No one here is comparing him to Ronnie. By all means Ronnie has filled out more of his frame than Noah. That is like comparing a really really gifted Basket Ball player to Michael Jordan.
Any way, here is my scoop on Noah.
That is what Noah is a really really gifted Bodybuilder, even if he is not Ronnie Coleman.
I have talked with him a few times, and Noah is one of the coolest people you will ever meet. I mean that, he even offered to send my entire company supplements when we were in Iraq, free of charge, I had to decline as we were about to come home soon at the time. Since the supps would not reach us before we left Iraq, Noah was kind enough to send me those supplements when I got home.
Now I doubt many nutrition center owners in the world would ever do that.
Noah has been in our situation before, and he is a Veteran himself, both Panama, and The Gulf War Veteran.
Now here are some things you guys might not know about Noah Steere.
Noah is every bit of 6'6", actually MOST people who meet Noah in person think he is 6'8". Noah is very modest and says he is only 6'6". Now keep in mind that most guys you hear about that height have been VERY exaggerated.
Oddly, most people who meet Noah actually refuse to believe he is only 6'6" and asume he is kidding when he says so. They refuse to believe his is anything short of 6'8". Perhaps they think he is so tall since most 6'6" guys say they are 6'8", this throws off every ones perspective. Ask Lonnie Teper how tall Noah is and he will swear Noah is at least 6'8" perhaps 6'9", Lonnie will also tell you that Noah is BSing when he says he is only 6'6".
When Noah was in UPW for a short while in 1999, a training camp of the WWE, he was being billed at 7' and 380 pounds, when at the time he was actually only about 290-300. He personally told me he has met the BIGSHOW of WWE face to face and the Big Show was only an inch or two taller than he was, and in also that the Bigshow is not 500 pounds, 400 sure, but not 500.
The point is that you cannot compare Noah to another guy who is billed as 6'6" or taller, because chances are that guy is in fact much shorter in real life, and without lifts in their boots.
On the other hand Noah is very honest, and although many sources list him as a 6'10" 375 pound guy with 26" arms etc... Noah openly admits he is just under 6'7" and at his heaviest was in the mid 340s and his arms at their largest were only 23.75", just shy of 24".
Noah could easily say to people he is 6'10" and 375 pounds and has 26 inch arms, and most people would believe him, but he is honest enough to keep the record straight.
Those pics above do not do him justice at all. Noah also stays lean all year round, only going 20-25 pounds over what it would take to get into contest shape. Even pics I have of him at 340+ he still has abbs and veins.
In the 2001 NPC Nationals he competed at 282 pounds, his first time competing at the National level, and he got 5th place. Even had striated glutes. That weight was actually verified, and so was his height.
In 2002 Noah competed at 300 EVEN. That contest weight was verified. Chad Nicholls thought Noah looked good, yet Noah did not beat his 2001 placing.
Noah has not competed since 2003, and in 2004, but in late 2004 Noah was in the 345 range, and said he could have competed at 320 that year if he chose to. Noah does understandably have a sour taste in his mouth for competing again after what happened in 2002.
It is really too bad because he could really make an impact in the NPC if he came in at 320 with the same conditioning he had in 2001, I think he would win his class, and the overall hands down, or at the very least place higher than 5th.
Now the pictures of Noah already posted above, the second two, were taken in late 2002, about two weeks, and 15 pounds out from the Nationals.
I found a few pics online of Noah from 2004 when he was in the 340+ pound range, with abbs. I also have a few I found from 2002, and a couple from 2001 I will post when I find them buried on my hard drive some where.
BTW Ronnie Coleman himself actually called Noah “the biggest dude I ever met”. He did NOT say Noah was a better bodybuilder. He simply meant Noah’s overall size. It is still an awesome compliment coming from a guy like Ronnie.
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