Schwarzenegger: no regrets about steroids

[MASSIVE1000]

Schwarzenegger: No Regrets About Steroids
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, who has acknowledged using steroids during his years as a champion body builder, said he doesn't regret using the performance-enhancing drugs.

In an interview to be broadcast Sunday, Schwarzenegger told ABC's George Stephanopoulos, "I have no regrets about it, because at that time, it was something new that came on the market, and we went to the doctor and did it under doctors' supervision."


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California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger discusses his redistricting reform proposal at the Public Policy Institute of California and New America Foundation's Legislative Reform luncheon in Sacramento, Calif., Thursday, Feb. 24, 2005. (AP Photo/Max Whittaker)
Schwarzenegger has acknowledged taking steroids, but pointed out that they were legal at the time.

"We were experimenting with it. It was a new thing. So you can't roll the clock back and say, 'Now I would change my mind on this,'" he said, according to an excerpt posted on abcnews.com.

The former seven-time Mr. Olympia said he would not encourage drug use because it sent the wrong message to children. But he said he had no problem with athletes taking nutritional supplements and other legal substances to improve their performance.

 

[riverrock]

Arnold "experimenting" my Ass. He took more drugs than me, you, and all the rest of the Bros put together and his physique was pure perfection. He knew exactly what he was doing and exactly what he was taking. He had plenty of professional medical advice all his career. At least he never had a GH gut, but you can bet your life that if he had access to GH back then, he'd have taken that by the bucket load too.

 

[azul]

Schwarzenegger: No Regrets About Steroids
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, who has acknowledged using steroids during his years as a champion body builder, said he doesn't regret using the performance-enhancing drugs.

In an interview to be broadcast Sunday, Schwarzenegger told ABC's George Stephanopoulos, "I have no regrets about it, because at that time, it was something new that came on the market, and we went to the doctor and did it under doctors' supervision."


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California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger discusses his redistricting reform proposal at the Public Policy Institute of California and New America Foundation's Legislative Reform luncheon in Sacramento, Calif., Thursday, Feb. 24, 2005. (AP Photo/Max Whittaker)
Schwarzenegger has acknowledged taking steroids, but pointed out that they were legal at the time.

"We were experimenting with it. It was a new thing. So you can't roll the clock back and say, 'Now I would change my mind on this,'" he said, according to an excerpt posted on abcnews.com.

The former seven-time Mr. Olympia said he would not encourage drug use because it sent the wrong message to children. But he said he had no problem with athletes taking nutritional supplements and other legal substances to improve their performance.

Yay, a politician that doesn't think all supplements are evil

He's got a good point there... they were legal, so why should he not have been able to take them? And I'm glad he's not apologetic about it either. If anybody blasts him for that I'd love to kick their asses.

 

[Mikey2005]

I agree bro.

 

[Snypr]

Let's see if George asks him about his views on the president's war on steroids;if so, what his response would be and how Bush takes it.

 

[BOOEY]

Arnold's the man

 

[roadkill75]

fo' sho'

 

[DIVISION]

fo' sho'

What do you expect him to say? Expect him to sell out and rally against AAS now that he's a politician......he's got balls, I don't think he'll do that.

He's his own man.

Hoes, Clothes, Sustanon Flows.........what an Arnold knows...



DIV

 

[TallB4Small]

I would love to see them change the rule so arnold could be president. That would be a true Underdog story, i mean the man has already accomplished so much, but to become president would be incredible. And maybe he would take a little heat off the AAS situation.

 

[concordsize]

Hes the man hes not a sell out and that means alot!

It takes alot of balls for him to say the things he has.

E

 

[BOOEY]

It's time to take the girly men out of Washington!

 

[AMGETR]

Props to Arnold for holding his head high. Fuck the politicians and the bitches that have no idea what they are talking about.

 

[bigmk]

Im surprised Arnold had the balls to stand up for what he beleived in. Since he is a politician I wonder what the backlash will be for him and his family, not to mention his party. This is going to get interesting.

 

[nuh_mizer]

Now if they could just get him to say what he took and how often

 

[toxicsambo]

Arnold "experimenting" my Ass. He took more drugs than me, you, and all the rest of the Bros put together and his physique was pure perfection. He knew exactly what he was doing and exactly what he was taking. He had plenty of professional medical advice all his career. At least he never had a GH gut, but you can bet your life that if he had access to GH back then, he'd have taken that by the bucket load too.

Exactly. He was in control of what he wanted to do with his body and knew what he was doing. Arnold is an all around good guy with a positive mindset. he just owns.

 

[ViperHMS]

I wish there were more prominent people out there like Arnold trying to tame the media.

 

[AristotleBC]

It's good to see guys like Canseco, Bonds, Arnold standing up proud.

 

[TallB4Small]

It's good to see guys like Canseco, Bonds, Arnold standing up proud.

Bonds really isnt standing proud, he has no choice but to talk to the media. Now bonds is tryin to Shit on the people of the 1800's, hes tryin to crap on everyone else to take attention away from himself. Bonds is a great baseball player, but sucks as a person.

 

[Güclü_oglan]

Arnold is one of the best people alive i think. He does what he thinks is right, and takes full responsibility for what he does, and stands for it even if it was right or not. Too bad that's not common when it comes to steroids in the media today.

 

[DIVISION]

Bonds really isnt standing proud, he has no choice but to talk to the media. Now bonds is tryin to Shit on the people of the 1800's, hes tryin to crap on everyone else to take attention away from himself. Bonds is a great baseball player, but sucks as a person.

Bonds is protecting himself.......he's not stupid. He knows that people are going to be focusing on him more and more with all these AAS allegations.



DIV

 

[roadkill75]

What do you expect him to say? Expect him to sell out and rally against AAS now that he's a politician......he's got balls, I don't think he'll do that.

He's his own man.

Hoes, Clothes, Sustanon Flows.........what an Arnold knows...



DIV

I don't expect him to say shit, really. what he says doesn't mean anything anyways, but at least he didn't deny it. He may as well could have if he didn't publicly admit to it before he ever dreamed of becoming a politician.

 

[A izzo]

It's time to take the girly men out of Washington!

lol.. u said it bro

 

[Nighthawkk]

Arnold has my respect because he stands up to the bullshit of the dirty political arena. The fact that he admits it and isn't going to say "oh that was wrong" means that he isn't being subservient to those higher in the republican food chain. He takes care of business. Though I'm not a republican, I would probably support Arnold in any further political endeavors.

 

[nipples]

Arnold is the man, he stands up for what he believes in and he realizes what he did in his past, and believes he did no wrong but it kind of sucks he is the only real bodybuilder who will say he used, shit now days they claim nitro tech and cell tech baby watch your muscles achieve the pump!!!!!!!!!

 

[LVTitan]

and conseco is a bitch.

 

[nipples]

yes conseco is a little bitch whos money hungry and mad his balls have shrunk into is throat and he will never recieve them back poor guy, FUCK YOU conseco.

 

[TallB4Small]

Bonds is protecting himself.......he's not stupid. He knows that people are going to be focusing on him more and more with all these AAS allegations.



DIV

But bonds wants to protect himself by be-littleing (spelling) the greatest players to ever play the game. I have lost full respect for the man, and cannot beleive that he also wants to make it a racial issue.

 

[teewoods]

God you guys are pretty ignorant! Is there no one here who understands the lies and spin politicians would use to clear their name? He's a public figure you think he can deny using roids when there are so many people that could prove he used it. He's not standing up, just trying to excuse himself. The irony is that you guys are so blind to reason you don’t even understand he's indirectly implying he only used roids cos they were LEGAL. The very fact he took that defensive stance by saying he used them cos they were LEGAL means he tried to exonerate himself. The question we want to know is would Arnie condone something illegal?

The answer is yes...but he has no balls to admit it. After all he said he DOES NOT encourage roids. So much for standing for his beliefs. What a fraud!!


Nuiff said

 

[azul]

God you guys are pretty ignorant! Is there no one here who understands the lies and spin politicians would use to clear their name? He's a public figure you think he can deny using roids when there are so many people that could prove he used it. He's not standing up, just trying to excuse himself. The irony is that you guys are so blind to reason you don’t even understand he's indirectly implying he only used roids cos they were LEGAL. The very fact he took that defensive stance by saying he used them cos they were LEGAL means he tried to exonerate himself. The question we want to know is would Arnie condone something illegal?

The answer is yes...but he has no balls to admit it. After all he said he DOES NOT encourage roids. So much for standing for his beliefs. What a fraud!!


Nuiff said

Just because he does not encourage people to take steroids, does not mean he would care if they did so responsibly. If something is legal, then why should one not do it? Certainly, there are ethically grey issues that might be legal, but steroids don't have much to do with ethics (in bodybuilding at least). It's a known fact that pretty much every bodybuilder since the 80s has been using steroids, and he's not going to deny that.

I would not ENCOURAGE a person just starting to train to use creatine, even though I use it. But when that person chooses to take it nonetheless, I don't really care. It's not my business. Just because I don't encourage it, does not mean I stand against it.

 

[anthony518]

I think that he is just trying to cover his own ass, if he was not the governor then he would not say he was experimenting. I think that he still didn't let any of us down. He does not look down on them and probaly used them to get HUGE for t3. IMO. I respect him and what he has done with his life. I just wish I had his genetics. He has to do what he has to do. Of course he can't encouge them, they are illegal. But he did not dog them either.

 

[anthony518]

Hoes, Clothes, Sustanon Flows.........what an Arnold knows...

Love it. LOL

 

[HOG]

I just watched Arny live on tv - he's at the track, Fontana, CA. He looks good. I hope he lives long and well, bodes well for the rest of us....

 

[sparetire]

Arnold is the man and bonds is a piece of crap. What an a-hole bonds is. He shoots his big mouth off all over the place and when he's backed into the corner he starts screaming racism..in my opinion, he's the racist. I hope they kick his ass out of baseball..

 

[KA-BAR]

I feel he is way more honest than 99% of all the other fucktards in office.

The guy is wanting to move up so he cannot say he would have used roids if they where illegal. He had to lie a little bit. I still think he has balls to say what he did when the rest of the fucking Gov wants to ban everything from creatin to protien.

God you guys are pretty ignorant! Is there no one here who understands the lies and spin politicians would use to clear their name? He's a public figure you think he can deny using roids when there are so many people that could prove he used it. He's not standing up, just trying to excuse himself. The irony is that you guys are so blind to reason you don’t even understand he's indirectly implying he only used roids cos they were LEGAL. The very fact he took that defensive stance by saying he used them cos they were LEGAL means he tried to exonerate himself. The question we want to know is would Arnie condone something illegal?

The answer is yes...but he has no balls to admit it. After all he said he DOES NOT encourage roids. So much for standing for his beliefs. What a fraud!!


Nuiff said

 

[Triple J]

wonder what would happen if everyone just decided to be totally honest like canseco was .... maybe we could have some informed debate instead of a moral witchhunt

actors, athletes, and now politicians - all celebrities are taking advantage of roids and gh to stay youthful

shit arnold is still doing drugs just he has some doctors supporting his program

 

[DIVISION]

shit arnold is still doing drugs just he has some doctors supporting his program

We all know that shit, Baby J.........

Arnold has a world of goods to choose from.......both legally and I'm assuming he's still got some underworld connections if he wanted something that wasn't "legal".

He's a politician now, he's got the world at his fingertips.......women, drugs, AAS......anything.




DIV

 

[Bigdogmikey]

I like him alot, I really admire him for his honesty I wish he would reverse the steroid laws in CA, then I would move there

 

[Bigdogmikey]

Imagine arnold had GH, I'd love to see how big he'd be

 

[DIVISION]

Imagine arnold had GH, I'd love to see how big he'd be

I don't know how big he'd be, but his GUT would be off the chain......

That would fuck up his symmetry worse than a Jay Cutler midsection pose...






DIV

 

[Bigdogmikey]

I don't know how big he'd be, but his GUT would be off the chain......

That would fuck up his symmetry worse than a Jay Cutler midsection pose...

LOL Most muscular? JAy cutlers nose and chin almost touch

 

[Triple-G]

We all know that shit, Baby J.........

Arnold has a world of goods to choose from.......both legally and I'm assuming he's still got some underworld connections if he wanted something that wasn't "legal".

he has enough money to pay for a doctor to prescribe him Testosterone, GH, Cialis, ... no need to source underground; there are lots of celebrities who take GH and admit it openly, its perfectly legal with a script.

 

[eviction]

arnold for president

 

[Dial_tone]

Arnold "experimenting" my Ass. He took more drugs than me, you, and all the rest of the Bros put together and his physique was pure perfection.

That's not true. Very few BB'ers megadosed back in those days, at least not in comparison to what people are using now. They used a lot of juice for the era, but it still pales in comparison to what Joe Sixpack on the fitness boards does.

 

[Triple J]

DT respectfully disagree they did things somewhat differently than BB today but with the legality and widespread availability they also frequently pushed the limits. i know of many examples, typically there was more reliance on the oral compounds, for instance one fairly well known 70s guy i know of typically took one bottle of dbol /day (that's 500mg) - most all of them ate this stuff like candy