Lee Haney Answers: Did Ronnie Coleman Train Too Hard?

the arrow felt bad for Ronnie Coleman and you know cuz obviously he's also a time mr. Olympia but he's been dealing with a lot of surgeries and back problems have you ever have you ever felt bad for him you know looking at you know what happened to him later obviously he's still you know he's good and he's still going through surgery and still training you know I mean but have you ever felt bad for him harder time together you know one of those none of us want to see form athletes are our conrad's living with pain and surgeries that sort of thing so yeah yeah man my heart go out to ride the run is a dear friend of mine I talked to him on this over the telephone you know he used by detox programs you know and when I want to know I want to ask him about something running what do you think about this today he's always made yourself available just as I've made myself available for him you know run his mindset and the mindset of any Olympian we are gladiators gladiator in the Roman times we fought to the death we were just made that way we're not your normal people we don't do normal things we do a lot of abnormal things so Ronnie took weight training strength to a whole nother level in the field of bodybuilding you know what I've done it I did what I needed to do during my era and create the physique that was that was let's say there was representatives of my era I see myself as the combination of Robbie Robison Arnold Rory calendar you know physiques such as that that's who I am and that what was that's what was X to me during my time is mr. Olympia Ronnie came along in the era which you had during Yeats which is larger than myself dira didn't have the tiny waist like I did the lines as I did but during was the masked monster so the the size of physique started to change and so during was the first of debt and Ronnie was a another level large a big an Andorian so each of them believed in using heavy weights in order to get the results because the body works in the way of demand and supply demand and supply if you're actually a body to produce a larger muscle you have to physically give it a greater physical demand and that's what that's what durian did that's what Ronnie did and Ronnie took it to a whole nother level a level that was somewhat dangerous unheard of but that's who running ills that's who heals and he's the gladiator so if there was another level to reach running would have reached it you've heard him say many times the only thing they'd be regret that he did do is more of what he did that's the mindset of a gladiator so he's different my the utmost respect for running run is different he is in a league of his own and we don't apologize for what he did nor do I think he'd need to he was the best at the best in his era and I've always think absolutely do you remember when you first saw Dorian Yates physique for the first time what was your initial thought about him well Dorian had yes eyes he had great shape he's a good looking guy too so all those things are playing in his favor ah I knew that his physique needed to mature a little bit more let me have two all I was was my eighth mr. Olympia so I was much more polished because they had much more time to develop my physique you know the years of maturity most maturity I had but I love the package that Dorian brought I was very very good he looked great he had a good look about him his personality Neurath is not as smiley and talkative as I am she had two strengths about his smile that I love is still at Meijer today so he was an awesome competitor hey I did my last one and I was having idea of my Lancers know I didn't want to get a Jennifer the fights with Dorothea I recall we were in Atlanta we were sitting having the back needle or chatted or he looks at me and said Leon what do you think about us going at it one more time I said you lost your man did you did you envision him to be the the next reigning champion for the next six years did you see that in him who is that Dorian Dorian Dorian is did you see him taking over the Olympia after you for so many years also did you see that oh did I envision that yeah when you first competed against him well you know something it all depends on what the judges were looking for and I think after during one that first mr. Olympia the statement had been made okay we're looking for maths and science and there was nobody at that particular time was as big as Dorian although there were guys with fantastic shape that that I thought that that looked great you know you had a Kevlar Verone me and John Ray you had I think Chris premier like littler you know and again those were a different type of physique so it all depends and it depended largely upon where bodybuilding wanted to go at that time and that was totally in the hands of the judges sure mine was more of a classic style Suzie that's what Flex Willa came from that's what Sean ray came from that's what Chris career came from but all sudden bodybuilding was saying something different after my era and that's where during walls you you

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Length: 7min 12sec (432 seconds)

Published: Tue Jun 16 2020