Suffice to say I and others have an opinion, don't believe he was natural his whole life. As I pointed out, it doesn't detract from him as a bber, nor as a person. I always admired Reeves' physique, and heard he was a real gentleman. I think he is the forerunner of bbing as we would like it to be, fantastic shape on a perfect structure, every muscle developed just in its perfect element and harmony with the others, nothing out of place.However, someone with a rep to uphold, such as a legendary pro bber fro the IA(iron age), would. But, its up to us to separate truth from b.s. with a grain of salt.That, Made In Montana, is the whole point of this thread.
Made in Montana, you did not quote the other above bits, I believe they are pertinent. NOWHERE on this thread have I gone out to assault nor attack Reeves. As I said, he was a great bber, and we shouldn't denigrate his memory as he is no longer here to defend himself, I fully believe, and I'm not.
I'll say it again, wether he was on aas or not at any point in his career, does not take away from him as a man or bber, it is MY OPINION that many have taken, and then to keep up their image, negate it.
I wasn't even the first to bring up Reeves, I just started getting attacked by yourself, whom I sense have had this argument before.
How on earth, can we prove for sure anyone took steroids in the 40's, 50's, etc? How can I, prove that?
I can't, its all speculation, and over the years I've become cynical to comments from guys that they are natural, when in fact, they were not(as illustrated by Franco).
As for your attacks on me, having poor genes, taking drugs, and propagating rumours to feel better about myself, come on, take it easy, lighten up. Do I even take drugs? I'm just another guy on the internet expressing my view, not claiming to be or want to be anything.
I'd like to believe Reeves and many others were completely natural, we all need inspiration like that to give us something real to strive for, believe in and admire. But over the years, believing a guy was nattie, it has become like believing in Santa Claus.
In all seriousness, if it upsets you this much, we'll stop discussing Reeves, as if I was a relative of his, and close to him, I'd be upset. I don't know his life, those who knew him did. I expressed my opinion, didn't set out to attack Reeves(this was a general topic), but you got a hard-on for me, so we pursued the topic...
Why don't you start a new thread or here, and post pics and relate stories if you knew him? Thats what this board is for, not too attack each other, leave that for the g&o section. Too emphasize my point here, if you look at the thread by gh15 on Reeves, I posted there several times my feelings re Steve Reeves(like anyone cares what I think about Reeves
,but you know what I mean).
To re-iterate, one gets pissed off swallowing b.s. all the time by those we admire, and we like to believe in something but sometimes get taken for fools, is the point of this thread, not S.R.'s aas past.
Take it easy.