Lets see is what is wrong with 2003 well lets start with the obvious his conditioning sucked compared to 1998/2001 notice McGough says the ' harder more detailed ' i.e. Coleman in 03 is soft and not as dry as he was at much lighter weights
Quote Peter McGough Flex Magazine Jan 2001
RONNIE COLEMAN : ( 264lbs As big as a house , but holding water. In '98 , he was shredded and bone dry at 250 pounds. Last year ( 1999 ) he was 257 pounds but NOT as sharp as '98. This year ( 2000 ) at 264 pounds , he's not as sharp as 99 , which would seem to say that Ronnie is better at a lighter weight .
McGough stating the obvious that Ronnie cannot maintain that bone dry & rock hard conditioning while adding more size , it was obvious from 1998 to 1999 , 1999 to 2000 the heavy he became the more his conditioning suffered and 2003 is certainly no exception
Wayne Demilla " I've said to Ronnie , " What you've got to realize is that in 98-99 you were probably in the best proportion you could be for your frame . Those muscles have gotten bigger. Just cos you're bigger , doesn't make you better . "
Demilla confirming what I always maintained Ronnie's balance & proportions ( suck compared to Dorian ) like his conditioning progressively got worse with any added size , 2003 for his frame it is at among its all-time worse
Flex Magazine August 2003
Jim Schmatltz on Ronnie chances of winning six Olympias in a row
if he repeats his 2001 Arnold Schwarzenegger Classic form, he'll experience the joy of six.
Jim referencing 2001 as his as the shape to beat , again an opinion that coincides with McGoughs , in my opinion specifically because his conditioning & density as well as his balance & proportion are at among their best
Shawn Perine Ironage Dec 11, 2004
As much as I love Haney and my IA champs, I think Ronnie circa '98 or at the 2001 Arnold is pretty much untouchable. Except by Dorian Yates 6 weeks out from the '93 O as photographed by our own KMH. Both men, on those specific occasions carried so much dry muscle mass in good proportion and with good lines that it's almost unfair to compare them to others.
Perine's opinion coinciding with McGough and Schmaltz , again referencing 1998 or 2001 as his best showing
While I’m on record as saying that the best physique I ever saw was Ronnie’s at the 2001 Arnold, he was never drier or harder than Dorian. In fact now that – 14 years after it happened – I recently for the first time saw the video of Dorian posing before the 1993 Olympia I have cause to rethink. I’m now not sure that Ronnie at 245 pounds would beat Dorian at 269 pounds. At a bigger bodyweight I think Ronnie would look soft next to an in-shape rock-hard Dorian.
On the subject of conditioning, no-one did it better than Dorian. He achieved a hardness and dryness (without losing fullness) that nobody has ever matched. In the flesh he looked even harder than he did in photos. It was like a statue made of granite was standing in front of you.
2001 Arnold once again his opinion remains consistent
Peter McGough Flex Magazine August 2005
Personally, the best physique I ever saw onstage (there was a contender for best-ever that I saw offstage: those crazy photos of sock-footed Dorian Yates taken seven weeks before the 1993 Mr. Olympia) was Ronnie's at the 2001 Arnold Schwarzenegger Classic. He was cut, full, trim in the waist and a monster (proving that when you're supersharp, you look superbig) at 244 pounds. Ronnie sporting that look would, in my opinion, be unbeatable and would make any criticisms as redundant as a chocolate squat rack.
2001 Arnold Classic not 2003 Mr Olympia
Ronnie Coleman Pro Bodybuilding Weekly 07
Ronnie what was your best Olympia ?
Ronnie Coleman : I would have to say my first , because my conditioning was spot-on '
Ronnie himself confirming he's at his best when he's light for a reason .
Thats how its done Neo , much like the debate on how & why Yates would beat Ronnie you can't counter this like you couldn't counter that and I backed up all the claims I made after the fact , what are you left with? frustration , denial and poor comprehension skills .
