Back in the olden days?

[jkddave]

Hey Everyone,

I was just wondering if anyone had any ideas as to the cycles or types of "juice" any of the older / retired bodybuilders used to take. I'm talking about back in the days of Arnold Schwarzenneger, Lou Ferrigno, Franco Columbo, Dave Draper, etc. I have heard that they never had as many choices of drugs that we do today. Someone once even told me that all they had was D-Bol and Test-Suspension.

Any comments or opinions?

[JCDiesel]

I know arnie used to eat d's like candy...

[jkddave]

no one else?

[DARKSEID]

there's threads on the site about this, I also only got as far as reading the d's with arnie

[rangerdudeleads]

i think Arnold called dbols his breakfast candies..lol

RDL

[Mallet]

I don't think much has changed from then to now...there's not many new AAS around today, however they didn't have to make fina because that was around and the infamous PARABOLON.

I think d-bol, deca, and test is the bases for most bulking cycles, and fina, test, and winny for cutting cycles. I know in Bill pearls time, which is when arnie really just got started, he talked about using alot of vet gear because the human grade wasn't very plentiful or not available at all.

[Eddie8]

I don't think much has changed from then to now...there's not many new AAS around today, however they didn't have to make fina because that was around and the infamous PARABOLON.

I think d-bol, deca, and test is the bases for most bulking cycles, and fina, test, and winny for cutting cycles. I know in Bill pearls time, which is when arnie really just got started, he talked about using alot of vet gear because the human grade wasn't very plentiful or not available at all.

Mallet is on the money. I used to train in one of the oldest gyms in the country in Orlando Florida called the Orange Ave Gym. It was established by a wrestler named Milo Sanbourn and there were some monsters that trainedand juiced there. I did my first cycle 23 years ago and it was test enanthate, deca and anavar. The anavar was the real stuff from Searl Pharm and the deca and test was from a major Pharmaceutical company but I can’t remember which one. All of the tests have been around from around WW2. I remember I had the option of using d-bol, winstrol test cyp and prop, parabolon and all of these drugs had been around for a long time even then. All of the huge guys in the gym used massive amounts of test and D-bol. You may have been thinking longer ago than this though.

[LightWeightBaby]

dinabol, sust, and deca

[LightWeightBaby]

the one thing that sets the bodybuilders apart now is using hgh

[shootdeep]

the one thing that sets the bodybuilders apart now is using hgh

i agree...not to mention the unbelievable amounts they use now.

[Mallet]

GH for sure...and INSULIN too!...not to mention they probably train smarter these days...not as much overtraining like pioneers were doing!

[Shortyrock13]

GH for sure...and INSULIN too!...not to mention they probably train smarter these days...not as much overtraining like pioneers were doing!

but IMO the pioneers look was way better. I think alot of bros agree with this too.

[slobberknocker]

Friend of mine used to do 20 dbol, 15 var, and 200 deca. Late 70s.

[rangerdudeleads]

Friend of mine used to do 20 dbol, 15 var, and 200 deca. Late 70s.

20 dbols a day? 200 deca, how many mg a week.. How long was he running 20 dbols a day for? Thats a 100mg a day if they are 5 mg and dont wanna even think what they could be if they were anything more than 5 mg a pill. Thats kind of hard to believe or he didnt know what he was doing to do that many imo.

RDL

[slobberknocker]

20 mgs

[Mallet]

but IMO the pioneers look was way better. I think alot of bros agree with this too.

I agree with you 100%...they were asthetically pleasing to the eye...now they're just freaks!

[Jackman]

yea they looked alot beter back in the day