you think Ronnie squatting and deadlifting 800lbs had nothing to do with the way he has ended up?
Well, powerlifters lift heavy exclusively and most don't end up like Ronnie.
He claims he was trained after screws were put into his spine and the screws/bolts broke and thats what led to his current condition.
Who knows when/how. Id guess at some point in his Olympia run he damaged his spine and couldn't/didn't want to take the time to get it fixed so he upped the dose and started abusing pain killers. Its obvious the injuries were there while he was competing. One side of his body started to atrophy before he even lost the Olympia.
He had so much muscle mass it may have allowed him to compensate for growing injuries. Then after losing in 06, (dialing back the drugs, the training, the eating, the anabolics, not to mention just getting older) he deteriorated rapidly. Way back when I was a paramedic an ER doctor told me: the body does a great job of compensating for injuries/illnesses, but when it can't compensate any longer, the decline is rapid.
As for Dorian, he seems to have done well for himself. Banging Brazilian tranny ass, focus on well being, having fun with psychedelics but still training a little bit, just enough to stay healthy. But, you see his arms? The biceps and triceps are completely gone. He usually stays covered up so its hard to see. His legs, back and chest seem to hold a lot of muscle still but his arms look like they belong to a 90 year old. Dorian also had a logical approach to drugs and training and when he wasn't training to win the Olympia anymore he didn't see the need to keep training high intensity or keep abusing anabolics.
