He was the recipient of the 2001 Admiral in the Texas Navy Certificate Award from Texas Governor Rick Perry for outstanding achievements in bodybuilding and for the promotion of physical fitness. In these videos, he gives tips for more experienced weightlifters, while warning against overexertion and improper form.Ĭoleman supports the Inner City Games, an organization co-founded by Arnold Schwarzenegger in 1991. He has made three training videos: The Unbelievable, The Cost of Redemption, and On the Road. When training, he preferred to use free weights rather than machines in order to maximize his flexibility and range of motion. He has made many guest appearances at gym openings around the U.S. Olympia appearance in 2007, placing 4th.Ĭoleman's success as a professional bodybuilder has led to many product endorsements and other opportunities in his career, which he has traveled the world to promote. The previous instance occurred when Arnold Schwarzenegger defeated Sergio Oliva in 1970. Olympia had lost his title (as opposed to retiring). It was only the second time in contest history that a reigning multi-champion Mr. Olympia came to an end in 2006 when Jay Cutler, the three-time consecutive runner-up heading into the contest, finally earned his first win. Olympia titles the same year (only Dexter Jackson has repeated this feat, in 2008). In 2001, he became the first man to win both the Arnold Classic and the Mr. Coleman defended his title all the way through the 2005 contest, earning a total of eight consecutive victories and tying Lee Haney as the most successful Mr. However, Coleman-whose Night of Champions victory earlier in the year had considerably elevated his esteem in the bodybuilding world-brought substantial improvements to the stage and went on to defeat Wheeler by three points for his first Mr. Olympia titleholder, with predominant competition coming from Nasser El Sonbaty, Kevin Levrone, and Shawn Ray. The following year, Kenneth Wheeler was favored to become the 10th individual Mr. Olympia contest (the most prestigious worldwide) in 1992, he wasn't ranked then in 1994 he placed 15th, then 10th in 1995, 6th in 1996, and 9th in 1997 when Dorian Yates won his sixth and last title before retiring. His rise at the top in the professional circuit of bodybuilding was relatively slow: for his first participation at the Mr. He also participated in powerlifting competitions in the mid-1990s. The following year, he won the contest again, then went on to win the 1997 Russian Grand Prix. Coleman won his first competition as a professional, the Canada Pro Cup, in 1995. Texas, Coleman won first place in both the heavyweight and overall categories. Dobson offered Coleman a free lifetime membership if he allowed Dobson to train him for the upcoming 1990 Mr. Bodybuilding career Coleman talking about his journey in October 2009 Coleman posing in October 2009Ĭoleman's fellow officer Gustavo Arlotta suggested he attend the Metroflex gym, owned by amateur bodybuilder Brian Dobson. He then became a police officer in Arlington, Texas, serving as an officer from 1989 to 2000 and a reserve officer until 2003. After graduation, he failed to find work as an accountant and instead went to work at Domino's Pizza, where he would eat the complimentary pizza every day due to being so poor that he could barely afford to eat outside of work. While there, he played football as a middle linebacker with the Grambling State Tigers under Hall of Fame coach Eddie Robinson. He graduated cum laude from Grambling State University in 1984 with a BSc in accounting. Ronnie Dean Coleman was born in Monroe, Louisiana, on May 13, 1964. įor his dominance and legacy in the world of bodybuilding, Coleman was inducted into the International Sports Hall of Fame in 2016 and was bestowed with the 'Arnold Classic Lifetime Achievement Award' in 2021. Winner of 26 IFBB professional titles, he is also renowned for his combination of size and conditioning, dominant body-parts and extremely heavy workouts, making him the strongest bodybuilder of all time. Olympia title for eight consecutive years, he is widely regarded as either the greatest bodybuilder of all time or one of the two greatest along with Arnold Schwarzenegger and as the most dominant bodybuilding physique ever to grace the stage. Ronald Dean Coleman (born May 13, 1964) is an American retired professional bodybuilder. Coleman during a public appearance in 2014
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