re: Is Arnold's Encyclopedia of Bodybuilding still relevant?

Well no shite. I wasn't trying to say they were natural, but they were not huge in comparison to today's standards and where not a shite ton of gear compared to today. Most were taking less than a gram a week and were only on half the year.

But like I said before, no stress, tons of sleep, tons of high quality food And hard work helped them.

Most were also genetic freaks, go look how big Arnold was at 16, same with the others. They are the most genetically gifted of a two decade period.