tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-814549419838495324.post5802968059500003204..comments2023-09-25T10:15:41.979-04:00Comments on NYSocBoy's Beefcake and Bonding: Franco Columbu: Arnold's Other HalfNYSocBoyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06658785942817017972noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-814549419838495324.post-32072755846883218672022-04-13T10:40:39.310-04:002022-04-13T10:40:39.310-04:00Arnold popularized the idea of bodybuilding, movin...Arnold popularized the idea of bodybuilding, moving it from a niche sport into the mainstream. He could probably have done that without steroids.NYSocBoyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06658785942817017972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-814549419838495324.post-13373528562094103192022-04-12T05:49:15.565-04:002022-04-12T05:49:15.565-04:00This comment was stimulated by the bodybuilding pi...This comment was stimulated by the bodybuilding pictures of Arnold and Franco in this post, and is not directly related to Franco, but it is interesting to note that you don't see the steroid bodies of the Schwarzenegger 80's anymore as an idea of masculine beauty and strength as it was back in those days. The bodies and the muscles in these photographs (especially the second from the top) depict un-natural even freakish proportions on Arnold's body. I think steriods in bodybuilding culture were new at the time, so the effects on those that took them were unusual compared to what was achievable naturally. I for one am glad to see the freakish aspect from those days gone. I wonder if Arnold would have achieved the same celebrity today as he did then ? I'm fairly certain Arnold would not have been as big a 'thing' in celebrity culture without the help of steriods. (this isn't a comment on his humanity. it's just interesting to wonder if he'd have made it as big without pharmaceutical help.) Billy Buenohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05493993072063226808noreply@blogger.com