Ronnie Coleman - from 2300 pounds to 3 plates on the legpress...

[Macrofitter]

 

https://www.instagram.com/p/BNNoZjSjo7k/

[mass243]

Age will have us all.

One needs to find joy from things other than making progress because you don't progress anymore at old age.
I'm for example grateful I can still go to woods and do few pull ups. That is what brings joy to me.

[Mr Anabolic]

Age will have us all.

One needs to find joy from things other than making progress because you don't progress anymore at old age.
I'm for example grateful I can still go to woods and do few pull ups. That is what brings joy to me.

Yes, but Ronnie greatly accelerated aging and ruined himself by shotgunning tons of gear and lifting waaaaaaaay too heavy.

I am 50 and still to perform workouts that are impossible for 95% of people in my age group.  That in itself is very satisfying.   

[Vince G, CSN MFT]

https://www.instagram.com/p/BNNoZjSjo7k/

Well, it really is light weight baby

[oldschoolfan]

Yes, but Ronnie greatly accelerated aging and ruined himself by shotgunning tons of gear and lifting waaaaaaaay too heavy.

I am 50 and still to perform workouts that are impossible for 95% of people in my age group.  That in itself is very satisfying.   

mr anabolic i bet ronnie still takes drugs.

here is this chocolate beast doing dumbell press

https://www.instagram.com/p/BMleUUMjl4o/?taken-by=ronniecoleman8

[Howard]

Yes, but Ronnie greatly accelerated aging and ruined himself by shotgunning tons of gear and lifting waaaaaaaay too heavy.

I am 50 and still to perform workouts that are impossible for 95% of people in my age group.  That in itself is very satisfying.   

So do most guys playing in the NFL.
Pro sports is NOT about health and fitness.
It's all about pushing the limits of performance and winning.

[Mr Anabolic]

mr anabolic i bet ronnie still takes drugs.

here is this chocolate beast doing dumbell press

https://www.instagram.com/p/BMleUUMjl4o/?taken-by=ronniecoleman8

No doubt.  All these ex-pro bodybuilders have to take it... their testicles are permanently shut down.

[Skorp1o]

A lot of people his age having done what he did, would be 6 feet under at his age.

[Mr Anabolic]

So do most guys playing in the NFL.
Pro sports is NOT about health and fitness.
It's all about pushing the limits of performance and winning.

True.  I guess people really need to make a decision... do they want to win?, or do they want to live a long, healthy life? 

Youth (+ androgens) makes people feel indestructible and the decisions made during that time can lead to dire consequences.   Conversely, age brings clarity, awareness and thoughtfulness about life.  I want to be the guy where people think: "Geez... when is this fucker going to die?"

Most top BBers that took boatloads drugs when they were young will probably not live past 65. 

[NarcissisticDeity]

Yeah Buddy , really is light weight

[8 INCH not biceps]

Yes, but Ronnie greatly accelerated aging and ruined himself by shotgunning tons of gear and lifting waaaaaaaay too heavy.

I am 50 and still to perform workouts that are impossible for 95% of people in my age group.  That in itself is very satisfying.   

Sure but what have you achieved, when ronnie dies he will be remembered as one of the greatest bodybuilders of all time when you die you wont be remembered for anything and you will be a forgotten memory.

[light weight baby]

i prefer to imagine this isnt really happening and i just keep watchin old videos and living in the past

this makes me so excited feeling like a little kid agian

[oldschoolfan]

Sure but what have you achieved, when ronnie dies he will be remembered as one of the greatest bodybuilders of all time when you die you wont be remembered for anything and you will be a forgotten memory.

i think he would rather be able to walk and have a good quality of life, unlike ronnie who is on the way to being wheel chair bound, and the only people who  will remember ronnie  50 years from now are his family and schmoes

[Skylge]

Sure but what have you achieved, when ronnie dies he will be remembered as one of the greatest bodybuilders of all time when you die you wont be remembered for anything and you will be a forgotten memory.

Being relatively famous isn't something that lasts.

Very famous artists and actors from the 1970's are totally unknown by today's teens and twenty somethings (and even people in their 30's)

[FREAKgeek]

Gather ye rosebuds while ye may
Old Time is still a-flying
And this same flower that smiles today
Tomorrow will be dying

[Mr Anabolic]

Sure but what have you achieved, when ronnie dies he will be remembered as one of the greatest bodybuilders of all time when you die you wont be remembered for anything and you will be a forgotten memory.

Fuck off gimmick.

[calfzilla]

i prefer to imagine this isnt really happening and i just keep watchin old videos and living in the past

this makes me so excited feeling like a little kid agian

What did you say to RDC when you met him?

[Danimal77]

A lot of people his age having done what he did, would be 6 feet under at his age.

This

[Spike]

Hip ball and socket joints of peace

[light weight baby]

What did you say to RDC when you met him?

nothing at all

it was like meeting jesus and didnt know what to say

[Matt]

Can anyone make a quasi-medical assessment on this?  Is this just body dysmorphia running its course?  Why is Ronnie doing this to himself?  I respect Ronnie's accomplishments, but I don't understand this.

[WOOO]

So do most guys playing in the NFL.
Pro sports is NOT about health and fitness.
It's all about pushing the limits of performance and winning.

This

[ikke]

light weight baby.

[nobody in particular]

Honestly, who here doesn't at least wonder what it would have been like to be Ronnie at his peak. It's one thing to say we've matured and have other priorities and all that, but none of us here even remotely had/have the genetic potential (boatload of drugs or not, and if it was 'just' the drugs, this thread would be about bostin loyd since he should by rights have one of the greatest physiques of all time) to get within a country mile of his physique. Who is to say that had we actually had that potential, and an opportunity to go with it, that we wouldn't have ended up in far worse shape than him medically etc.

[viking1]

Piana could help him fill the gaps.....