“Comparing a Picture of Your Arm With Ronnie Coleman’s Arm”: Hadi Choopan Slams Bodybuilding Legend for His Statement

Opinions and arguments continue to exist after Hadi Choopan’s surprising win in Mr. Olympia 2022. The Iranian bodybuilder dethroned the reigning two-time Mr. Olympia Big Ramy. Of course, it made room for innumerable dialogues and criticisms. Recently, retired bodybuilder Rich Gaspari compared Hadi Choopan to six-time Mr. Olympia Dorain Yates on Instagram. The comparison was not well entertained by Choopan, who gave it back to Gaspari in the comment section.

59-year-old Rich Gaspari is a retired American bodybuilder who participated in Mr. Olympia multiple times. Although he never won the title, he came second in the prestigious competition for three consecutive years in 1986, 1987, and 1988.

Rich Gaspari compared Hadi Choopan to Dorian Yates’s back

Rich belongs to the golden era of bodybuilding that witnessed legends like Dorian Yates and Ronnie Coleman. There is no doubt he carries valuable learnings and experiences from them. However, when Gaspari tried to compare Hadi Choopan and Dorian Yates’s backs, it did not go down well with the new Mr. Olympia 2022.

Rich Gasparis compared their backs in his post from Wednesday. He captioned, “Here’s something interesting to see. This is a comparison of Dorian Yates when he won Mr. Olympia in 1992 and next to him is Hadi Choopin who just won the Mr. Olympia. As you see over 30 years ago guys were much harder than today.”

According to Gaspari, Doran Yates as Mr. Olympia, had a much more conditioned and strong-looking back than Hadi Choopan. He compared Yates’s Chrismas-tree-like muscle popping back with Choopan’s less muscular one. He felt that bodybuilders 30 years ago had much more conditioned and perfectly shaped bodies than now. The striking comparison was not well entertained by Choopan. He slammed Rich in the comment section stating, “It’s like comparing a picture of your arm with Ronnie Coleman’s arm, do you think it’s a correct comparison?”

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However, Rich felt that although Choopan did not have a nice back, his front side looked great, better than his competitors. According to the retired bodybuilder, Derek Lunsford had a better back than Choopan.

Phil Heath explained why Rich Gaspari should refrain from comparison

Seven-time Mr. Olympia Phil Heath also stepped in Rich’s comparison debate. However, he did not pick any sides. Instead, he explained why he should not be comparing the image of the bodybuilders. According to Heath, the pictures from the past and present looked different due to the lighting technology.

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LED technology today blasting from all directions on the bodybuilders hampers the presentation of their features. Therefore, it is not right to compare the two pictures. While Heath and others do have a point to make, do you think the comparison was necessary?