Forgive me, but what is the ironage standard exactly?
The best shape wins?
E.g., if Shawn Ray at 215 pounds was at his best shape structurally, it would place higher than someone at 300 pounds with 95% of the shape?
So the main judging criteria is shape, and I can't argue "But Ronnie has 95% of Cormier's shape, but Cormier only has 85% of Ronnie's mass, so Ronnie wins."
Is this correct?
Ronnie has 95% of Cormiers shape?
structually and aesthetically Cormier outclasses Ronnie by leaps & bounds , he is litteraly flawless if you wanted to knitpick he has high calves but thats reaching . he really his what they wanted Bob Paris to be big , Chris' main problem is his conditioning if he came in dry and big his combo would beat Ronnie
Chris has advantages Ronnie doesn't balance & proportion coupled with aesthetics , Ronnie has his advantaged size & conditioning , with extreme dryness Chris total package would overwhelm any size advantage Ronnie had . but the reason Ronnie is the champ is because of his work ethic and if Chris had that then he'd be champ .
Ronnie like Dorian , eats , sleeps and breathes bodybuilding and this is what seperates them from their contemporaries , while Cormier was out partying until 4.a.m Dorian was weighing every single of food he ate down to the gram , while Kevin enjoyed most of the year off Yates said contest prep for the
next years Olympia because 7 days after the one he just won !! thats dedication and that what seperates the men from the boys . I remember reading about the first time Dorian trained at Golds in Venice , he thought he was about to see all these Pro bodybuilder having insane work-outs using absurd poundages , when he went he was dumbfounded by what they were doing , he made a mentall note that he was going to make all of them pay for their laziness lol later when he visted Venice other pros would schedule their work-outs after he was gone.
