Back then they didn't have any aromatase inhibitors, only serms to prevent gyno so they couldn't push test, they didn't have blood pressure meds, cholesterol meds, HGH, insulin..also they were nowhere near in bodyfat while in a contest compared with today. Some coaches say these old school bbers on stage would be something like 8 weeks out of nowadays contest. Some days ago i saw a post on insta i think about Tom Platz and they said his quads in his best were 30 inches while big ramy's were 36. Seeing Platz's legs always leave me with my jaw on the floor but bodybuilding has evolved, so it makes absolute sense that golden era guys were using less, but i don't believe what platz says. He's all over the place with his dosages..in one video says 100 deca per week and 20mg winstrol ed was his cycle for 10 years and in another video said 700mg total per week, 100mg per day. This is more reasonable. On the other hand i've heard that some guys like Mentzer or Padilla were on like 3 grams deca per week.