Post by 1705total on Dec 17, 2005 15:34:07 GMT -5
RONNIE COLEMAN 8 x MR OLYMPIA ON THE ROAD
A GMV Production
In 1984, I walked into Waldens book store and went up to the magazine rack. I had been training somewhat consistently for the last 3 years with an all over body workout 3 times a week. My eyes gradually scanned the rack and I saw “Muscle and Fitness.” I opened up the mag and it had an article on the Mr. Olympia from New York. This was the first year in which Lee Haney had captured the title. They also had an article about Lee Haney’s shoulders. There was a picture of Haney doing dumbbell shrugs, the photo showed the exercise from the rear. His bag was huge and thick, and I had never seen anything like and immediately fell in love with the sport.
Why do I tell you this? There have only been a few times in the last 21 years that I’ve seen something that made me react that way. That Haney pic was the first. Seeing a pic of Rich Gaspari competing at his first NOC was the second. Seeing a pic of Tom Platz’ legs and a hardcore shot of him deadlift was another.
Ronnie Coleman has provided many such occurrences for me. Seeing Ronnie deadlift 800 lbs, and squat 800 lbs, are some examples. So why does this dvd do the same thing for me? Let me tell you.
In this film we see Ronnie only 5 days after tying Lee Haney’s 8 time Olympia record. Ronnie may be in even better shape then he was when he won the O this year. Huge thick and full, and ripped to the max. All through this film we Ronnie performing his high intense workouts filled with questions and answers, as well as insight on why he does what he does. One of the most amazing things about this DVD is Ronnie’s intensity and his love of working out. Ronnie truly loves working out. 5 Days after his greatest win when he should be taking it easy, Ronnie is still going balls to the walls. WHY you ask, simple Ronnie loves training. Ronnie loves pushing his body to the limit. He always has, and I think he always will. He reminds me so much of Tom Platz in that regard.
The DVD shows his entire body workout, with some added exercises his other dvd’s don’t. Ronnie explains that when he is in a different gym he has to adapt his workout to accommodate his surroundings. For an example, his leg workout starts off inverted leg presses, followed by hack squats, and finishes with smith machine squats. His legs are so ripped and veiny and freaky looking its totally unreal!
But one interesting aspect is how genuine and easy going Ronnie comes across. Interacting with his fans, and others, he comes across as so down to earth. He appears to be such a nice guy that you just got love him!
One of the nice things about this film is that the training scenes are not boring, due to the great interaction between Tony Dougherty and Ronnie. The training is very intense, and you really get a chance to pick his brain!
The dvd also contains guest posing footage (the same routine as the Olympia), and some casual gym posing as well as posing at a seminar. It also contains a great photo gallery from the Olympia.
As always the production value of this DVD is top notch as are all GMV’s products. Clear video and excellent audio.
In the beginning of this review I told you about what inspired me. This DVD, and Ronnies intensity, awesome conditioning, and freakiness, but more importantly his attitude does the same for me. Ronnie is truly awesome, this dvd has captured that.
I feel like tearing up the gym now.
This DVD gets a solid 5 out of 5!
A GMV Production
In 1984, I walked into Waldens book store and went up to the magazine rack. I had been training somewhat consistently for the last 3 years with an all over body workout 3 times a week. My eyes gradually scanned the rack and I saw “Muscle and Fitness.” I opened up the mag and it had an article on the Mr. Olympia from New York. This was the first year in which Lee Haney had captured the title. They also had an article about Lee Haney’s shoulders. There was a picture of Haney doing dumbbell shrugs, the photo showed the exercise from the rear. His bag was huge and thick, and I had never seen anything like and immediately fell in love with the sport.
Why do I tell you this? There have only been a few times in the last 21 years that I’ve seen something that made me react that way. That Haney pic was the first. Seeing a pic of Rich Gaspari competing at his first NOC was the second. Seeing a pic of Tom Platz’ legs and a hardcore shot of him deadlift was another.
Ronnie Coleman has provided many such occurrences for me. Seeing Ronnie deadlift 800 lbs, and squat 800 lbs, are some examples. So why does this dvd do the same thing for me? Let me tell you.
In this film we see Ronnie only 5 days after tying Lee Haney’s 8 time Olympia record. Ronnie may be in even better shape then he was when he won the O this year. Huge thick and full, and ripped to the max. All through this film we Ronnie performing his high intense workouts filled with questions and answers, as well as insight on why he does what he does. One of the most amazing things about this DVD is Ronnie’s intensity and his love of working out. Ronnie truly loves working out. 5 Days after his greatest win when he should be taking it easy, Ronnie is still going balls to the walls. WHY you ask, simple Ronnie loves training. Ronnie loves pushing his body to the limit. He always has, and I think he always will. He reminds me so much of Tom Platz in that regard.
The DVD shows his entire body workout, with some added exercises his other dvd’s don’t. Ronnie explains that when he is in a different gym he has to adapt his workout to accommodate his surroundings. For an example, his leg workout starts off inverted leg presses, followed by hack squats, and finishes with smith machine squats. His legs are so ripped and veiny and freaky looking its totally unreal!
But one interesting aspect is how genuine and easy going Ronnie comes across. Interacting with his fans, and others, he comes across as so down to earth. He appears to be such a nice guy that you just got love him!
One of the nice things about this film is that the training scenes are not boring, due to the great interaction between Tony Dougherty and Ronnie. The training is very intense, and you really get a chance to pick his brain!
The dvd also contains guest posing footage (the same routine as the Olympia), and some casual gym posing as well as posing at a seminar. It also contains a great photo gallery from the Olympia.
As always the production value of this DVD is top notch as are all GMV’s products. Clear video and excellent audio.
In the beginning of this review I told you about what inspired me. This DVD, and Ronnies intensity, awesome conditioning, and freakiness, but more importantly his attitude does the same for me. Ronnie is truly awesome, this dvd has captured that.
I feel like tearing up the gym now.
This DVD gets a solid 5 out of 5!
