Arnold Schwarzenegger has openly admitted to taking enhancement d**** during his prime. Despite this, viral photos and clips of the Austrian Oak’s teenage body often spark online discussion about the use of enhancement d****.

One such discussion took place on May 26, when Eric Prush, a fitness coach, shared an old image of Schwarzenegger on his Instagram to answer the question, “What did Arnold Schwarzenegger look like without s*******?”

The discussion began when Prush mentioned a lean photo of the young Schwarzenegger he sent to the co-host. In the photo, the young bodybuilder was either “in a dance class or a calisthenics class, off-cycle.”

Talking about the picture, the co-host said, “he looks lean. He looks... You know, his quads are still pretty big. He looks lean. He looks, you know, in great shape overall. He's just not turbo jacked.”

Later, Prush said, “I wanted to talk about this anyway, but this was the perfect kind of segue. It's like... There are so many factors that go into play to being on the Olympia stage or being a physical specimen. And unfortunately, d**** and the genetic response to d****, maybe it's not even unfortunate, it just is what it is, are such a huge determining factor in how you look and how strong you get and everything else.”

To conclude his statement, Prush is trying to say Schwarzenegger used s*******, but at the same time his genetics responded effectively to the dr*gs, training, and hard work.

Although during the July-August cover story shoot for Men's Health, the 7-time Mr. Olympia admitted that he took s******* under the guidance of qualified doctors, he warned the younger generation against taking them without a purpose and proper guidance.

Schwarzenegger thinks people are now dying because of the overuse of performance-enhancing d**** and said, “They’re listening to charlatans. If I want to get medical advice from a doctor, I go to UCLA, or I go to the Cleveland Clinic.”

Returning to the discussion of Prush about Schwarzenegger taking s*******, the post drew attention from many fitness enthusiasts and gym-goers who ridiculed enhancements.

Fans react to Arnold Schwarzenegger's transition

Many fans started to talk about the illegal things some bodybuilders take for quick results.

One fan said, “That's why natural bodybuilding deserves more credit. How bizarre to celebrate a sport where guys are taking illegal things”.

Natural bodybuilders build their muscle and strength through training and a suitable diet, without any s*******.

While one fan commented with shock, “It’s hard for me to believe he shrunk down this much”, another said, “Bodies built on g*** mean nothing to me, never have. It’s the guys with tremendous natural strength that I always found fascinating”.

However, there are fans who defended not only Schwarzenegger but also the bodybuilders from the golden era.

One fan commented, “That was off-season, it’s not always about using the guy trained harder than any competitor!”

According to this fan and many others, the golden-era bodybuilders trained for 4 to 6 months just before a competition. And the rest of the time, they used to rest or not put so much stress on their physiques.

One fan argued the discussion and said, “bro, he lost all the muscle to do the Movie Stay Hungry. People talking about things they don't know anything about.”

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Written by

Supradeep Dutta

Edited by

Ashvinkumar Patil