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