How would Ronnie do at the strongman competions?

[The Wolf]

Ive see a few Polish ex bodybuilders in the worlds strongest man competions and Ive seen some other fat guys that looked way out of shape to be there.
With Ronnie and Jonnie Jackson being possibly the strongest guys amongst the pro's, how would they do at the strongman competions?

 

[Shelby]

If they trained for them I'm sure they'd do well. A lot of strongman stuff is technique, so you have to train specifically for each event. CV capacity would also come into play, and judging from recent pics of JOJ, I'm not sure that his is up to par.

 

[Zomb131]

I'm sure his heart would pop.

 

[swervedriver]

I definitely think that Big Ron would do really well... He is the kind of person that if he puts his mind to it, then there is nothing he can't do... Just watch his vids... That should be proof enough to anyone, that if he trained for it, he would do some damage...

 

[Koevoet]

The WSM is as much about endurance as it is strength. The qualifying is a 4 day event, and then the finals is over 3 days.

Phil Pfister won it last year, the first time in 24 years an American has won since Kaz last won in '82.

 

[kidstuff]

if ronnie quit bodybuilding tomorrow and started training exclusively for strongman he would dominate the sport within a year (barring injury obviously)

 

[Tom]

coleman

I doubt he could get past the qualifiers and into the finals. It takes years of specialized training for each specific event. Sloppy training with loose form using weights is a far cry from the events seen in the WSM competition.

 

[The Wolf]

A while back Ive seen this afro American competing and to be honest the scandanavians were whooping his fat ass, I know for a fact that Coleman would have done a lot better than him.

 

[SVFootball]

i think that if any bodybuilder trained to be a strongman competitor, he'd do good. bodybuilders already have a solid background and are usually a lot stronger than people give them credit to be.

it would just be a matter of training for the specific events.

 

[fatsuperman]

Strongman competitions strongly favor Nordic and Slavic genetics. Its sounds incredibly racist, but people involved in bodybuilding should know as much as any what kind of role genetics play in these things.

On the same note, incredible will power, and discipline can overcome a lot. You don't win Mr. Olympia multiple times without possessing a lot of both.

 

[bellicose]

ronnie would not have the cardio capacity to beat some amateur strongman.
He'd get his ass kicked

 

[Ashop]

Ive see a few Polish ex bodybuilders in the worlds strongest man competions and Ive seen some other fat guys that looked way out of shape to be there.
With Ronnie and Jonnie Jackson being possibly the strongest guys amongst the pro's, how would they do at the strongman competions?

Hard to say,,,but I've seen RC push some big weight for reps.

 

[The Wolf]

"ronnie would not have the cardio capacity to beat some amateur strongman.
He'd get his ass kicked"

Yeah but like someone said he could train for it, at least he does some form of cardio for pre contest and like I said before most of those strongman have got so much fat that some be classed as obese, you only see one or two lean guys per strongman competion and they are the guys that usualy win.

 

[The Wolf]

Look at Jouko Ahola, Jón Páll Sigmarsson and Magnús Ver Magnússon, those guys are quite simalar to Ronnie than the other fat strongman. Btw its said that Jon Pall died at the age of 33 due to heart problems.

 

[nosmas]

I think he could show up the the strongman tommorow and place well!

 

[Paul Bunyan]

Go train with some guys that compete in strongman. Just one day and go balls out like they do even if you can't keep up. Then come back one here and tell me how you feel.

I did just that after competing in powerlifting for longer than some of you have been alive. It kicked my ass for 2-3wks afterward and I'm not exactly weak either. They were all smaller than me and none were as strong but they took me to school that day. It was a humbling experience to say the least.

Don't be an armchair athlete, get out there and do it.

PB

 

[kidstuff]

ronnie is kindof like chuck norris.... there isn't anything he can't dominate if he put his mind to it.

strongman, powerlifting, chess, freestyle rapping, majong and haiku poetry. just to name a few.

 

[The Wolf]

Freestyle rapping thats a good one bro, but seriously Im not nocking strongman competors at all, but Ronnie is lifting crazy weight on a pre contest diet for reps, with all those missing carbs I think maybe only a few power lifters can lift on those conditons so just imagine if he went all out for it 10 years ago, Im sure he would of at least done better than most of the yanks that compete in worlds strongest man, most of them are always last.


As for being an amrchair athelte , well Im trying to get my ass off the armchair and compete in my first bodybuilding competion and I have done alot sports in my time but to me bodybuilding is the hardest of all of them.

 

[kidstuff]

in all seriousness ronnie would own those fat loser on WSM.

i mean.... i was watching it one time, and they were deadlifting, except the bar was attached to a cart, so it was stationary. basically they were doing singles going up in weight each time. everyone got up to like 650 or so cept pudz who got 750. sheeeet......... ronnie was throwing around 800lbs for reps when he was fucking depleted and 5 weeks out from the O.

puhleeeeze.... them boys couldn't carry ronnie's jock.

 

[The Wolf]

Thank you my point exactly