Yea and the "natural bodybuilding movement" today is the biggest crock of shit around. To say the guys in the 60's used "shitloads" gear shows just how insecure and naive and plain clueless Chick is. Their use was hardly in the "shitload" category. I know lots of gymrats back in the day that didn't compete and they only ever used a few hundred milligrams of deca, a handful of dbol etc. There use was very tame compared to the idiots nowadays who are using a gram of test, 600 of eq, tren and winny for a cycle. And THEY DONT EVEN COMPETE!
BOTH Vince, Bob and even you are all correct about drugs in the "golden era".
1. Vince is correct that you didn't need a lot of drugs to win amatuer shows,(back then). The overall amatuer winners in the late 60's to early 70's were less massive than a typical national or regional champ today. Symmetry and shape were more important.
2. Bob is correct that the top guys in the Arnold era did use a fair amount of drugs. The guys in the Olympia and Universe were useing as much as they could of the available drugs. The biggest shows had more massive, freaky guys ( like Arnold and Sergio) even back then.
3. They used what drugs that were avilable and like most today went to extremes when they could depending on source and contest level.
