Posted on 03/03/2005 7:58:56 AM PST by SmithL
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger -- preparing to host a major international body-building expo bearing his name -- is facing increasing pressure from critics urging him to take a tougher stand against performance- enhancing substances touted at his annual Arnold Classic this weekend.
Schwarzenegger will be a top attraction at the annual bodybuilding competitions and fitness expo beginning Friday in Columbus, Ohio, where as many as 100,000 are expected. The governor plans to appear at several events, including Saturday's marquee Arnold Classic men's competition, which will feature 14 invited pro bodybuilders.
But in a year in which the BALCO scandal has focused attention on steroid use in professional athletics, the governor's continued high-profile role in pro bodybuilding -- a sport in which insiders say illegal drug use is universal -- has proved a dilemma for the seven-time Mr. Olympia and movie star-turned-politician.
Critics point to Schwarzenegger's role as executive editor of two major bodybuilding magazines -- Flex and Muscle & Fitness -- filled with ads for performance-enhancing substances and pictures of pumped-up bodybuilders, and have noted that federal narcotics agents showed up at the Arnold Classic last March to subpoena some competitors and others in a steroid distribution investigation that resulted in indictments in Des Moines, Iowa.
In an interview aired on ABC last Sunday, Schwarzenegger raised eyebrows when he again acknowledged that he had legally taken steroids during his bodybuilding career, under a doctor's supervision. While strongly warning competitors away from such drugs, he also said he had no regrets about his past steroid use.
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Well, it takes a big man to admit he made a mistake.
Oh really? Its funny that he came clean only after there were no repercusions to his "mistake".
Since you insist, I will reword it.
"Well, it takes a small man to admit he made a mistake."
The sentence doesn't have logical meaning though, because steroids aren't taken to make one small.
Actually, prolonged steriod use does tend to shrink the testicles so there is truth in your statement about a "small man."
I'm aware of the shrinkage, but that's isn't why steroids are used.
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