Schwarzenegger acknowledges steroid use, says he has "no regrets"

[kskiska]

SACRAMENTO (AP) - Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger acknowledged using steroids during his years as a champion body builder and said he would still have used them even knowing what he knows now about the adverse effects of the performance-enhancing drugs.

In an interview to be broadcast Sunday, Schwarzenegger told ABC's George Stephanopoulos, "I have no regrets about it, because at that time, it was something new that came on the market, and we went to the doctor and did it under doctors' supervision. We were experimenting with it. It was a new thing. So you can't roll the clock back and say, 'Now I would change my mind on this.'"

The former seven-time Mr. Olympia said he would not encourage drug use because it sent the wrong message to children. But he said he had no problem with athletes taking nutritional supplements and other legal substances to improve their performance.

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In the interview, Schwarzenegger said he hoped that over time, bodybuilders would stop relying on steroid use.

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[WindRavenX]

1. yeah whatever. fuck you.

I hate that man's arrogance.

[niceypoo]

40. He admitted this years ago.....

Nothing new here. All hardcore professional bodybuilders do it. Thats the only way to attain such freak levels of muscle mass. I've often wondered what is the psychology behind someone who feels they need biceps the size of basketballs and calves the size of watermelons. Its sort of the male equiv. of anorexia. Arnold is a 178 lb man in a 260 lb shell of protoplasm.

[OldLeftieLawyer]

49. I can explain

I saw a naked picture of Arnold.

He needs plenty to overcome his ::: ahem :::: shocking shortcomings.

Think "toadstools in the garden after a rainstorm."

[detroitguy]

43. Another "morally superior"...

...GOP role model, eh? Wow.

[Mizmoon]

2. I think they should take anything they want

There should be all kinds of concotions that turn them into grotesque beasts out of science fiction ... anything goes! That would be interesting. I might even get interested in sports under those circumstances!

[applegrove]

3. These Repukes are all "for the children".

"The former seven-time Mr. Olympia said he would not encourage drug use because it sent the wrong message to children." Bush said the same thing only it was cocaine & marajuana. Pretty soon Karl Rove will be saying that he used propaganda "for the children". He didn't want to show them a bad example of a SOCIOPATH! And it will all be okay.

[Sandpiper]

4. "I have no regrets about using...but wouldn't recommend it to children"

He doesn't speak very well, but has quite a gift for doing it from both sides of his mouth.

[Ediacara]

5. Under a doctor's supervision

Ya right, Doctor Lockerroom-Dealer?

[nadinbrzezinski]

6. My, my, but if he was a democrat there would be a supreme

court case....

It is the hypocrisy stupid

[napi21]

7. I guess since Aahnald and the Tx Rangers took 'em, it's ok now.

I can't believe we're not hearing from some older, retired Hall of Famers who have to be pissed of that the drugies are taking over their spots illegaly.

[BrklynLiberal]

8. Yeah, but does MRS. Schwarzenegger have regrets???

[Ediacara]

10. LOL

SOMEONE had to say it :-)

[autorank]

23. Not when "Jeff's" in town.

Now whip it
Into shape
Shape it up
Get straight
Go forward
Move ahead
Try to detect it
It’s not too late
To whip it
Whip it good
........DEVO

[global1]

29. Some Group Should Remake This Devo Tune and ......

substitute the word "SPIN" for "WHIP". Might as will bring this song into the 21st century.

[autorank]

39. Excellent. It's about time foa Devo revival. Welcome to DU!!!

[autorank]

9. Family values: thanks for encouraging kids to use steroids.

People think California is all San Francisco and West LA. Well it isn't, even in those locations. There are just as many working families out there who care a great deal about their children as there are in Kansas. This guy says "I have no regrets," which gives the signal, if you're young or you have a purpose, go for it. Well, that won't fly with any of the many human beings who populate the great state (cyborgs, yes; humans no).

In addition, he is a total liar! I played high school football in the late 60's, before Arnold arrived. My stupid coach wanted me and a few others to "bulk up" and be "impact players." Steroids came in a big, yellow can and he'd pass them out at weight training. I told my father who took me to my doctor (also the local college football team's physician). He said, go ahead if you want, but you will lose any interest you have in girls. Duh, that was an easy no f'ing way (my priorities were good even then). If my doctor knew this, then any doctor knew it. Any doctor who "supervised" Arnold's steroid use was a quack and probably trained with Elvis' quack doctor.

Arnold, you lie like the dog that you are!

[AngryAmish]

21. Well, you got some bad advice kinda

When one cycles up on steroids one has more than a normal interest in females. In fact, it makes one incredibly horny and you lose much inhibition one would have about girls (or boys or either depending on how one is).

All steroids are essentially testosterone replacers. (Newer steroids try to keep the muscle building while trying not to have so many sexual side effects).

BUT, when one is cyling down on roids, your sex drive flat lines. You have NO sex drive, because your body is not producing sex hormones and it takes a while for it to get back up.

When I was younger (child of the 80s), dianabol was the big roid. However, taken in large enough doses it would punch a hole in your liver (See Ben Johnson and Wilbur Marshall - the reason they had yellow eyes was because they had jaundice).

Would I take steroids? Not when I was younger. I played golf and boxed. I was told it did not help for those sports. Now I know that is not true. However, I am middled aged now. Once I hit 50 I plan to take pharmacuetical testosterone to keep muscle mass and to make up for aging which causes a natural loss of testosterone.

So, call me agnostic on the steroid issue.

[autorank]

22. True or not, the advice worked! I'm glad the doc set me straight.

You're right about the short term effects of steroids. I think my doc was referring to the mid and longer term effects which include hypogonadism, shrinkage of the testes. That's a deal killer in the sexual action department. There is a whole subculture of body builders out there taking testosterone legitimately because of this tragic side effect.

I've looked at the post 50 use of testosterone replacement and there are some interesting points. Our doctors now are a lot smarter so you will probably get some good advice. Just stay away from the "natural" supplements; they're just drugs out there sold as "food" or "nutritional" supplements and thus bypassing any sort of FDA approval (oh, thank you so much Sen. Hatch for poising America by fostering this quackery).

Good luck.

[AngryAmish]

26. I so agree about "supplements"

There is no way of telling what you will get.

But FDA approved testosterone seems like a pretty good bet.

[OldLeftieLawyer]

50. So did estrogen

I remember interviewing the head of Ob-Gyn in a large metropolitan hospital for a malpractice case I was handling, and, as we chatted, he very casually threw this out: "Every peri- and post-menopausal woman should take estrogen."

Well, he's dead now, estrogen supplements are dangerous as they were prescribed and used, and anyone who doesn't believe that Mother Nature has a plan when the hormones run out, and who thinks he or she is going to override the Big Momma is going to run into serious, dangerous trouble.

Good luck with testosterone supplements, man. You're gonna need it.

[AngryAmish]

57. Estrogen supplements were a boon to many women who took them

However, with many women who smoked it caused a shitload of problems. You more than most should know that medicine is based on some assumptions and guesses - esp. in gerontolgy.

The fact of the matter most folks were dead by 45 the way we evolved. We have the amazing lifespans because of a few things, mostly infectous disease control and closed sewers.

Like it or not, we are looking a a longer future and we must learn how to function at a higher level longer because of our longer life spans.

[despairing optimist]

56. Testosterone feeds prostate cancer tumors

Actually, testosterone feeds all kinds of cancerous tumors, and doctors treating cancer try to reduce testosterone levels rather than increase them. Taking hormones to preserve muscle mass at the risk of encouraging malignancies is like playing Russian roulette. There is likely a natural reason for the body to reduce testosterone production as it ages.

[bluestateguy]

11. And what if a Democrat said that about Ecstacy

I believe X did not become illegal until 1985, so what if some liberal Democrat said exactly the same thing about that? I'm sure Sean Hannity and Ann Coulter would leave him alone...

[MisterP]

12. so I guess those liver and heart operations weren't just for "congenital

defects" like we were told.
And Jacko is still in the hospital: where's his face?

[Be Brave]

13. Of course he has no regrets.

Look where he is now.

[daleo]

14. It makes you think something's in the air.

First, the implication that Bush admitted to pot use in the Wead tapes. Now Gropey admitting to steroid use. There may be something cooking that they want to cool off with these preemptive admissions.

[Ouabache]

30. Yeah this looks like a major INNOCULATION operation

for some reason. Maybe the nominee they already have picked for '08 was riding around with the Merry Pranksters or something?

[Erika]

15. Maria stays with this neanderthal?

OK, Sell outs are common.

[pdurod1]

16. Except, that the 'roid use has diminished the weak nuclear force from

Maria's face

[lebkuchen]

17. The more I learn about this dufus

the more I wonder about Maria.

[rogue_bandit]

18. Arnold and Bush and Ecstasy

Both outing about drugs at the same time. And, add the use of Ecstasy for PTSD to meth for Pilots...maybe they are preparing for cloning and even heavier drug use for soldiers.

[AuntiBush]

19. I REGRET ever watching ANY OF HIS MOVIES

And never will, again! His movies are so "violent," and "gun-oriented. The Christian Fundamentalists should take a long, serious look at this Wing-Nut!

Just a sincere suggestion for any FReeper lurkers. Very bad imagine for their children, you know. Do you want this guy running a state, much less our country. Shutter the thought.

[Divine Discontent]

20. amen, nice post!

yeah, and when I read what he said I thought, of course you have NO regrets, you've made a hundred million off your fake body, and if not for it, you'd be handing out bath towels at a spa to this day!!!!!!!!!!!


that man is twisted, just think ALL he has said, and what is WRONG with that Shriver lady??? she must be off her rocker to stay with him....

[AuntiBush]

24. You said it!

What was California thinking? And all those rumors of Arnold wanting to re-district in that state. Is it any wonder many are in an uproar over this for the obvious reasoning of redistricting dems into repuke areas.

As for Ms. Shriver. Shew, what can you say. Imagine what her father would be thinking had he lived.

[Divine Discontent]

27. The Seargent would NOT be happy! :) N/T

[catzies]

51. Um, Sargent Shriver is still alive, isn't he? I hadn't heard he died

And Google doesn't have it.

[Lizzie Borden]

52. Yes he is.

[warrior1]

33. me too

first thing I did was the toss his video's in the trash.

[shanti]

37. that's right

i wouldn't watch his movies now if you paid me!

[burn the bush]

25. this would explain the brain damage that has kept him from learning

how to speak.

[Neshanic]

28. Interview over, Arnold rushed off to his competition in Columbus..

to oversee the judging of a group of steroid monsters on stage, and give directions to Federal Narcotics agents handing out invitations to grand jury investigations.

[mainer]

31. His heart surgery was complicated by steroid damage

That's what I heard through the doctors' grapevine. His tissues were a mess.

[RealLifeNM]

36. His body..his choice huh!!!!

[shanti]

38. yet he has no regrets

yeah, riiiiight. :eyes:

[TryingToWarnYou]

32. Doesnt he have to give back his trophies then?

Seems I recall reading that if he did indeed use steroids that his achievements as Mr. Universe etc. would be null and void.

[Mark E. Smith]

34. If It Wasn't For Steroids...

... Arnie would still be in Austria handing out towels at a spa somewhere. He owes everything he is to steroids.

[candice]

44. Exactly, where would he be without steriods...

and he would have spent countless fewer hours pumping iron, oiling his body, and posing in front of a mirror. Even without steriods, he looks freakish.

[The Zanti Regent]

46. What would Arnold be without steroids?

An insignificant nobody.

[ninkasi]

55. As far as I'm concerned

he's still an insignificant nobody, steroids or not. The man is a freak.

[bullimiami]

35. hes a cheater, and a liar since he has denied this in the past

now he says he doesnt regret it.

win at all costs, no morality, no regrets, republican values.

[bluedog]

41. whats with this change

all of a sudden the GOP'ers are saying they used drugs and the public just thinks its okie dokie?................thought there was a war ondrugs....must only apply to the pubbies....

[Bo]

42. F**K OFF

What idiots voted for this freak

[genieroze]

45. Typical Rethug, don't do what I do or did, do what I say, hypocrites. eom

[truthisfreedom]

54. and don't forget "i would do it again."

[Demeter]

47. Give It Some Time

When the consequences to his health kick in, then he'll have regrets.

[indepat]

48. Surely Californians have lots of regrets for electing this bozo

[The Zanti Regent]

53. How many more kids will he lead to ruin?

How many kids have Mom and Dad pumping them up with steroids to be just like AH NOLD?

[peace_prevails]

58. pssst.... don't tell anyone.... kkkARL operation in progress

I think we're missing the point here.

Arnold may be the next little project for the dark swami of death.

KKKarl's just clearing skeletons from the closet for 2008.

('Arnold admitted the mistakes of his childhood way back in 2005 on national television...')

If you can convince enough of America to vote for enslaving themselves (twice), then changing the constitution will be child's play.