Many bodybuilders from Arnold Schwarzenegger's era are still alive, possibly due to using a fraction of the drugs compared to current users.

“most bodybuilders from Arnold's era are still ticking and you attribute that to the fact that they were just using a fraction of the drugs it's by no means clear they were using a fraction of the drugs some of that's true some of it's not true some of those guys were cranking it yeah it's justes not take a rocket scientist to realize that when you take more of something you grow more muscle you're going to do a lot of it they were using fewer drugs on average but with many exceptions”