There is hope for anabolic steroid users that U.S. President-Elect Barack Obama will legalize the non-medical use of steroids shortly after he is inaugurated. Of course, the actual likelihood is slightly greater than “a snowball’s chance in hell,” but one can find indicators (albeit extremely tenuous) to suggest that Obama would support such a change in steroid laws.
Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sylvester Stallone were competitive rivals as box office muscle action heroes during the 1980s. But now Arnold and Sly are apparently good friends. According to Stallone, their friendship has flourished recently:
After he became governor, we started to build this relationship. We’d go to this place called Cafe Rome and smoke cigars, then they banned smoking, so the governor and I were in an alley stealing a few puffs talking about how to balance the budget. Now we meet every Saturday.
Schwarzenegger is even a fan of Sly’s movies nowadays. Arnold took his two sons on a flight to Las Vegas Los Angeles last week for the box office premiere of Sylvester Stallone’s latest movie, Rambo.
I’m certain that Arnold’s friendship with Sly will be criticized since Stallone has become the most high profile celebrity advocate for the use of growth hormone and testosterone in age management medicine during his recent promotional tour for Rambo.
Arnold has long faced criticism of his association with pro bodybuilding via the Arnold Classic because of the rampant anabolic steroid use in the sport. It’s good to hear Arnold is not turning his back on friends and the sport of bodybuilding simply due to political pressure!
Sylvester Stallone is interviewed in Time Magazine as part of his media tour to promote his latest Rambo movie. He continues to defend his use of growth hormone and explains that it is not an anabolic steroid.
HGH [human growth hormone] is nothing. Anyone who calls it a steroid is grossly misinformed.
He denies ever using anabolic steroids during his career. But at the same time he admits taking prescription testosterone and speaks highly of testosterone, an androgen that is often considered an anabolic-androgenic steroids, which is increasingly used in testosterone replacement therapy.
Testosterone to me is so important for a sense of well-being when you get older. Everyone over 40 years old would be wise to investigate it because it increases the quality of your life. Mark my words. In 10 years, it will be over the counter.
Over the counter testosterone!
Sylvester Stallone appeared on the Today Show with Matt Lauer last Friday to promote his new movie, Rambo. Matt Lauer asked Stallone if he used growth hormone to “pump up”. Stallone proceeded to explain that growth hormone was in a completely different category of drugs than anabolic steroids. This is self-apparent to most readers of the MESO-Rx website, but most mainstream news organizations and commentators still think that growth hormone is an anabolic steroid. Stallone proceed to tell Matt Lauer about the therapeutic benefits of growth hormone for athletes and non-athletes.
The most important thing about hGH [human growth hormone] is that it enhances.. A lot of people should really be aware of… is that it takes off the wear and tear that, especially if you’re an athlete, the amount of beating your body takes. The power to recuperate is very, very limited. So, all it does is expedit [recovery]. People think that it changes… If that were the case, everyone would be a superhuman being.
The last steroid confrontation to face Sylvester Stallone were accussations by Janice Dickinson that he injected her with steroids while they were engaged.
Source: Huffington Post video clip
Model Janice Dickinson, an admitted former cocaine and alcohol addict, said that she regularly witnessed Sylvester Stallone using anabolic steroids. Not only that, but she also claims he gave her steroids too.
I’d wake up and my arm was as big as Popeye – steroids, testosterone, all that stuff.
Of course, all anabolic steroid users know that is how steroids work – you take steroids, go to sleep, and wake up in the morning looking like a muscular bodybuilder!
Sylvester Stallone and Janice Dickinson were engaged at one point in the 1980s until Stallone discovered he was not the father of her child. A spokesperson for Stallone responded to the steroid allegations:
Janice Dickinson lied about the origin of her child and she’s lying about this.
Sly Stallone was fined last year for importing a personal supply of growth hormone into Australia where he was promoting Rocky Balboa. Stallone has been busy promoting his latest movie, Rambo, the fourth installment in the Rambo series.
