i take it they(like most from that era) were on loads of good stuff haha
serious question btw... im 23 so they were a little before my time
lol i am 32 , also before my time... but they still rock!! legends!
anyway my point was , and still is.... just use common sense.... lol...
steroids when used smart will not harm you...
being a pro, health comes second... it's all about choices....
having said that most guys are know are still fine.... and i knew some big abusers.... hell little old me used a fair bit of PED's lol...
and in the late 90's early 2000's alot of the top bb's in the netherlands were friends or collegues of mine....i little gym way up North lol.... the dutchies here will know what i am talking about;)
most went NABBA ... Universe, these kinds of shows.... as ifbb was and is not very smart for euro guys....
some big, big dudes.... 6'1 140 kilo off season and 120 on stage....another one 6'5, 150 kilo offseason and 126 on stage...
also a lot of light heavies.... all top 3 at nabba Universe....
and these dudes also LOVED the Rave Party's here in the Netherlands.. lol big drug users....
i am talking XTC, GHB, COKE... also before training.... a little COKE....
my buddy who i am still helping was a ifbb world championship competitor... but got screwed over once so badly!!!! he never wants to compete for ifbb again.... he took 3rd place once... but was stripped of his placing due to diuretics use.... the egyptian fella also failed the test but was not stripped of his title.... why o why??? and these egyptian dudes also loved snorting coke btw.... lol...
anyway i am rambling again lol... but most of these dudes are ok!!! 1 had hart problems, but he knew that his whole life... he had the same thing Arnold had done... a new valve...
another one got killed, shot by his friend..... during a drugdeal... lol.... huge basterd! 6'2 and 130 kilos... legit 55 cm arms.... did not help him dodging bullets though
and this is all almost a decade ago.... most are retired now, but still training and using....just not that extreme anymore....
some people can think i do not know what i am talking about , but i do.... and i just call it like i see it....
like i said , i CHOSE not to compete....anymore... as i saw the cult how it was.... in the late 90's it was allready very , very corrupted....
look at the details above..... and tell me steroids are the problem.... what you see is???
narcotics! drugdealing! violence! criminals! killing! and i am not even telling the stories about the woman.... lol....