American - Athlete | May 13, 1964 -
Knowledge is the real power.
Ronnie Coleman
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Father Time and injuries are tough adversaries.
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The treatment from the Arnold Classic to the Olympia is, of course, a little bit different, but overall the quality of the shows and the way they are put on... I think they are the same. It's just that the Olympia has been around for so long, and it is considered the Super Bowl of bodybuilding.
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Because the Arnold Classic is such a big show, a guy who hasn't been getting a lot of recognition all of a sudden does that show and arrives in good condition and is able to take out some of the top guys, it then puts him up there in the running for the Olympia title. So he can get more recognition that way.
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I don't know how well-known it is, but I had back surgery in '07, and it took about two years to recover.
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It is a lot of pressure to prepare for the Mr. Olympia.
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I take about 12 weeks to get ready for a show. But I train all year round.
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I quit working in the police force full time only after I won my third Mr. Olympia.
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I've had back problems basically my whole career.
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It's hard to be at your best and to know exactly what is your best at all times because even when you do see yourself, you think you could be better, and you often feel that there is something you could have done differently.
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Mostly, I was into powerlifting when I was in high school. And I just continued to train the same way I was taught - to powerlift. Once I started doing bodybuilding, there were no real differences, just different exercises. A different way of training with more repetitions, but it was still the same lifting of very heavy weights to get stronger.
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I was always trying to stay one to two steps ahead of the game.
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