your argument would make sense if it were not for the fact that Ronnie has had very famous problems spreading his lats last year and to some extent the year before.
just see all the threads about his lat injuries, or what Chad claims is inflammation.
Excuses excuses

I don't buy the shit, if that would be true then he would have had always lat probs after 2000.
He has skin folds on the upper lats where they should be flexed so he musst have had lat injuries since he has started with bodybuilding right ?

Here are 2 pics from 99, one from the olympia one from the english GP.
At the olympia the lats are fully flexed at the top but on the english GP he had probs.
If you have eyes in your head then you should be able to see that it looks like day and night.