So, you call competing at the Nationals, winning the Universe, and turning pro (placing respectably and even winning a show) as not "taking things seriously". I beg to differ, as I do with this notion that Ronnie start injecting the instant his hand touched those Orbaton weights.
Taking things seriously is relative. You could argue that someone like Lee Priest never took drug use seriously, as in doing anything and everything possible to win.
Lee Priest has told the story many times where Hany was said to have been training him. Hany gave Lee a list of 8 or 9 drugs to use. Lee played along and had Hany thinking he was doing the cycle but later said he did what he always had done, 3 or 4 drugs at a time. That's why Lee never really worked with a coach. Lee told MD that Hany never helped him, all he did was tell him to do a ton of drugs. Lee said Hany was pissed when the interview came out.
Many good bodybuilders are uncoachable which is why some gurus hate working with males as they never do what is instructed. Females usually do what they are told to do. That's what some if them say.
I believe someone like Ronnie probably did do what Chad told him to do. Probably did shoot as much as was instructed. It's often said that bodybuilders will take anything and everything and that drugging a lot if easy. Nothing is further from the truth. Many bodybuilders are extremists and will do a lot but anyone in top level bodybuilding knows how mentally hard it is to take a ton of drugs day in and day out.
Chad said Ronnie did exactly as he was told. He became the GOAT in manh peoples eyes but he also crashed and burned, though still alive.
That's what I mean by serious. There are levels to drug use. Basic mickey mouse cycles vs doing whatever it takes.
I posted the Vic Richards interview. Another dude that would have been uncoachable. But imagine if some Kamikaze guru had gotten hold of him. He might be dead now but he might have been the best of all time.
