knny17, I hate these web tags but I don't know your name so excuse me.
Yes, Steve's life partner would be the woman he shared his life with for, I
believe, apx. 12 years prior to his death. Her name was Deborah and without
going into depth, because I want to respect her in her absence, I think she
would actually laugh at the assertion that Steve ever took, or probably even
tried, drugs/steroids. He pretty much followed his life like an expert archer,
and seldom deferred from his target and bullseyes, which were health, fitness,
muscular body strength.
And, if he did ever TRY, TRY something like steroids, it would have been a quick
hit and miss, or forget attempt. But no, even that makes NO sense with him.
He was quite bright, especially concerning matters of the body, and knowing
the active ingredient of steroids and their impact on added strength and
muscular bulk...he just didn't need it, not even want it. Check his "Classic
Physique" book and he thought size for size sakes was wrong.
But, and personally that word does not belong in this conversation and equation, and IF, another word that doesn't, Steve did TRY steroids it wouldn't
have made a centimeter comparison to the buttload fulls taken by others,
especally those who just can't accept that someone like Reeves never did.
It also would have gone against traditional and conventional wisdom of his times. And he was very much BOTH. He would have known that it was
artifical enhancement/replacement of hormone/test and he would have dropped
the idea or the "experiment" quicker than bodybuilding at 24 when he left the sport for Hollywood. And at 24 and plenty of his own hormones and genetics working for him, not to mention hardcore training, he'd figure WHY? And he'd be right.
One more thing. In apx. 1975 when talking to John Grimek on the phone upon
turning in my story on World Wrestwrestling out of Petaluma, we were joking
about this one competitor I wrote about who was...slightly crazy, for lack of
a better term, and John said something like, "well, maybe the guy is on drugs
or something and can't rely on his own abilties? It seems a lot of guys are
doing that these days." We talked and joked some more (Grimek had a great,
great sense of humor), and he hit upon training hard and that usually seperated
the men from the boys. Reeves came up and his visit to York. John was really
impressed with Steve and how hard he trained and absolutely dedicated him-
self to the task at hand. Then he said something like, if he had (that wristwrestler) the work ethic and diet strictness of Reeves, he wouldn't ever
have to take drugs. John Carl Grimek would have given an absolute NO to the premise that Steve Reeves would have ever taken or even tried steroids. I'd
bet my 60-year-old butt on it! I think it would have been the same case with
pretty much everyone from that era, but especially those bodybuilders into the
physical culture aspect of the sport, like Reeves. He was hardcore natural, as
in, per given by genes and effort.
If, again, IF, is a dirty two-letter word here for this alleged debate, Reeves
ever tried drugs/steroids, it would'nt have been enough to make a piss-ant
grow.
this is the last time i respond to this topic after some of you beg me to in private messeges.
i chose to quote this specific dude for no particular reason so dont get all offended on me.
if,,when,,why,,where,, all this words dont matter. the only place i would put the IF word is in this sentence,,,:if you cant see for yourself what it takes to be the leader of the pack when it comes to bodybuilding,,,then you dont know your sport/industry. infact then it was the leader of the pack and few other lucky ones,,,now days it is any one in the pack,,,even the local thomas county georgia ymca night champ is on.
you put lots of nonesense,,i knew,,i trained,,,myfriend was eating dinner with,,my granma cooked,,it dont matter.
steve reeves never had kids
steve reeves was absorbed with himself
steve reeves was a womanizer ,,which i support in a way,,
steve reeves was experiementing with hormones
steve reeves was a loner,,no one knew his personality well because he was a loner that liked animals more than people
steve reeves walked day and night thinking how he can make himself bigger (yes 220 6% in 1940 was very big and still is to this day even at 6'1)
lastly,,ingeneral for all of you lifters of the late 70s-2000s,,,,when you enter a gym tellin your buddies and hoes around that you are not jacked and you dont touch juice,,you gotta remember that growth, igf1lr3 and insulin are A HELL OF A LOT better than juice for building muscle/size and also are legal for use for "research" in many states and countries around the world.
so simply get off the olympus my friends,,ive seen it all,,heard it all,,,every day we got 10 steve reeves come to us buying their goodies and then email us 2 hours later asking how come its not there yet,,,this is body-building,,,every one for himself.