Planet Muscle Magazine is a unique, interesting, historical, entertaining, jocular, cutting edge and up-to-date, with useful, practical and honest information. I hope you like my approach and will support me! After all, it's your planet and your muscle!
Q: Nobody has asked how ARNOLD can attach his name, endorsement and support as the Governor of California to a huge event (his event!) that is 100% full of drug users, drugs that are controlled substances, namely steroids. How does he get away with this? What does the media (and his wife and kids) think about the women in his bodybuilding event? He has stated before that the sport must get rid of steroids. Well, with all the Terminator millions earned, what is he doing about terminating drugs from his event?A: Give the guy a break. He has enough to worry about trying to balance the Ca. budget which is way off historically. His Ohio event is now much bigger than bodybuilding and I don’t really think Arnie and Maria (or their progeny) thinks much about the bodybuilding part, perhaps about the same as the media thinks about it. They support it, of course.
But look, if the IFBB does not care, the media can’t make definitive judgments about which bodybuilders may or may not be on steroids, with certainty. Arnold is at the Jim Lorimer run event, to honor all the jocks without making moral or value judgments. Meanwhile, the mainstream media is fawning all over Manny Ramirez (and goofy HCG) and never pays any attention to bodybuilding's panoply of drugs. In reality, it does not appear anyone has the vested interest to spend the money and emotion to rid the sport of steroids. No one cares much about the issue, not Joe Weider, Arnold (or me)! Besides, promoters believe that if they test for steroids, the levels of physique will suddenly cascade way down and no one will be interested much if it is not a freak show anymore!
