FROM IRON AGE
Nice honest answer given by one of the greats of the game, and a really good guy, Dave Draper, in his current newsletter when asked about gear:
Q: You've written pretty adamantly against steroid use for
recreational lifters. When you were taking them, what did a
doctor's-supervised cycle consist of? Would competitors use them
year-round or only pre-contest? Pros today seem to have a "more is
better" philosophy, but was it like that in the '60s and '70s?
A: I know as much about steroids as the captain of Primrose High's
Varsity Debating Team (Yeah, right). However, let me take a wild stab
after some reference to the skeletal archives. In the period between
1965 and 1970, I just betcha a reasonable outline would consist of a
12-week cycle of Durabolin injectable (1 cc per week), plus Winstrol
or Anavar or Dianabol in pill form (4-6 tabs a day). Levels would be
higher or lower, according to results, or need, or the rascal's
daring, carefree-ness, ignorance, innocence, desperation, madness,
ingredient availability, ego, mood and so forth.
Every six weeks during the non-competition season, a short and light
cycle might be engaged to sustain muscle and strength and ingredient
effectiveness.
I don't have the slightest clue what the bodybuilders are involved in
today. I haven't cracked a muscle mag since Lee Haney was on a cover
in 1990. I thumbed through the pages. Wow... Cool... Far out... You
know how it is. I just know the concoctions have become exceedingly
generous and complicated, outrageously expensive, immensely effective,
not exactly law-abiding and questionably healthy and possibly deadly.
Today's pros are a subculture amid a subculture in a wild and crazy
world."
