]your post makes no sense.
where do you get the idea that I think Ronnie was in as good of shape in 99 as in 98 ONLY because I want him to have the added size too?
here is a hint:
what I WANT means NOTHING.
What ACTUALLY WAS DISPLAYED ON STAGE IS WHAT COUNTS and that I have no control over..
McGough has publicly documented that he feels that 99 was better than 98 (by omitting 98 from his article and focusing in on 99) but he also thinks that 2001 AC was even better.
Because obviously, you have mentioned several times that ronnie at the 1999 Olympia had the size and conditioning of Dorian, but with better shape. If you admit that Ronnie's conditioning was not as good in 1999 as it was in 1998, then you can't claim that Ronnie matched Dorian for size with the same conditioning, which means that he will either look soft(1999) or too small(1998) to defeat Dorian.
Your whole argument revolves around the premisse that Ronnie is the superior bodybuilder because he was the first bodybuilder with great aesthetics and taper to match Dorian for size. This is not true for starters - Haney was 250 lbs with a wasp wait -, and the bottom line is that Ronnie never managed to come in Dorian's size with his conditioning. Ronnie in his 1999 version would be defeated by Dorian due to inferior conditioning and abdominal distension, and Ronnie in his 1998 version would be defeated because he would be overwhelmed for size. In other words, he would be defeated for the same reason Flex was always defeated by Dorian, although Ronnie 1998 was slightly larger than Flex.
so, McGough thinks that:
2001 AC> 99 O. >> 98 O.
So, why do you keep insisting that 98 was Ronnie's best?
Because Ronnie looked a lot more like he did at the 2001 ASC at the 1998 Olympia, which means that McGough is not being consistent in his own criteria. And also, Uncle Joe consider Ronnie`s 1998 version his best, and Weider is the patron saint of bodybuilding, and his opinion carries even more weight than McGough's.
clearly, it is NOT - and few people seem to think it is anymore.
I can't help it if 99 was an effective blend of the sort of detail displayed at the AC combined with added size that was absent at the AC.
No, Ronnie's lines were more delineated at the 2001 ASC, which indicates less subcutaneous water. Sorry, but facts are facts.
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