Ronnie Dean Coleman | bodybuilder

Ronnie Dean Coleman is a retired American professional bodybuilder.

 Ronnie Dean Coleman Olympia for eight consecutive years, he is considered one of the greatest bodybuilders of all time. Besides his eight Mr. Olympia wins, he held the record for most wins as an IFBB professional with 26 titles until Dexter Jackson broke it. 

The former life of Ronnie Coleman

Ronnie Dean Coleman was born in Monroe, Louisiana, on May 13, 1964. While there, he played football as a quarterback with the GSU Tigers under coach Eddie Robinson. 

After graduation, he failed to find work as an accountant and instead went to work at Domino's Pizza, where he ate free pizza every day due to his poverty so severe that he could barely eat outside of work. He then became a police officer in Arlington, Texas, serving as an officer from 1989 to 2000 and as a reserve officer until 2003.

Bodybuilding Career Ronnie Coleman

Coleman's fellow officer Gustavo Arlotta suggested he attend the Metroflex gym, which is owned by amateur bodybuilder Brian Dobson.

Dobson offered Coleman a free lifetime membership if he allowed Dobson to train him for Mr. Texas' next bodybuilding competition that year. After training Mr. Texas, Coleman won first place in the heavyweight and college categories. Dobson also defeated himself. Coleman won his first competition as a pro, the Canadian Pro Cup, in 1995.

 The following year, he won the competition again, then went on to win the 1997 Russian Grand Prix. He also participated in weightlifting competitions in the mid-1990s.

His rise to the top in the professional bodybuilding circuit was relatively slow: his first Mr. Then in 1994 he finished 15th, 10th in 1995, 6th in 1996, and 9th in 1997 when Dorian Yates won his sixth and final title before retiring. the following year

, Kenneth Wheeler was favored to become the reigning 10th Mr. Olympia titleholder, with the dominant competition coming from Nasser Al-Sunbati, Kevin Levron, and Sean Ray.

 However, Coleman - whose win at Night of Champions earlier in the year greatly increased his recognition in the bodybuilding world - made major improvements to the stage and went on to defeat Wheeler by three points to claim his first Mr. Olympia win.

 Many guests have appeared at gym slots across the United States. When training, he preferred to use free weights rather than machines in order to maximize his flexibility and range of motion. He made three training videos:   

Unbelievable, Cost of Redemption, and On the Way. In these videos, he gives tips for more experienced weightlifters, while warning against fatigue and improper form.

Coleman supports the Inner City Games, an organization co-founded by Arnold Schwarzenegger in 1991. He was awarded the 2001 Admiral in the Texas Navy Certification Award from Texas Governor Rick Perry for his outstanding achievements in bodybuilding and for promoting physique.

 In 2011, he launched Ronnie Coleman Signature Series, a company that provides sports nutrition and wellness products for bodybuilders and other athletes.

The extreme weights Coleman has used over the course of his career as a powerlifter and bodybuilder, such as squats and deadlift 800lbs, have taken their toll on his body and he has undergone several surgeries since 2007.

 These include hip replacement surgeries and various attempts at relieving chronic pain from damaged intervertebral discs. He continued training even though his condition deteriorated, but now he can only use light weights to try to block the muscles

The loss is as of 2018, and some of his surgeries have had such poor results that he may never be able to walk unassisted again. Coleman uses a wheelchair if he has to travel long distances. However, he has said that he does not regret his choices and admits that he is determined to be the best bodybuilder at any cost; He said that, if anything, he regrets not doing more to solidify his legacy.

  Ronnie Coleman's popular culture

With his high-pitched voice, some of Coleman's vocal tricks in his training videos have become popular in the global bodybuilding community, especially after the videos went viral. 

The most popular of these, to which he was regularly yelled as a form of self-encouragement, include "Yes, my friend!" , "Lightweight, kid!" , and "nothin" but peanuts! "

Ronnie Coleman's personal life

Coleman is a devout Christian. He met French-Lebanese personal trainer Rowaida Christine Ashkar at a sports fair in Paris in March 1998, and they married in Beirut on December 28, 2007.

 They divorced soon and Coleman married American personal trainer Susan Williamson on April 11, 2016. In Arlington, Texas, they have four children together. Saying he might never walk again, Coleman blamed his problems on questionable surgeries and noted that his last three surgeries cost a total of $2 million.

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