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    Strongest Pro-Bodybuilder ??

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

    1. Greg Kovacs
    2. Markus Ruhl
    3. Gunter SchlierKemp
    4. Ronnie Coleman
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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??

    Originally posted by Mudge
    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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    Originally posted by Testosterone
    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.

    Try:
    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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    Originally posted by Mudge
    "If the bar aint bendin your just pretendin."

    haha good quote mudge
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    Originally posted by Mudge
    Gifted, full of drugs, and eating like a mother f'er.
    and you forgot the most important thing.........hard ass work
    You're a funny guy, Sully, I like you. Dat's why I'm going to kill you lahst.


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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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    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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    Originally posted by gopro
    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.
    thank you Gopro

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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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    Originally posted by Flex
    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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    Originally posted by Mudge
    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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    Originally posted by Flex
    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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    Originally posted by Mudge
    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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    Originally posted by Testosterone
    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!

    .
    Ronnie=strongest pro bber
    Ronnie=potential to be strongest powerlifter, although he could beat most right now without even using powerlifting form, practicing powerlifts, using supersuits, or having double digit bf%.

    If Ronnie wanted to he would hand Trevor his ass.


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    Originally posted by Testosterone
    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.
    dude, the topic of the thread was strongest pro BB. hence, guys who COMPETE at the pro level.

    I dont care about Trevor. is he Mr. Olympia? does he compete in Ironman comps with teh likes of Cormier, Levrone, Ruhl, Gunther, Dex, Johnnie, Priest and all of those guys that compete regularly?

    he may be stronger than Ronnie, and he may not be, but i wasnt comparing Ronnie to the strongmen guys.

    and to quote gopro again "Ronnie=potential to be strongest powerlifter, although he could beat most right now without even using powerlifting form, practicing powerlifts, using supersuits, or having double digit bf%.

    If Ronnie wanted to he would hand Trevor his ass"
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    This thread is frickin hilarious! I voted for Markus Ruhl, because I heard he was uncommonly strong for his size, and prob one of if not the strongest. I would also place Matt Duval up there on the list.

    If you want to talk about strong guys, the #1 is Mariusz Pudzianowki. The previous is Svend Karlsen. Both of theese guys would put RC to shame sorry to say.

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    Originally posted by PreMier
    This thread is frickin hilarious! I voted for Markus Ruhl, because I heard he was uncommonly strong for his size, and prob one of if not the strongest.
    Since he is bigger than everyone else, he could be average strength for his size! Perhaps you saw that picture of him straining under the load of a 25 pound one arm bicep curl

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