i honestly think that segal would murder van damme but i could be wrong. thats an interesting story and im going to look into that. im sure arnold let everyone know what the deal about gear was.
I dont know why people think he was on steroids in blood sport. He was far from huge. he was lean , tanned, oiled up. With lighting and camera angles most lean guys can be filmed to appear bigger then they are in person.
His body in that movie is pretty eazy to be attained naturally with hard work and training
I've read lots of rumours about his ballet career, and that the whole story was merely a stunt to distance him from competing b-film action stars, who at the time all was former "karate-stars".