Arnold and gyno

[LloydChristmas]

What did the bodybuilders do before the invention of the great antiestrogens such as arimidex and nolvadex? Did bodybuilders back in the day have to have great genetics meaning they weren't prone to gyno?

Jacked

 

[pgerardone]

Good question because those old guys used a lot of d-bol and test from what I have read. I never saw any of them with gyno though. I assume they had the surgery. I know Duchaine was the one who came up with the noveldex idea but not until the '80's I think.

 

[Iron Ghost]

Makes you wonder how all these guys from the 60's and 70's view things like "youmust have whey protein powder and creatine and glutamine"blah,blah blah when these guys were still getting big on plain old milk and egg powder and dessicated liver tablets!

 

[Yellowbomber]

that why todays suplements are a big shit, they doesn't work and pro's today don't use them so much, they eat FOOD

 

[PimpnAintEasy]

Arnold and his contemporaries frequently employed cycle strategies which included tapering off, pyramiding, etc. to account for not having anti-e's (With the inclusion of anti-e's, these strategies are no longer necessary and are out-dated) Also, most of us, particularly mesomorphs, do not have tissue sensitivity to gyno (breast growth). Back then, you were usually introduced to AS if you were already a bodybuilder with promise or a top athlete, so most of those who may have been prone to gyno were never introduced like they are today. I doubt Arnold and many of the guys back then spent a lot of time worried about getting gyno.

Gyno certainly occured back then, but as it is today to some degree, Gynecomastia is a condition that is not spoken of openly. There was much less "recreational" AS use back then, and therefore, fewer guys using that had no idea what they were doing, unlike what is the case today.

 

[reconnect]

hmm anybody know how there cycles looked like??

 

[Yellowbomber]

would interest me too, anyone?

 

[nuh_mizer]

just because you CAN get gyno, doesn't mean you WILL get gyno. I doubt these guys were taking the large doses you here about now days

 

[pgerardone]

I do not think it matters if you are a mesomorph some people get gyno. Look at Dexter Jackson and Ronnie Coleman. Dexter had real bad gyno up until he turned pro when he got it cut out and Ronnie had it bad at his first O win. Just because you have good bodybuilding genetics does not mean you will not get gyno.

 

[PimpnAintEasy]

I do not think it matters if you are a mesomorph some people get gyno. Look at Dexter Jackson and Ronnie Coleman. Dexter had real bad gyno up until he turned pro when he got it cut out and Ronnie had it bad at his first O win. Just because you have good bodybuilding genetics does not mean you will not get gyno.

No, but likelihood is much greater among endomorphs as they naturally carry more bodyfat. Also, other than your opinion, what do you base your assumption on that Ronnie Coleman had Gyno? I saw his first win and it did not strike me that he had gyno.