How could THIS NOT win a Mr.Olympia? (a 6th consecutive Olympia, mind you).
I have already explained this to you, but it seems the capacity to play nerdy videogames does not make you intelligent overall.
Ronnie in 2003 was no longer a
BODYbuilder, but a
MASSbuilder. Only a complete bodybuilding novice would fail to see that. He increased his muscle size dramatically, yes, but at the expense of several things:
1.Proportion - Several of his muscles hypertrophied beyond others, and his general musculature overblowed his frame: his quads overpowered his upper body, his shoulders-trap complex overpowered the width of his pectoralis major muscles and his midsection overpowered his shoulder-traps complex.
2. Details, striations and etchiness - unlike Dorian from 1992 o 93, who incresed his muscle mass dramatically while
SIMULTANEOUSLY increasing his level of details and etchiness, Ronnie experienced a deterioration of his things as his bodyweight increased above 250 lbs. At 287 lbs, he had far less details and striations on his front quads, back and delts than he had at around 250 lbs. At 296 lbs, he had practically none! This may be irrelevant from a purely
MASSbuilding point of view, but it is very relevant, in a negative way, from a
BODYbuilding point of view. Capisce? Or does the mighty templar(geek...
need further elucidation?
3. Density and dryness - Completely downhill. Coleman's best, dryest condiioning was at the 98 O. And in terms of density and hardness, I'd have to say the 99. In 2003, Ronnie did have good density, but he was already clearly retaining water around his abdominal area. And even then, Ronnie never matched Dorian's 270 lbs version when it comes to hardness. Hey, both the 97 Dorian and the 2003 Ronnie looked like shit, but Dorian still took Ronnie out in both density&dryness.
4. Taper - This one is self-explanatory. I shouldn't need to even go over this. But then, you said that you don't care that a bodybuilder comes in with a huge belly, as long as he comes in monstrous in size. Your problem is not one of standards, but of having chosen the wrong sport: you're a strongmen-powerlifter type of physique fan. Hey, if given a choice between the 97 Dorian or the 98 Coleman, I would give the nod to Coleman,
ONLY due to his vastly superior taper - and the 97 O Dorian defeats the 98 O Ronnie in
ALLthe mandaories; it just goes to show how much I liked Ronnie's 98 form.
Below are shots of Ronnie at 296 lbs. If you think this looks good, then I suggest you start watching the "The World's Srongest Man" contest, because you'll like their physiques.
SUCKMYMUSCLE
