Reviewing Ronnie Coleman Chest and Triceps - Hypertrophy Coach

[@marktucks]

Hard disagree. The most anabolic pants are the yellow leggings he wears where you can see the leg veins popping through

[@earthrot666]

do the branch workouts. come on, man, go for the smoke!! lol these videos are great dude. my favorite content in the space.

[@HypertrophyCoach]

👊🙏🙏🙏

[@bluemagic5829]

The ability to gracefully press 200 pound dumbbells (whether on anabolics or not), is inspiring. Watching Ronnie handle free weights is like watching a symphony play in complete coordination.

[@Javier-dg7ld]

"I don't even know how old he (Mike O'Hearn) is anymore, I think he is inmortal, he is like 97" 😭😭 I'm crying

[@Momen_3ssam]

I don't like to comment on videos, but I learned a lot from this series, and the good thing is that it is without music or disturbance.

[@HypertrophyCoach]

Thank you for the feedback and kind words!

[@MeleDrummer]

Thanks so much Joe, best educational bodybuilding content on youtube! 💪

[@HypertrophyCoach]

I appreciate that!

[@young_herc]

Yeah Buddy!

[@VictorLopesMe]

Awesome video man! Keep it up with these reviews of old athletes

[@Offu-cz9wl]

Another awesome science based breakdown simplified for everyone to understand. We need a colab video with Jonni Shreve 👀

[@dondinero13]

Great video Joe! Keep up the great content

[@Ello769]

Hi Joe, question please for a professional like you, what rep range do you prefer or recommend for legs, whats the maximum amount of reps per set, especially for single leg stuff like Bulgarian Split Squats? Keept the great content going please. I appreciate you

[@HypertrophyCoach]

6-10

[@joecampbell606]

Ronnie was the epitome of anabolic. I've heard just being in the same city as him increases muscle activation and growth by at least 20%

[@Christian-vq8rd]

Ronnie used to be known for having weaker triceps, but his triceps are huge. His long head is massive. He just doesnt have a thick lateral head even though it's totally striated.

[@HypertrophyCoach]

Huge. He really just didn’t have great insertions/tendons. So not as impressive triceps muscle bellies is someone like Roelly (watch my video on genetics if you haven’t)

[@98danielray]

@@Christian-vq8rd Yeah, you can really see it in the front double

[@AlexPittEdo]

next Joe Bennett, busy dad workouts!

[@98danielray]

25:22 - to be fair, the long head should be doing shoulder extension there together with the rear delts and you can even see a bit of traps there. the torque on the biceps would be tiny because they would be almost perpendicular to the weight

[@HypertrophyCoach]

For sure! It’s really just more so the ROM and the muscle length that makes it somewhat useless

[@98danielray]

the only workout of Ronnie I have seen that looks really ugly is biceps. His preachers look awful. Everything else is really good. People think speed = bad form for some reason.

[@earthrot666]

yea i think somewhere along the line people arbitrarily started using the word "slow" when they meant "controlled" so then everything that's a bit faster is sloppy.

[@gsftbeast9761]

Blame Mike isratel with his stupid full rom training

[@LennardMeister]

Hey joe, great Video as always. I have two Questions for you (sorry for any gramatic or writing mistakes, I am from germany): The shorter your arm is and the more narrow the pec is attatched to the elbow, the easier a benchpress should be right? Another question i have is: When you do a curl and your forearm and upper arm have an angle of 90 degrees, the angle between the tendon of the biceps which is attached to the forearm would also be 90 degrees. That would mean the mucle has to work harder in the lengthend to mid position than in the mid to shortend position right? Thats just phisics in my opinion. But i have never seen anybody talk about angles between bones and tendons. Is this a real thing or just overthinking to much? greetings from germany

[@chip2th]

I joined a gym with prime, Atlantis and Panama machines and wow what a big difference. I had problems when pressing due to shoulder issues, but these machines just set my arms on the right path and everything lit up. The difference can not be overlooked Amazing

[@Walker299]

You should make a video on how the magic pants work to make your legs yoked, and start selling them

[@Thejoecrowley]

On dumbbell press aside from just keeping your chest high, what should you be doing or thinking about with your shoulder blades and back? Do you want to think about retracting and pulling your shoulder blades back?

[@fortifiedfitnesscoach]

Hi Joe, just wondering What program is that for the annotation on screen?

[@HypertrophyCoach]

The smart board is a “Vibe board”

[@EliazGonza]

🔥🔥🔥

[@danielgould2938]

Yep yep

[@Kadaverbengt]

The obvious problem with cables is of course that they dont make them big enough for Ronnie. 😂

[@raph4589]

Your content is lightyears better than mike israetel and jeff nippard. Agree that people serious about lifting should prioritize having a deeper understanding of joint torque, moment arms, direction of force, resistance profiles, etc. on their exercises

[@HypertrophyCoach]

Glad it helps! 👊🙏

[@zenriding1249]

if not, sssshhhhh....

[@gsftbeast9761]

200lbs dumbells for 12 reps

[@pretty_flaco]

aint nothing but a peanut

[@davidkosiba624]

I would rather train like Jay or Phil, you know people who didn't break down after decades of bodybuilding

[@jonselair]

His lower back issues dates from before his heavy training. Probably didn't help, but the training in itself didn't cause them

[@davidkosiba624]

@@jonselair You never know , one thing is for sure , pushing yourself that hard for decades is not gonna end well, you gonna break down at some point

[@jonselair]

@@davidkosiba624 That's for sure. On the "weight" side of things Ronnie is probably one of the worst case, but at least he's still here. Many pass away way earlier

[@davidkosiba624]

@@jonselair Yeah I think his problem was the training and not the stuff he took , I think he was the one who said that the top guys probably take less stuff than some middle placed guy so this is probably why you don't see top guys die early , hell Arnold , Lee , Dorian still alive too

[@gloccry2184]

comment for the algo

[@IhsanCelikoglu]

8sec ago is crazy

[@gsftbeast9761]

Ronnie training is on point but not perfect at end of day when ur genes are that good u don’t have to be a nerd about training

[@tllt4765]

Try 3 minutes ago😂

[@ReneSanchez6502]

I think you're playing it safe when it comes to his way of performing exercises, but the reality is that Coleman wasn’t the brightest. He used older machines and outdated techniques, and at some point, his approach will be obsolete. That doesn’t mean he didn’t work hard-he had amazing genetics, followed his passion, ate well, and trained consistently over the years. But when you hear him speak and look at his life decisions regarding finances, family, and injury management, you realize he might not have been that smart. In any other sport or science, there’s nothing wrong with saying, 'There are better ways of doing it.' It's like buying a new smartphone, you expect improvements, corrections, and more efficient (and complicated) ways of doing the same thing. Yet, for some reason, some people at the gym seem to have only two brain cells and think outdated exercises are better just because they're considered foundational.

[@HypertrophyCoach]

Do you have any specific examples of how I’m “playing it safe”? And I’m not sure what exactly you think will be obsolete? I don’t even think you could point to anything specific you label as “his approach”. Things exist on a spectrum, and it will be subtle progression over time.

[@SKINNY_BRUH]

Lee haney has 8 olympias. Ronnie has 8 olympias but Lee Haney wouldn't even qualify for the Mr Olympia in Ronnie's era😂. There is only one GOAT Ronnie"ain't nothin but peanuts"Coleman.

[@brianallen6819]

All day everyday 🙏

[@steve4017]

This guy tries to judge Ronnie and Dorian. Hahahahah

[@HypertrophyCoach]

Where am I judging?

[@pretty_flaco]

5:47 thats what she said

[@zolni3rz]

8:36 This is beautiful to watch, what a fuckin monster

[@HypertrophyCoach]

Agreed