they were great.

QFT
mc gough = schmoe who uses endless cliches

[NarcissisticDeity]

from the above post:

PS I am always right

LMAO you're never right. You're the guy who claimed Ronnie 99 was harder & drier than he was in 98 and in 01 , as usual you were dead wrong   

You can't even get the basics right poor fella 

[Grenache]

Photoshoot just after the 1999 Mr. Olympia:

[njflex]

Whenever I see Dexter now I instantly see a Ninja Turtle 

WHEELER looked like a work of art in top form,but look at how slender through torso he is compared to coleman's thickness in same area,,wheeler had better structured abs and longer torso,ronnie was short torso'ed

[Shockwave]

WHEELER looked like a work of art in top form,but look at how slender through torso he is compared to coleman's thickness in same area,,wheeler had better structured abs and longer torso,ronnie was short torso'ed

Coleman had an extremely short torso.

Believe it or not, theres actually a pic from 96 where him and yates are standing next to each other, and yates hips are actually narrower than ronnies.

I think that may have been part of the issue with yates bulging obliques, his hips were so narrow that when he relaxed his stomach they hung over the sides and made him look bloated. When he tensed them though, his hips/waist were actually pretty small, especially early in his career.

[njflex]

Coleman had an extremely short torso.

Believe it or not, theres actually a pic from 96 where him and yates are standing next to each other, and yates hips are actually narrower than ronnies.

I think that may have been part of the issue with yates bulging obliques, his hips were so narrow that when he relaxed his stomach they hung over the sides and made him look bloated. When he tensed them though, his hips/waist were actually pretty small, especially early in his career.

THATS what made yates signature poses standout he had small hips,slenderish not meaty bulging quads like the norm and those ridiculous calves ,gave him a good look with the sick hanging lats ..

[Hulkster]

narrow waist LMAO

[Shockwave]

narrow waist LMAO

Thanks for helping validate my point.

Here, despite being much closer to the camera, his hips are as narrow as Kevins. And when he lets his stomach relax, his obliques hang over his hips and make him look bloated. When he tensed them up, his waist became fairy narrow, as can be seen in any comparison where hes actually flexing.

Appreciate the help Hulkster.

[Iceman1981]

Thanks for helping validate my point.

Here, despite being much closer to the camera, his hips are as narrow as Kevins. And when he lets his stomach relax, his obliques hang over his hips and make him look bloated. When he tensed them up, his waist became fairy narrow, as can be seen in any comparison where hes actually flexing.

Appreciate the help Hulkster.

Dorian's Front Relaxed was awesome when flexed like the pic below, but I don't know why he didn't do it more often and instead looked like the pic above.

[NarcissisticDeity]

narrow waist LMAO

Same contest 

[Thin Lizzy]

Same contest 

His lats look amazing in that shot. What was his main exercise for lats? Good ol' heavy barbell rows?

[anabolichalo]

His lats look amazing in that shot. What was his main exercise for lats? Good ol' heavy barbell rows?

[Thin Lizzy]

In that clip, he does every back exercise except barbell rows, but in this one he says they're the bread and butter move for mid and lower lat thickness.

[anabolichalo]

In that clip, he does every back exercise except barbell rows, but in this one he says they're the bread and butter move for mid and lower lat thickness.

guess he wants them to fail

[Shockwave]

His lats look amazing in that shot. What was his main exercise for lats? Good ol' heavy barbell rows?

He has talked before about his heavy rows (where hes bent like 45*), but he really credits going heavy on a pullover machine for his lats... you can see it in blood and guts.

[Palpatine Q]

His lats look amazing in that shot. What was his main exercise for lats? Good ol' heavy barbell rows?

Steroids and genetics

Its the main exercise for all pros

[Neptune100]

Steroids and genetics

Its the main exercise for all pros

 

[whitewidow]

No

[Shockwave]

Dorian's Front Relaxed was awesome when flexed like the pic below, but I don't know why he didn't do it more often and instead looked like the pic above.

I agree, and i dont know why he stood like that all the time... i think he actually just stood relaxed when he looked like that, it was usually when waiting for a callout or waiting for the winner announcement.

I guess when he wasnt actively being judged he saw no reason in trying to stand their tensing everything, lol. Only answer that makes any sense to me.

[jprc10]

His lats look amazing in that shot. What was his main exercise for lats? Good ol' heavy barbell rows?

Genetics was his main exercise.

Please don't tell me you still believe in certain "magic" exercises and that by copying them your muscle will develop just like the pro who uses it....oh brother.   

[jprc10]

Steroids and genetics

Its the main exercise for all pros

QFT.

[FitnessFrenzy]

This picture comparing Kai Greene and Ronnie 2001
really shows Ronnie's incredible condition in 2001.
You will have to see it full size to see how much thinner
Ronnie's onion skin is compared to one of Kai's best
conditions to appreciate how ripped he was.
Not one of RC's best poses but he is skinless almost.

are you sure that Ronnie's skin is thinner than Kai's? Couldn't his bodyfat percentage just be a little lower?