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Strongest Pro-Bodybuilder ??


View Poll Results: Who's the Strongest Pro-Bodybuilder today compating at Olympia Level?
Ronnie Coeman 10 62.50%
Greg Kovacs 3 18.75%
Markus Ruhl 2 12.50%
Gunter Schlierkemp 0 0%
Quincy Taylor 1 6.25%
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Old 12-13-2003, 06:21 AM   #1
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Strongest Pro-Bodybuilder ??

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Who's the Strongest Pro-Bodybuilder competing at the Olympia Level?

1. Greg Kovacs
2. Markus Ruhl
3. Gunter SchlierKemp
4. Ronnie Coleman
5. Quincy Taylor



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Old 12-13-2003, 08:04 AM   #2
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Trevor Smith and Kovacs for bench press, maybe Ronnie for deadlift. Squat - no idea, Ronnie is up there I'm sure.

I didn't vote because its entirely too vague and not many people know what these guys lift.



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Ronnie is no doubt the overall strongest. the guy would do well in powerlifting if he chose to. in fact, i bet he has more "strength endurance" than most powerlifters. (he can bench 250 75x's). many people can't do 75 pushups.

you forgot about Johnnie Jackson. He "only" weighs in at 220 during the competition, and he deads over 800. he does weighted dips/pullups with 4, yes FOUR, 45lb plates strapped to him for reps.



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Trevor collects equipment all over the world that is sturdy enough to put up with his workouts, this includes leq equipment with 2,000 pound ratings, and so on. He can talk equipment like one would talk stamp or coin collecting, he can talk about Nautilus machines from the 70s or you name it.

Here is his under 765 pounds, he was 410 pounds here, I believe he is 6'5".

Reportedly Kovacs can also incline 700 for reps.
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What the Fuk! And I thought that Ronnie os the king!
BTW, are these strong men genetically gifted or they just bombard in the gym & in the kithcen??

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Trevor collects equipment all over the world that is sturdy enough to put up with his workouts, this includes leq equipment with 2,000 pound ratings, and so on. He can talk equipment like one would talk stamp or coin collecting, he can talk about Nautilus machines from the 70s or you name it.

Here is his under 765 pounds, he was 410 pounds here, I believe he is 6'5".

Reportedly Kovacs can also incline 700 for reps.



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What the Fuk! And I thought that Ronnie os the king!
BTW, are these strong men genetically gifted or they just bombard in the gym & in the kithcen??
Trevor hangs out with Dorian Yates if that helps tell you anything

Gifted, full of drugs, and eating like a mother f'er. I dont know his natural bodyweight, but I would not doubt 10k calories easily.
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I dont really have any, I just grabbed these online and trimmed them.

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http://www.google.com/search?sourcei...th+bodybuilder

World Harris looks freakier, but is only 5'8" I think, and I dont know his strength.
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"If the bar aint bendin your just pretendin."

haha good quote mudge



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Gifted, full of drugs, and eating like a mother f'er.
and you forgot the most important thing.........hard ass work



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True, the way to the top is all of the above.
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Imo Kovacs isnt Olympia caliber. He has done a few shows, placed last and dropped out of a few. I think thats why Muscletech dropped him from their adds, Worlds largest and strongest bb. He is big and strong as a ox but not Olympia caliber. The rest of the guys on the list have competed at the O.
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Tyler Hobson, the owner of Pendulum, customized the machine to meet my rather powerful legs and built me a machine with a special 1:1 ratio in such a fashion that 1000lbs. on this machine would feel the same as a 1000lbs. squat. Tyler modified it so it can hold up to 1800lbs. would should keep me happy for a while seeing how the world record in the squat is still barely over 1000lbs.
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Jacked Muscle or Jacked Fat, Whatever you say, He's brute of a strength phenomenon!



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IS Trevor and American Bison or a British Bison ?



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Old 12-15-2003, 06:40 AM   #15
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I'm assuming he may be a Brit, but he is in Nevada it looks like, where all the rest of the big guys live now (that or Thailand).



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apparently if you look real hard, there are two guys in that photo..i think it's one of those optical illusions tho
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Ronnie hands down. If Ronnie focused on powerlifting he would break all records. At about 4% bodyfat he squats 800 for reps, front squats 600, deads over 800, benches and inclines 200 lbs dumbells like they were made of cotton. He is insane. I mean, 4 weeks from a show and he squats with over 800! If he let himself go up to about 320 and did some powerlifting, I can only imagine where he'd end up.



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Ronnie hands down. If Ronnie focused on powerlifting he would break all records. At about 4% bodyfat he squats 800 for reps, front squats 600, deads over 800, benches and inclines 200 lbs dumbells like they were made of cotton. He is insane. I mean, 4 weeks from a show and he squats with over 800! If he let himself go up to about 320 and did some powerlifting, I can only imagine where he'd end up.
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I still say Trevor would slaughter him.
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i thought we were talking pro BB's that compete in shows (i.e. Mr. Olympia). if so, Ronnie is the strongest by far, no question.

i don't know who this trevor guy is. does he compete?



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Yeah Thats True. But why would GroPro say if Ronnie was to compete in Powerlifting, he would shatter all records!
Had he been in Powerlifting, he would have been rubbing his shoulders with other giants like Trevor (In that case, I believe that Trevor would slaughter him, as Mudge said)

BTW, I've been hearing about Greg Kovas to be the strongest ProBodybuilder!

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i thought we were talking pro BB's that compete in shows (i.e. Mr. Olympia). if so, Ronnie is the strongest by far, no question.

i don't know who this trevor guy is. does he compete?



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Kovacs can incline press over 700 for reps, thats about the only lift I know of his. Supposedly he makes his wife load and unload all plates.
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Kovacs can incline press over 700 for reps, thats about the only lift I know of his. Supposedly he makes his wife load and unload all plates.
700lb incline for reps......is that supposed to be impressive obviously that's a shitload, but i still think Ronnie is the strongest (600lb frontsquat for starters). Ronnie can also flatbench 250lb over 75x's.

and making his wife unload and load the plates??? whether its true or not, that very well may be the funniest thing you've ever said mudge

i still don't know who this Trevor guy is. he is obviously strong as hell, but is he a BB? does he compete? or does he just do strongman/powerlifting shit?



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Trevor--Strongman or Powerlifting shit? Whatever you may call him, he's more powerful than Ronnie.
Ronnie may be the most powerful guy among his Professional bodybuilding community, but outside he's no match for those guys who regularly compete in World's Strongest Man Championships.



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Ronnie can also flatbench 250lb over 75x's.
225 x 75 = 731 bench

Since Trevor is English I dont know the extent of his competition stats, like World Harris it is hard to find information about him, although a mod on another board is friends with World supposedly.
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I still say Trevor would slaughter him.
Probably not, but even if he could beat him, let Ronnie go to Trevor's bf% and Ronnie would smoke the sh%t outta him.



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