Ronnie Coleman Breaks Down His Incredible 2,300-Pound Leg Press Video
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Retired professional bodybuilder and powerlifter Ronnie Coleman became one of the greats over his long career, but he's still involved in the strength and fitness world. Now, he's started a new series on his YouTube channel called "Ronnie Reacts", where he shares his insights and details behind-the-scenes of some of his biggest lifts—many of which became viral clips in the early internet era. He previously shared his reaction to his 800-pound squat, and now he's sharing more background about his 2,300 pound leg press from the same training session in 2007.
"My 2,300lb Leg Press video is one of my most watched videos on YouTube so I figured I would react to it and give you all a first hand look into my though process before I did the lift...Yeah Buddy," he wrote in the video's caption. (The original video has over 11 million views, and you can watch it here.)
"I did an 800 pound squat the same day," Ronnie says as the video gets started, showing his team loading up the leg press machine. "Of course, I did three sets before this...and I was thinking to myself I need to make up for that once I get over to the leg press. And I knew I'm going all out."
In the clip, Ronnie gets on the machine and crushes the first press.
"The first rep was really easy as you can see. I knew once I got into a rhythm I was going to do a lot of reps. And I was going to get way more than 2. I did as many reps as I possibly could until I couldn't get anymore, and then I stopped on that last rep, and that was rep number eight," says Coleman.
Coleman explains that his body was ready for all the reps, and that his body has always been quick to recover.
"I was fired up still from doing the 800 pound squat when I got to this 2,30o-pound leg press. And I had already fully recovered walking from the squat to the deadlift. My body's always been like that," he says. "It only takes me a few minutes to recover, even when I finish my workout and go home and shower and eat, I'm fully charged to do a 10-hour shift at the police department because I worked full time when I was getting ready for a lot of these shows."
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