Author Topic: Was Charles Bronson doing steroids in the 50s? (Read 7316 times)

DENVER2SANFRAN · « **on:** August 31, 2022, 08:42:04 AM »

This pic, I believe is from 1956 which would make him 35yo.

beakdoctor · « **Reply #1 on:** August 31, 2022, 08:49:02 AM »

I doubt it. He wasn't a big guy and was gifted with the genetics to be very lean naturally. 10 years later at 45 he was still just as lean and only a little smaller.

However, he does seem like tge kind of guy who may have used a little bit of gear if it were available. Wasn't he one of the guys who worked out at Girondas gym? If so, he may have.

affeman · « **Reply #2 on:** August 31, 2022, 08:51:33 AM »

Solid decent physique there. Was he ever known for his physical development?

TheShape. · « **Reply #3 on:** August 31, 2022, 08:55:05 AM »

Just Slavic genetics, clean diet, and lifting. He was always in good shape.

Rambone · « **Reply #4 on:** August 31, 2022, 08:55:37 AM »

He was known as the Chest God until Titus came along

Megalodon · « **Reply #5 on:** August 31, 2022, 08:59:14 AM »

Bronson was one of the first to extract rhesus monkey pec hormone from gorilla cadavers.

DENVER2SANFRAN · « **Reply #6 on:** August 31, 2022, 09:17:53 AM »

Fred MacMurray of all people was a big guy in the 30s.
Of course, Clint Walker is the peak of Hollywood mascluinity. 6'6", sorry Arnold, Sly, Chuck, Seagull et all.

Gym-Rat · « **Reply #7 on:** August 31, 2022, 09:18:24 AM »

Chuck Buchinsky may have been on some gear, training under Whack-Job Gironda.
If he was I'm sure it was the very small (1 dbol tab a day) which worked wonders.
(Rheo Blair protein and Nilevar tabs).

njflex · « **Reply #8 on:** August 31, 2022, 09:21:15 AM »

i think its more compelling he played a native american'pollock'

Megalodon · « **Reply #9 on:** August 31, 2022, 09:24:58 AM »

Fred MacMurray was a 6'3" Clint Walker with a bronze girl.

funk51 · « **Reply #10 on:** August 31, 2022, 09:57:25 AM »

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funk51 · « **Reply #11 on:** August 31, 2022, 09:59:45 AM »

Bronson used to train at vince's gym. however when asked he said he got his development just from climbing ropes at home.

DENVER2SANFRAN · « **Reply #12 on:** August 31, 2022, 10:04:26 AM »

Meh, he's 50+ here.
Victor McGlaglen was in this, that was a big man.

Megalodon · « **Reply #13 on:** August 31, 2022, 10:09:37 AM »

Charlie B was reading the Murder books before Titus made it cool.

DENVER2SANFRAN · « **Reply #14 on:** August 31, 2022, 10:13:35 AM »

I highly reccomend this movie.
Cheyenne Body stars and it has a wild ending.

Rambone · « **Reply #15 on:** August 31, 2022, 10:16:10 AM »

Was Bronson sexual?

Thin Lizzy · « **Reply #16 on:** August 31, 2022, 10:28:11 AM »

So, what year did D Bol become available in Gyms? Apparently, it became a thing in the NFL in the early 60s.

DENVER2SANFRAN · « **Reply #17 on:** August 31, 2022, 11:01:39 AM »

Quote from: Rambone on August 31, 2022, 10:16:10 AM

Was Bronson sexual?

Yes.

Matt · « **Reply #18 on:** August 31, 2022, 11:04:26 AM »

Quote from: beakdoctor on August 31, 2022, 08:49:02 AM

I doubt it. He wasn't a big guy and was gifted with the genetics to be very lean naturally. 10 years later at 45 he was still just as lean and only a little smaller.

However, he does seem like tge kind of guy who may have used a little bit of gear if it were available. Wasn't he one of the guys who worked out at Girondas gym? If so, he may have.

Would Gironda's Gym been the gym "Vince's" that was mentioned in Boogie Nights?

NarcissisticDeity · « **Reply #19 on:** August 31, 2022, 11:08:47 AM »

Quote from: Thin Lizzy on August 31, 2022, 10:28:11 AM

So, what year did D Bol become available in Gyms? Apparently, it became a thing in the NFL in the early 60s.

Earliest reference to a professional bodybuilder taking steroids was Bill Pearl in 1958 I think it hit the mainstream of bodybuilding in the early 60s and later into other sports

Gym-Rat · « **Reply #20 on:** August 31, 2022, 11:27:04 AM »

Quote from: Thin Lizzy on August 31, 2022, 10:28:11 AM

So, what year did D Bol become available in Gyms? Apparently, it became a thing in the NFL in the early 60s.

1956 or so.
Hoffman knew about it, his lifters used it.
Bodybuilders from his gym would use it.
Word travels fast. Im sure it spread very quickly to the west-coast from York...

BB · « **Reply #21 on:** August 31, 2022, 11:48:59 AM »

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Still from "Never So Few" in 1959, it's a good film.

Not the best pic, but in 1959 GE held a contest where you'd get 16 silver dollars/lb for the closest guess of how many GE photo test lamps would equal Bronson's weight of #171 at 5' 8"ish. For those wondering, it takes a hair over 51,000 test lamps (no picture what type of lamp).

NarcissisticDeity · « **Reply #22 on:** August 31, 2022, 11:56:27 AM »

Quote from: Gym-Rat on August 31, 2022, 11:27:04 AM

1956 or so.
Hoffman knew about it, his lifters used it.
Bodybuilders from his gym would use it.
Word travels fast. Im sure it spread very quickly to the west-coast from York...

Dr John Zeigler created D-bol and was experimenting on York weightlifters with just test with not much success , John Grimek said he actually thought it hindered his performance but this was the earliest trials , then he created D-bol

BB · « **Reply #23 on:** August 31, 2022, 12:00:21 PM »

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One more from late (October) 1958. Bronson was weighed at #171 in March 1959 for the GE / "Man With a Camera" cross promotion.

_bruce_ · « **Reply #24 on:** August 31, 2022, 12:31:14 PM »

He had a great tough guy physique even in the early 70ies but would fall apart quickly later on.