What gear was Arnold Schwarzenegger on back in the day?

[mtlbiceps]

I was sitting here watching one of the best bbing videos of all time - Arnold's Pumping Iron and I was curious what he was probably taking back in the day.

I know Arnold had awesome genetics but am curious what he could have been taking back then... I know the selection would have been more limited but I'm assuming test and dbol must have been common around the Muscle Beach gym crew.

Anyone have any ideas?

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[big_ron]

Love these threads haha....ive only herd him talk about dbol, other than that he would only know. or his training partners

[X83]

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=The+Arnold+Schwarzenegger+Cycle

[magicstick2003]

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=The+Arnold+Schwarzenegger+Cycle

hahah that is awesome, haven;t seen that one before.

[BarBender727]

Nobody really knows, it is pure speculation

[JCB-MMA]

he prob had anadrol for breakfast every day lol no one knows but there was no PCT or anything like that back then . steroids were risky back then tho if you develpoed gyro you was ****ed lol im quite prone to gyro thank heavens for clomid i would have been a big titted midget back then

[warlord_wang]

I think people focus on gear to much and not their diet or training regiment

[MR10X]

he prob had anadrol for breakfast every day lol no one knows but there was no PCT or anything like that back then . steroids were risky back then tho if you develpoed gyro you was ****ed lol im quite prone to gyro thank heavens for clomid i would have been a big titted midget back then

We had Nolvadex back then for gyno,we also HCG for PCT............

[Honkey_Kong]

Why don't you write the Governator and ask? Who knows maybe he'll tell you (I doubt it, but it's worth a shot).

I know he smoked pot.

[wmaousley]

I called him and he said he was all natural, dude why would you think any of us knew what he was on?

[Honkey_Kong]

Ya, it's just his God-given genetics.

[grumpee]

Rumor has it d-bol, winny,primo,deca,test. Thats just what I have heard

[grumpee]

When I watched pumping iron and raw iron I got to thinking how they really never had all the supps back then you have now. Really makes you think if supps really are a waist of money.

[Honkey_Kong]

When I watched pumping iron and raw iron I got to thinking how they really never had all the supps back then you have now. Really makes you think if supps really are a waist of money.

They're good for cutting the wallet down. That's about it for the most part. Although there are some really good supplements on the market (like creatine, vitamins, whey, etc).

[grumpee]

Agreed. Only supps I take are egg white protein, multi and fish oil and thats prob more than I really need . I honestly think I well balanced diet will go a long way

[lovbyts]

Most of what he was on was Genetics and diet and dedication. I'm not saying he didn't have gear, only that most of us can not hope to ever obtain such status even with the same dedication and all the gear available as him.

[awms]

I have seen his stack before...a guy who was arnolds training budy posted it and said he poped d-bol like candy. I dont remember it 100% but it was somthing like this.

week 1-5
50mg dbol
1000mg primo

week 5-10
80mg dbol
1000mg primo

week 10-20
100mg dbol
1000mg primo

week 20-25
winny 50mg
primo 1000mg


Then he would take time off and not use anything or lift for a couple months at a time.

Not sure if its true but that is what the guy wrote...he said back then they didnt know alot about steroids so the cycles were unorthodox.

[smashingbox]

Wow that is good... some guy you know said something about once seeing Arnold taking similar to what you have posted... my uncle reckons he was abducted by aliens and anal probed repeatedly... he is also a drunk.

One thing that does REALLY amaze me... in that movie Pumping Iron (which incidentally is not a doco but highly dramatised) - all the bodybuilders that you see... not one sign of gyno in any of them. That is strange I think, I mean did they really have AIs?

[marcus300]

Doesnt matter what he was taking, it doesnt mean you will look anything like him even if you took 10x as much!

[GotNoBlueMilk]

I worked out in a gym on the east coast back in the days when Arnold was still a bodybuilder. The gym owner would fly in a top body builder once a month and have the guy put on a 2-day seminar. Basically, the pro went through his entire training routine in the two days. Arnold, Columbo, Boyer Coe, Mentzer (?) brothers, Zane, and a bunch of other pros did the seminar. During the Q&A someone would always ask the person if they did steroids. I kid you not, everyone except one said "No". Arnold included. Ricky Wayne (pretty sure I remember his name correctly) was the only one to admit steroids.

Later, Ricky Wayne spent three months in the gym, later. He wrote for Weider's magazine back then. Ricky was a good bodybuilder but not in the running for the Olympia. He and I actually trained together some because our workout schedules happened to synch. He admitted to me he did tons of steroids, as well as telling me all the pros did (big shock huh?). Back then everyone did d-bol. It was the best available steroid. Today there are other things that were not available then. So d-bol may not be your best choice. Back then HGH was just starting to be used. No idea if any of the pros back then used it since it was so new at the time. Nobody was doing insuline stuff. Zane was the biggest user and had the nickname "the chemist" because of it.

[SlimmerMe]

^^^ very interesting......

[awms]

I think everyone reacts differently to diffrent compounds...most guys would look bloated and shitty on 100mg of dbol a day but arnold looked good prob because he is naturaly an ecto/meso and very lean...being the lucky guy he is he didnt seem to bloat very much.

Back then guys took w.e worked for them...there were alot of dumb cycles being used! I remember one guy talking about how the first time he used steroids he went to his doctor and he was given a bunch of dbol and winny and thats it lol He took them both for 10 weeks an blew up and didnt know wtf he was using...and on top of that they didnt have pct back then! Today if you posted a cycle like that you would be crucified on this forum lol

[awms]

I have heard rumors that arnold used hgh as well but im not sure if that is true because not many guys did back then and it was so new that not many guys had even heard of it...if he did it would have obviously not been the high doses that the pro's use today but It wouldnt suprise me if he did....look at him in the later years and his body does look much leaner, his calves are massive! and his weak points are no longer weak points...not sure if that was hard work or a little extra chemical help.

[mtlbiceps]

Love these threads haha....ive only herd him talk about dbol, other than that he would only know. or his training partners

I always heard that he ate dbol like candy back in the day lol


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[mtlbiceps]

I think people focus on gear to much and not their diet or training regiment

I could not agree more


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[mtlbiceps]

Why don't you write the Governator and ask? Who knows maybe he'll tell you (I doubt it, but it's worth a shot).

I know he smoked pot.

Yeah, hes smoking pot in the video LOL Good old Arnold.

I'll send him an email and see what he says lol

[mtlbiceps]

Most of what he was on was Genetics and diet and dedication. I'm not saying he didn't have gear, only that most of us can not hope to ever obtain such status even with the same dedication and all the gear available as him.

He has amazing genetics that's for sure... I'm sure the candy he was taking was a minor aspect compared to that.



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[LatissimusaurousRex]

I was sitting here watching one of the best bbing videos of all time - Arnold's Pumping Iron and I was curious what he was probably taking back in the day.

I know Arnold had awesome genetics but am curious what he could have been taking back then... I know the selection would have been more limited but I'm assuming test and dbol must have been common around the Muscle Beach gym crew.

Anyone have any ideas?

MTLBiceps

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[MR10X]

I have heard rumors that arnold used hgh as well but im not sure if that is true because not many guys did back then and it was so new that not many guys had even heard of it...if he did it would have obviously not been the high doses that the pro's use today but It wouldnt suprise me if he did....look at him in the later years and his body does look much leaner, his calves are massive! and his weak points are no longer weak points...not sure if that was hard work or a little extra chemical help.

I was training back then in the early 80's and the most popular compounds were Test,Decca,and Dianabol. People would blow up on these but a lot of the size was water and fat. There was no synthetic HGH then and the real stuff was very hard to get and very expensive..They used different stuff for contest so they wouldnt retain water.Primobolin,Winstrol were popular. I wouldnt give steroids all the credit for Arnolds sucess,he started training when he was young and put a lot effort in to it,steroids were not illegal back then,all you had to do was go to a doctor and he would do blood tests and give you a prescription.I have a manual on steroid use that done by Arnolds nutritionist and it has a picture of arnold on the cover,it state what he used but gave general imformation on how to use them,i believe his name was John Balick...

[billy0082]

he use to love primo

[InfiniteMuscle]

Doesnt matter what he was taking, it doesnt mean you will look anything like him even if you took 10x as much!

Agreed. He had some freaky genetics, winning mr olympia as a teen!

[dru23]

I was training back then in the early 80's and the most popular compounds were Test,Decca,and Dianabol. People would blow up on these but a lot of the size was water and fat. There was no synthetic HGH then and the real stuff was very hard to get and very expensive..They used different stuff for contest so they wouldnt retain water.Primobolin,Winstrol were popular. I wouldnt give steroids all the credit for Arnolds sucess,he started training when he was young and put a lot effort in to it,steroids were not illegal back then,all you had to do was go to a doctor and he would do blood tests and give you a prescription.I have a manual on steroid use that done by Arnolds nutritionist and it has a picture of arnold on the cover,it state what he used but gave general imformation on how to use them,i believe his name was John Balick...

awesome info man. i appreciate it.

[bigdaddyets]

If only we could bottle up his genetics. I would buy it.

[Regulator77]

There was an article in the 4/11 issue of md that talks about this. They give an example cycle with primo + dbol alternating with deca+dbol.

[Honkey_Kong]

If only we could bottle up his genetics. I would buy it.

Eh, it's easy for us to just say it was his genetics and drugs that he used. I don't doubt they played a big part, but let's not forget the work that man put in to be that way. He had to stick to a diet religiously and he had to train, not just hard but smart.

I mean, I doubt most of us would ever look like him even if we trained and ate as perfectly as possible. But I think we mention his genetics and the types of steroids he used and completely overlook the work and dedication he had to be the athlete he was.