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Ronnie Coleman was a police officer and has won the IFBB Mr. Olympia contest a record of 8 times which is something that only Lee Haney has done. Coleman also holds the record for the most wins as an IFBB professional, which he did with 26 wins.

But Ronnie is not just brawn as he graduated cum laude at University (GSU) in 1986 with a BSc in accounting.

Stats:
Height = Five Foot and Eleven Inches Tall
Weight = Three Hundred Pounds

Bodybuilding titles won:
1990 Mr. Texas
1991 IFBB World Amateur Championships
1997 IFBB Grand Prix Russia
1998 IFBB Mr. Olympia
1999 IFBB Mr. Olympia
1999 IFBB Joe Weider's Pro World
1999 IFBB Grand Prix England
2000 IFBB Mr. Olympia
2000 Grand Prix England
2000 Joe Weider's World Pro Cup
2001 Arnold Classic
2001 Mr. Olympia
2001 New Zealand Grand Prix
2002 Mr. Olympia
2002 Grand Prix Holland
2003 Mr. Olympia
2004 Mr. Olympia
2005 Mr. Olympia

Ronnie Coleman Workout

Ronnie strongly believed that you need to do reps to build muscle and trained using warm-up sets of 25 reps and only went as low as 8 reps on a few exercises.

Ronnie stressed the importance of doing 30 reps and even more when doing leg extensions and calves. When it comes to pain Ronnie was not shy of going past failure.

Ronnie himself admits that the most difficult task that any bodybuilder has when trying to increase your strength is to know the difference between too much weight and not enough weight. He says the art of any successful bodybuilder is to know how your body responds to weight.

A typical training day for back, biceps and shoulders for Ronnie would look like this:

Back
Deadlifts, 4 sets – 6-12 reps
Barbell rows, 3 sets – 10-12 reps
T-bar rows, 3 sets – 10 – 12 reps
One-arm dumbbell rows, 3 sets 10-12 reps

Biceps
Barbell curls, 4 sets -12 reps
Seated alternating dumbbell curls, 12 reps
Preacher curls, 12 reps
Cable curls, 12 reps

Shoulders
Military presses, 4 sets – 10-12 reps
Seated dumbbell press, 4 sets – 12 reps
(superset with)
Front dumbbell press, 4 sets – 12 reps

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