zed707 wrote:
Crank wrote:
Nova wrote:
...I understand he still takes care of his body...
"...takes care of his body..." No 72-year old can look like that without a big... "push" if you know what I mean.
This came up in the Arnold getting sucker drop-kicked thread--that Arnold was so big now because he's still juicing. Arnold was pretty open about his use after his bodybuilding career. He claimed, and I kind of believe, that he quit juicing after his bodybuilding career because he wasn't competing at the highest level any more. And he was still huge. There has to be a huge residual benefit from the years juicing. He was just plain bigger--bone structure and all.
Anyway, I don't know if they're still using something and I don't really care. Maybe some less than anabolic steroids and something like HGH? I know little about that stuff.
It isn't steroids as much as muscle and size in general. Especially if you are a lifelong lifter. I have been a lifelong lifter and was told your bones density permanently increased to accommodate the ability to handle heavy loads and day to day bodyweight support.
I haven't been less than 170 lbs since the age of 18. At 170, I'm skin and bone where you can see my ribs in front and back, wrist bones, and pelvic bones. I had a major injury a few years back where recovery and not doing anything took a good year and I lost my appetite too. I got down to 180 and looked gaunt, but not as bad as I did at 170. There wasn't much more weight I could lose. I quickly put back on weight once I could exercise, lift and eat again.
I have never used any sort of anabolic steroids, I have used prednisone which isn't anabolic. I am also not very tall, at a whopping 5'10".