He actually was training. I remember him saying that, after the biceps injury, it took him a little time to curl the 25's again. Of that, he even said sarcastically, "What a beast."
It does seem like he couldn't train some weeks for one of his shows -- maybe the '97 Olympia? I vaguely recall a blurb about him not lifting for three weeks before the contest :?:
But three weeks, six ... up the gH enough and it'd probably actually help him come in bigger.