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@Young Wang said:
Jack Lalanne was probably the last mainstream non-steroid using bodybuilder. Him and Charles Atlas.
It’s always been interesting to me that when you see the bodies of “confirmed” non-steroid users, they all have the Navy Seal/Crossfit/p90X/SDTS Combatives type bodies. You nailed it, Young; guys like Lalanne and Atlas seem to be about as big as one can get naturally. I have yet to see anyone that competes in Mr. Olympia and World’s Strongest Man type events that, eventually, maintains that their physique is achieved without the use of some form of “enhanced supplements”.
We had one fellow in our class at the police academy who was a body builder. He looked great, but was always dead last on the distance runs, and when we got to Defensive Tactics class he was practically worthless. He was so muscle-bound that he simply could not perform some of the techniques — his arms wouldn’t allow it. For me, I’m at the age that I could care less about how I look (even though, of course, a natural body looks great), but more about form and function. What good does it do to have, as Damian says, “pumped up beach muscles” if you can’t use them. I’d rather have hidden strength that can whip a bad guy’s arse if needed!