he waited late in the game to really hit the gear hard and heavy - he was prolly doing very little when he got his card. Lets not forget he got some the best genetic around - ever see the pick of him at 14 - he was ripped as hell then!!
Exactly! I was at the NPC nationals in '91, and he was the only top hvy wt that was willing to take the urine drug test to be on the world team. He didn't win the nationals to turn pro,he didn't get first that night either. Ok, he went and won the IFBB Worlds and passed the urine test there as well. Hard to say if he was 100% clean or not at the time. BUT, as you pointed out he obviously had to wait until he was well into his pro career to hit the juice hard.
He went from a ripped 217 when he won he worlds to a ripped 287, 10 years later. That is 70, count 'em SEVENTY lbs of additional muscle on an already impressive world amatuer champ physique!