Bodybuilders in the 70's

[itchybag]

i read it in a bodybuilding book, about the GH, it was Joe Weider talking about Mike Mentzer

[Double]

arnold and people of his time did take steroids but then it was legal, but they didn't take what pros today take. arnold is a governor now and his secrets will never be told, cuz it would be self-incriminating

[PumpingBricks70]

Originally posted by Double
arnold and people of his time did take steroids but then it was legal, but they didn't take what pros today take. arnold is a governor now and his secrets will never be told, cuz it would be self-incriminating

In an interview on the recently released (and kick ass) Pumping Iron DVD, Arnold openly said they would take 3 Dianabol. LOL.............only 3 eh!? :p He didn't go into much details about it, but he did say that.

[ChrisAdams]

he didn't take GH.. he'd have been ridiculous if so.. much much bigger than coleman. No way he could've kept his waistline either if he was taking GH. Look at any one of the current pros.

[PumpingBricks70]

Originally posted by ChrisAdams
he didn't take GH.. he'd have been ridiculous if so.. much much bigger than coleman. No way he could've kept his waistline either if he was taking GH. Look at any one of the current pros.

That's an interesting point. Arnold did have a tiny waistline! Lot's of vacuums. Although, another fact about Arnold worth considering would be his jaw line. I have no clue if GH had anything to do with it, but he had a Genioplasty done in the early to mid 80's. I guess no telling if that was in his genes or not.

[ephedra]

Arnold wasn't all natural ?!? Damn it. and all this time i've been incorporating my weider training principles, eating 1g protein/lbs bodyweight and sayin my prayers so i could be a beefed-up drug-free Weider-boy.

[DOUBLE J]

Did'nt Weider have about 1001 priciples. Everything but don`t drop it on your neck w/out a spotter! LOL

[MYRICK]

Originally posted by PumpingBricks70
In an interview on the recently released (and kick ass) Pumping Iron DVD, Arnold openly said they would take 3 Dianabol. LOL.............only 3 eh!? :p He didn't go into much details about it, but he did say that.

hey on my last cycle i only took 3 dbols a day. 3 50mg dbols fuckin ip

[Sigmund Roid]

gimme a break
In the 70's they had all the goodies that they have now and more, like finaject, bolasterone, stenbolone etc. and they used them in megadoses. Steve Mecalick (sp?) was on 12 A-bombs and used 14 different compounds at the same time. (mmm, maybe those were the 80's?).

[Mudge]

One person that trained with Arnold said he took 2 dbol a week, cough cough bullshit.

Yet another said he took a handfull before workouts.

Arnold himself at one point said he only took steroids for about 6 weeks before a "difficult contest," more coughing more bullshit.

[itchybag]

Originally posted by PumpingBricks70
That's an interesting point. Arnold did have a tiny waistline! Lot's of vacuums. Although, another fact about Arnold worth considering would be his jaw line. I have no clue if GH had anything to do with it, but he had a Genioplasty done in the early to mid 80's. I guess no telling if that was in his genes or not.

speaking about the jaw line, why did Arnold, Franco and Lou all have gaps in their teeth? GH related? Franco was a Dr. too

[ZedsDead]

at that time i dont think they understood the full extent of the dangers steroids could cause so i would say they're doses very VERY high, if i didnt know the problems steroid could cause i'd be on 3gs of test a week

[smalls]

LOL@Arnold being bigger than ronnie.
Arnold was a genetic wonder, but ronnie is a true genetic freak, the likes of which this world has never seen.

Arnold was a fucking extremist in every sense of the word, to think he used a cautious approach to steroid use is rediculous. The guy trained for 4 hours straight, smoked pot, drank, had sex with hundreds of women. And you guys honestly thinking he was worrying about his liver.

No they werent using the dose that the pros of today use, but seriously. One more point, NOTHING is more important in this sport than genetics. I know guys that do not train and look better than half this board. (myself included). So while pro's do use high doses, most of us will never even come close to their physique even if we match their druguse.

[3Vandoo]

Ronnie is no genetic freak, if you look at him when he was playing LB at Grambling he was lifting everyday, and he didnt had that mass.

If we take a 20yo arnold and ronnie and we send them to Grambling(ok Arnie will have to go black) and we suspect them to the same training the football team is giving, Arnold would be 30-40lbs heavier than Ronnie.

[FUZO]

GO TO CALI AND ASK ARNOLD