The Five Legend Bodybuilders To Admit Taking Steroids

Steroids and Bodybuilding actually go hand in hand. While steroids are most certainly illegal to use in general in many countries around the World, it's still a widely used drug in almost all sports. Today’s professional bodybuilders, sports athletes like NFL players, & wrestlers, etc. all use steroids and look bigger than ever. In the sport of Bodybuilding, it is mostly known to be used at the professional level and simply accepted by the fans and industry alike. However what you probably won’t see is the bodybuilder confessing the usage of steroids, it's a usually unspoken acceptance – but an acceptance none the less. The problem is, many steroid-pumped bodybuilders are role models for a generation of young males who often try to use steroids to achieve the same gains as their heroes. It’s a big no-no to talk about or even outright admit you use steroids. However, some very famous bodybuilders have had the balls to openly admit that they used steroids and lived to tell their story. Here are five of those men: Flex Wheeler Flex Wheeler was on juice throughout his career. He had to take steroids to stay at the top of bodybuilding. He looked like something straight out of a comic book. Guns blasting, tiny waist and big ass set of wheels to top it off. After 18 years of consistent use of injections, pills, and supplements to help build his legend, Flex was for some medical reasons unable to quiet steroids even though he wanted to. He went through a kidney transplant which required constant use of medical steroids to keep the main himself, not his legend, alive. In his biography, "Flex Ability", he admitted to took steroids from the age of eighteen. He had a 'very bad' childhood, being molested at a young age and becoming a father at the age of fifteen. So many people familiar with his life story would probably feel that his use of steroids was justified. Continued on the next page... Arnold Schwarzenegger Arnold is the best-known bodybuilder ever to admit to taking steroids. He admitted taking them before his competition, mainly for the purpose of maintaining muscles during the so-called “cutting phase”. Back in the "Pumping Iron" golden era of bodybuilding, steroids were not as a frowned upon as they are today. Arnold insisted he did not take them for building his muscles. In the late 70s, when Arnie was in his prime, steroids were pretty much legal, widely available, and their side effects were not as well documented as they are nowadays. Many experts have suggested that Arnold's use of steroids was negligible when compared with some prominent modern bodybuilders. Arnold is still a hero to many youngsters, and his accomplishments in and out of the world of bodybuilding are very impressive. It's very rare to see a man speak so freely about the use of anabolic substances, yet Arnold manages to do it with a nonchalant, tell it like it is kind of attitude that is at once informative and hard hitting. Continued on the next page... Dorian Yates Dorian a six-time Mr. Oympia winner, not only admitted using steroids but is also one of the few bodybuilders who are willing to talk about it openly. He even wrote about it for Muscular Development in 2011. Dorian is widely regarded as one of the very top bodybuilders in history and his status has not been tarnished by his admission of steroid use. Many admire his work ethic and determination, as Yates, unlike other legends, wasn't as gifted with fantastic 'genetics' so had to transform his body through dedication, training, and of course, steroids. Yates famously said: "Steroids are better than McDonald’s" Continued on the next page... Ronnie Coleman For a long time, Ronnie Coleman an eight-time Mr. Oympia winner didn’t want to admit to having used steroids. Being a police officer required him to stay within the law, and steroids are illegal in the United States. He was pretty often suspected as being one of the guys that just had to be taking more than just protein shakes and eating chicken. He was a complete package, he had size, definition, and strength. There are few videos of him circulating in which he apparently admits to steroid use, but those are mostly doctored or do not accurately convey the context of his remarks. Coleman finally admitted steroid use in Muscular Development magazine in 2011. He talks about asking Flex Wheeler for training 'advice', he also mentioned some 'strange' vitamins you cannot get at your local pharmacy. Big Ronnie is widely regarded as the best bodybuilder of all time despite his confession. Continued on the next page... Jay Cutler Jay Cutler the four-time Mr. Olympia is a bodybuilder that has earned much respect from fans and competitors alike, he was always on people’s radar as a possible steroid user, even though he never completely admitted it. In the following video, he did talk about steroid usage in the “Bigger, Stronger, Faster” documentary and hinted that he does hit the sauce every so often to get that extra edge over his competition. Jay admitted to taking steroids as an addition to his six-to-eight high protein meals. He is famous for his hard work and is also known for his great genetics which places him in the same league as men like Coleman and Schwarzenegger.

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