Ronnie Coleman on the Joe Rogan Podcast — How Long Was He Natural?
The Strong Case That the Greatest Bodybuilder of All Time Didn’t Choose to Use for a Long Time
Ronnie Coleman was recently on the Joe Rogan podcast, and invariably the topic of steroids came up. In my book (not in my actual book, it’s a phrase!) and in the books of many around the world, is the greatest bodybuilder of all time. In a sport that is subjective, this is a bold statement, but the eight straight Sandow trophies that he won during the most competitive era that bodybuilding has ever had makes him a clear number one.
I’m not arguing that he won the Mr. Olympia while natural. That’s never happened, even in the 1960s. But I think it’s highly plausible that he won his pro card without taking steroids, competing against men who largely were.
If I saw someone like this, I would say that there is a 99.99% chance that they have used anabolic steroids, and probably for a some time.
It’s a very well developed bodybuilder. But you have to realize a few things.
First, he was 90kg, at 5 feet 11 inches according to wikipedia. Yes, I just combined metric and imperial. He was also 198lbs at 1.81m, if that helps. There’s something called the “fat free mass index”. This index…
