was Paul Anderson NATURAL?????????

[JOHN MATRIX]

if it can be settled that in fact he was then i believe it would settle the question of who the strongest man ever is. if he was indeed natural then how could anyone dispute him being the strongest man ever

[NarcissisticDeity]

if it can be settled that in fact he was then i believe it would settle the question of who the strongest man ever is. if he was indeed natural then how could anyone dispute him being the strongest man ever

good question 

[johnny1]

Hard question to answer with certainty, Paul was in his prime in the 1950's trained with alot of crude homemade equipment etc, he certainly was unbelievably strong and @ 310-350lbs (though out his prime years) had some of the most massive quads ever.

[ribonucleic]

I think Anderson had access to some radical scientific breakthrough in muscle-building that Tesla invented but the government kept from public knowledge.

That's my opinion.

[chaos]

As natural as the sun rising to the West.

[timfogarty]

they were readily available.  what reason would he have for not trying something new?   your frame of reference of what is cheating and what is not didn't exist back then.

[JOHN MATRIX]

they were readily available.  what reason would he have for not trying something new?   your frame of reference of what is cheating and what is not didn't exist back then.

i wasnt aware that steroids were readily available america in the 50's  

[timfogarty]

i wasnt aware that steroids were readily available america in the 50's  

the first reference to anabolic steroids in a bodybuilding magazine was in Strength and Health in 1938.   Injectable testosterone esters were available throughout the 40s.  Dianabol was widely available at pharmacies in the US by 1958.

[Method101]

steroids were available to some people around 1918... they were experimented with during ww1. All athletes were using them by the 1930s, anyone who came after that time period was definatly on steroids.

[fredrollon]

steroids were available to some people around 1918... they were experimented with during ww1. All athletes were using them by the 1930s, anyone who came after that time period was definatly on steroids.

Er...no.A commercially viable method of synthesizing testosterone was discovered round 1935.
Ruzicka and Butenandt won the 1939 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for this breakthrough.

[nycbull]

the first reference to anabolic steroids in a bodybuilding magazine was in Strength and Health in 1938.   Injectable testosterone esters were available throughout the 40s.  Dianabol was widely available at pharmacies in the US by 1958.

good post, this has been discussed a lot here and good to finally put it to rest..Im sure a lot of those old timers  were using small amounts of deca.

[Figo]

the first reference to anabolic steroids in a bodybuilding magazine was in Strength and Health in 1938.   Injectable testosterone esters were available throughout the 40s.  Dianabol was widely available at pharmacies in the US by 1958.

Correct. Most think that due to dbol only becoming available in the mid-50's, that that was the 1st of any steroid available. Whereas test was available in the 30's.

[MuscleMcMannus]

steroids were available to some people around 1918... they were experimented with during ww1. All athletes were using them by the 1930s, anyone who came after that time period was definatly on steroids.

You're an idiot. 

[Figo]

good post, this has been discussed a lot here and good to finally put it to rest..Im sure a lot of those old timers  were using small amounts of deca.

Why small amounts? There were no reported dangers, sides nor was it illegal. Like anything else, the story would've been, if it works, use more.

[BM OUT]

I believe he was natural.His whole life was dedicated to Christ.Not like some of these Phony Christians,but a guy that spent every dime he had on a boys home for wayward youth.

However,if he did use,who cares?A guy that could squat 900lbs three times a day for months to raise money for his home is still as strong or stronger then any human who has ever walked the face of the earth.By the way,he did this in dress pants.

[NarcissisticDeity]

the first reference to anabolic steroids in a bodybuilding magazine was in Strength and Health in 1938.   Injectable testosterone esters were available throughout the 40s.  Dianabol was widely available at pharmacies in the US by 1958.

You always type this referenced in 1938 , Da Vinci referenced the parachute in 1483 it doesn't mean people were base jumping

Dianabol was the first commercially available anabolic use specifically for sports supplementation , until then there was no drug use in American weightlifting & bodybuilding

[NarcissisticDeity]

good post, this has been discussed a lot here and good to finally put it to rest..Im sure a lot of those old timers  were using small amounts of deca.

Nonsense , in the very late 1950s they started testing weightlifters with d-bol NOT bodybuilders , weightlifting was viewed as the manly sport and bodybuilding was seen as you guessed it a sport for fairies , Ziegler who created dianabol started giving it to weightlifters ONLY at York it wasn't until the 1960 the earliest did the drug start making it's way out to the west coast bodybuilding scene .

[dr.chimps]

Calvin Trillin wrote an article on Paul in '69 for the New Yorker titled 'World's Strongest Man.'* If I remember correctly, Mr. Anderson was quite the Christian and tried to spread the Word with his lifts as a sideshow. I think he also ran a home/orphanage for kids. Maybe Google-fu Trillin + Paul Anderson.

*Appears also in Trillin's US Journal (1971) of which I have a copy somewhere     

[local hero]

what does bein a christian have anything to do with it,,, some of the biggest peodofiles and generaly horrible c,u,n,t,s have been hiding behind the church.......


natural or not,,, not many human beings are able to squat 900lbs

[timfogarty]

Dianabol was the first commercially available anabolic use specifically for sports supplementation , until then there was no drug use in American weightlifting & bodybuilding

that testosterone proprionate was mentioned by name in a bodybuilding mag in 1938 makes it pretty hard to say that there was NO drug use in weightlifting or bodybuilding for another 20 years.

[NarcissisticDeity]

that testosterone proprionate was mentioned by name in a bodybuilding mag in 1938 makes it pretty hard to say that there was NO drug use in weightlifting or bodybuilding for another 20 years.

Sure there was because there was NO mention of it at ALL until Ziegler , none what so ever not in weight lifting and not in bodybuilding

like the da Vinci idea on the parachute it was mentioned in 1483

[timfogarty]

Sure there was because there was NO mention of it at ALL until Ziegler , none what so ever not in weight lifting and not in bodybuilding

late 1947 or early 48, there is an articles about George Eiferman, already a national level bodybuilder based on the east coast, going out to Yarick's gym in Oakland for the summer, coming back 30-40 pounds heavier.   Similar story the following year about Jack Delinger, also going out to Yaricks for the summer coming back much heavier.  btw, they won the 48 and 49 Mr America.

[NarcissisticDeity]

late 1947 or early 48, there is an articles about George Eiferman, already a national level bodybuilder based on the east coast, going out to Yarick's gym in Oakland for the summer, coming back 30-40 pounds heavier.   Similar story the following year about Jack Delinger, also going out to Yaricks for the summer coming back much heavier.  btw, they won the 48 and 49 Mr America.

30-40 pounds? that wouldn't take place with todays supplements nevermind dosages that low when they first started using

[timfogarty]

30-40 pounds? that wouldn't take place with todays supplements nevermind dosages that low when they first started using

yes, an adolescent just starting to work out and eat right.  but these were already national level bodybuilders.


there is no way to know who used what when, but there is certainly plenty of circumstantial evidence that means that it was possible that top bodybuilders were using in the 1940s.

[BM OUT]

what does bein a christian have anything to do with it,,, some of the biggest peodofiles and generaly horrible c,u,n,t,s have been hiding behind the church.......


natural or not,,, not many human beings are able to squat 900lbs

There is a HUGE differance between church going Bible thumpers and a guy who has dedicated his life to helping kids.I just dont believe he would use steroids.He was a REAL Christian,not a Catholic priest Christian.