Richard was always too smart to be a top olympia contender - all the genetics in the world but would not put his body through all the shit to take him to the very top.
If you have good genes the drugs will not hurt you. In all honesty, the one killer is the dehydration and there are ways to mitigate the risks.
I know Jones went to college, but didn't he get into real estate or something? Or was he a finance major?