“Chad Gave Him Too Much of Something”: Ronnie Coleman “Almost Died” Putting Blind Faith in His Coach, Story Revealed

It has been a long time since the legend of bodybuilding retired. Nonetheless, the bodybuilding world needs no introduction when it comes to Ronnie Coleman. The GOAT of bodybuilding has eight Mr. Olympias, which is also the highest amount of Olympia won by an individual. Coleman asserted his dominance back in 1998 to 2005. He was finally defeated by Jay Cutler in 2006, Mr. Olympia.

In a recent podcast, a famous coach, Nick Trigili, talks about Ronnie Coleman’s ex-coach. Coleman’s disregard for his coach put him in a dangerous situation that could have cost him his life.

The blind faith of Ronnie Coleman

Ronnie Coleman‘s experience with Chad Nicholls was terrible according to Nick Trigili. Coleman kept on consuming whatever Chad gave him, which made his situation worse.

“Basically like Chad gave him too much of something and it caused him to almost die before the Olympia and he said that Chad had to talk him off the cliff because he wanted to quit like that night before the show before the Olympia and Chad told him to drink a gallon of water and he said you’ll be fine and Ronnie was like I don’t know and he finally drank the water and everything was fine,” Nick said. 

The high amount of everything caused Coleman to collapse just before Olympia. This could have ruined his whole career.

“So he told this story like at the end of the workout which I thought was kind of bizarre but he like really went hard on the whole thing of the whole matter of fact of like hey Chad never told me what these drugs were and then Larry’s like he didn’t tell you and he’s like he never told me what they’re probably diuretics that made you pee,” Nick said. 

Coleman had blind trust in Chad, which didn’t end well. Coleman thought that he was giving him diuretics. Diuretics are given to help the body get rid of extra fluid and salt. He was just unaware of the drugs he consumed.

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All the time, Ronnie Coleman thought that Chad was a chemist, which even made Nick burst out in laughter.

Ronnie Coleman during his prime time

Ronnie Coleman was a bodybuilding beast in his prime. Whenever he went to the big stage, every bodybuilder was on alert. His dominance in the community has been an inspiration to both the prior and current generations.

In 1989, he was convinced by a fellow police officer to visit a local gym called Metroflex. The gym owner was Brian Dobson, who took an interest in Coleman’s big physique. They made a deal that Coleman would get all the gym training for free if he participated in a bodybuilding competition. Coleman agreed, and he secured first place in the 1990 Mr. Texas bodybuilding competition. After that, Coleman didn’t stop, and the rest is history.

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