lol come on man....2 of arnold's legs equals one of ronnie's. No contest arnold doesn't place in top 10 these days. But I'm a fan of Hugeness over shape....I like art more than arnold.
thats kinda unfair comparison pix of choice. The coleman one is a very shitty one of him, the arnie one is prolly his best, and coleman still wins. Use this one . . .
Biceps- Arnold wins
Pecs- Arnold
Back- Coleman
Waist- Arnold
Quads- Coleman for size, Arnold for conditioning
Calves- Hard to tell from this pic, but from other pics, I'd say it's draw.
In a true side to side comparison I'd have to say Arnold would be dwarfed. He's what? 235 pounds there. Ronnie's carrying a nice 280 something and 2-3 inches shorter. I'm sorry, but he would look far, far larger in an accurately scaled depiction.
Ronnie's just bigger, that's it. So what? He took about a thousand times more drugs than Arnold, of course he's gonna be bigger. For shape, symmetry and overall genetics, Arnold kills him. It isn't all about size. And I'm not just saying that because of the size of my weiner.
Arnold Was great and way ahead of his time. Maybe Just Maybe if he were todays bodybuilder it would be differant.
But no theres no comparison when you put a 70`s arnold against a 2000
RonnieColeman. Shit Ronnie still gets better every year, I think we have still yet to see his best.
Im a fan of Huge muscles myself... Small waist you see everywhere..
300lb Men like Dorian,Coleman, are Just In-human!
The "model" look is ok and sure probably healthier etc.
But I say bring out the freaks and Mass monsters. IMO
Bodybuilding is not all about size in my opinion...so, that being said....Arnold's physique wins. I guess it just depends on your definition of bodybuilding. It's all in the eyes of the beholder.