r ronnie colemans arms 24inches?

[JOHN MATRIX]

I suppose you're right.

What does that black say in Pumping Iron when he's posing at the prison?  21?

he says 23, which i doubt.

[Jr. Yates]

yeah and the other guy...all he says is big dude...big dude...all the way big dude.

[sculpture]

Yeah, but are we goin to trust a lifer who no doubt hasnt even taken a tape to arnolds arm! He was too busy tryin to give arnold a kiss! It think in arnolds case people believe the exaggerated claims since his biceps peak so bloody high; i reckon sergios were larger overall though.

As for levrones absurd 24" claim. What sort of idiots do these guys take us for?

[ARTI]

Yeah, but if that guy said "23 inch arms", then that's what Arnold told him they were.
He didn't just make that number up.

[Hulkster]

I doubt Ronnie's arms were 24 inches back when he was "light". No way.

But, as you can see, they might have been 21 or 22" (??):

some of these shots are insane:



this pic is so crazy that people have claimed that it is morphed. I don't think so, since, as you can see from this shot and the one above it, back when ronnie was light, his arms actually overpowered the rest of his entire physique. They were always huge.  Then the rest of him caught up and turned into this:


 

*cums all over keyboard*

[FREAKgeek]

Yeah, I always liked that last pic:



the dude looks like a nintendo character

[kicker]

Yeah, I always liked that last pic:



the dude looks like a nintendo character

Haha, yes and gotta love the fanny-pack

[kicker]

An interesting read on this topic:

www.t-nation.com/findArticle.do?article=body_91truth

[Scimowser]

think about it like this, Lees arms are always around 21" come contest and Ronnies arms are still much bigger onstage. Arnolds peak was fucking monsterous and it was that which made up his 22", but Ronnies biceps arent far behind but he has much, much thicker and bigger triceps

[fathead]

Haha, yes and gotta love the fanny-pack

ya the fag bag is nice touch. Really compliments that snazy outfit of his.

[pumpster]

It think in arnolds case people believe the exaggerated claims since his biceps peak so bloody high; i reckon sergios were larger overall though.

You can see from pics that their arms are virtually the same absolute size, and Sergio's were accurately measured at close to 22" pumped. Sergio was shorter so in relative not absolute terms, his arms were bigger.

A legitimate 20.5-21 at their max

Which makes Arnold's 22" pumped arm viable.

[pumpster]

Ron's arms at about the same height as Sergio are bigger, so 22"-23" cold's believable:

[pumpster]

Dillet 23"-24" pumped, taller than Coleman at 6 feet.

[aliamini]

I don’t think Manfred used Synthol … he was bber in the beginning but most of the pix available are after that when he joinded the WSM … so he didn’t care much about how his arms look or measure rather than how much they can carry and hold.

Arnolds arms were 21.5-22
The old Ronnie (before 2003) use to be 22” and after that anything between 23.5-24”
I remember seeing a pic of Paul Dillet measuring his arm at 27”

P.S. was synthol available in the 1993-1994??

[pumpster]

Arnolds arms were 21.5-22

Pumped.

Dillet's arms weren't 27"-you're getting back into hype.

[BB]

P.S. was synthol available in the 1993-1994??

Here in America, you start hearing about wide spread Synthol use around late 1996. It would've started earlier in Europe, maybe 95ish.

Before that, it was silicone.

[MikeThaMachine]

I think dillet had the best balance between bicep and tricep of all those with 22+ inch arms.

[Hulkster]

as far as size goes, at least at the Mr. Olympia 2000, Ronnie's arms did appear to be noticably larger than Lee's:






Hard to say what Lee's arms would have measured in contest shape, but at least in 2000, Ronnie's arms would have taped at least an inch or two larger.

But I doubt they would have been 24 inches back then.

[Rudee]

I believe it is

"I believe it is" ?

[Rudee]

24inches? perhaps...

That particular shot is helping to create the illusion of larger arms due to the closeness of the camera and the type of lens.

[kicker]

Looking at those '00 Olympia pics, Ronnie's arms are noticeably bigger than Lee's, which are around 20" at contest time.  So Ronnie's are around 22" then...not 24".  Keep in mind, that adding an extra inch when you've got arms already over +20", is actually a big difference because of the associated "volume" increase with that extra inch.  Conversely, say going from 15" to 16", the "volume" increase is not as much.  It's just a math principle.

Bottom line is, you gotta be big to have big arms.  You won't see 200 lbs. guys with 20" arms.  Lee is an extremely rare exception.  Of course, superhuman genetics and AAS would have contributed to his outstanding arm development.

[(nothing)]

didn't lee say his arms were abhout 20.5 come contest time and thats about arthur jones measured arnold and sergio at as well. so if ronnie has 22 in contest time it is beleivable, and since he dosen't go too fat during the off season i would say that they arm not much bigger during that time.

[Hulkster]

It is also worth noting that, although Kevin Levrone claims 24 inch arms, Ronnie's arms in 2000 were noticably bigger than his too.

which means that kevins were no where near 24 inches.

But then we already knew this anyway..

[Hulkster]

I shouldn't say "no where near" - Kevin has huge arms and are probably over 20 inches.

but they are not 24.

[alexxx]

It said in the flex '20 best arms' special that Paul Dillets arms where 24 inches. That I can believe especially with his height.