Bodybuilding Legend Ronnie Coleman Once Shared His “Three Most Hallowed Training Principles”

Ronnie Coleman is a bodybuilding legend. His marvelous feats are endless. They include 8 consecutive victories at the prestigious IFBB Mr. Olympia, among others. Coleman’s achievements in the industry are so magnificent that fans granted him the nickname ‘The King’ to suit his grandeur.

In an interview with Muscle and Fitness, Ronnie Coleman once revealed his secret to building the perfect pecs. The bodybuilder spoke about maintaining a perfect physique, like himself in the interview. Specifically, he spoke about chest development and his hallowed training principles.

How to train your pecs like Ronnie Coleman

Coleman, who won his first competition as a professional at the Canada Pro Cup, in 1995, has now retired. In his interview, the athlete discussed effective ways to develop chest muscles.

“Some of my best chest development came from heavy dumbbell presses of every kind: flat, incline, decline, superset, and giant set. For total chest development, you need a variety of movements, angles, and stresses from free weights, machines, and cables,” he stated. “But mass is best maximized by means of a barbell and dumbbells.”

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Furthermore, he explained the importance of balanced training with proper distribution of muscle mass. “In the chest, the right and left pec complexes must be fatigued independently of each other, yet equally. That’s where dumbbell presses come in. One pec cannot help the other lift its weight. They’re on their own, but being on this doesn’t mean they can act on their own.” concluded Coleman.

Ronnie’s rules for reigning like a king

Ronnie Coleman further elucidated the most important aspects of maintaining physical finesse. As he rightly called them, his ‘hallowed principles’ were: (1) to use the most weight possible; (2) with the most correct form; and (3) through a full range of motion… Nothing comes closer to satisfying all of these criteria than dumbbell presses.

Coleman has received criticism from the likes of his arch-nemesis Jay Cutler, who promoted the view that attempting max wights could be fatal. Sure, indeed Ronnie Coleman’s training style may have won him a place in the history books, but it left him in agonizing pain in the end.

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Today, he walks again, but not before losing most of his motion to a herniated disk, and having 13 surgeries to recover from.