{"id":7936,"date":"2026-01-11T16:09:25","date_gmt":"2026-01-11T16:09:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worldbodybuildingnews.com\/?p=7936"},"modified":"2026-01-11T16:09:25","modified_gmt":"2026-01-11T16:09:25","slug":"did-mike-ashley-use-steroids-the-natural-comes-clean","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldbodybuildingnews.com\/?p=7936","title":{"rendered":"Did Mike Ashley Use Steroids? &#8216;The Natural&#8217; Comes Clean"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>In Episode 223 of <em>M&amp;F\u2019<\/em>s popular <em>The Menace Podcast,<\/em> host Dennis James was joined by his regular panelists Chris Cormier and Milos Sarcev, and some special guests in the form of Melvin Anthony Jr and Mike Ashley. Ashley was an incredibly successful bodybuilder who spanned three decades on the stage, but as he told the gang, being natural was a non-negotiable.<\/p>\n<p>Milos \u201cThe Mind\u201d Sarcev shared that back in the day, he was often approached by his peers who questioned Ashley\u2019s assertion that he was all natural, but the former bodybuilder in his own right explained that he always believed it to be the case. \u201cYou guys (were) not the big guys, but you created that illusion,\u201d he said. \u201cBut I think the biggest complement you can ever get is being accused, when you are not using it.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>Mike Ashley Recounts Laying Down a Challenge That Wasn\u2019t Accepted<\/h2>\n<p>In a career that started in his teens, Ashley picked up a number of prestigious trophies including a win at the 1990 Arnold Classic but apparently, he never picked up PED\u2019s. Ashley retired in 1994 and provided the panel with his reasoning. \u201cOne of the things is, when they started testing, I thought it was gonna continue and it didn\u2019t,\u201d explained Ashley. \u201cSo, I tried for a while (to carry on competing).\u201d The bodybuilder felt that stepping on stage helped bring in special guest appearances, including on all-natural shows to keep him busy.<\/p>\n<p>Eventually, however, as the land of the giants got ever bigger, Ashley felt that he\u2019d reached a junction where he would have to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.muscleandfitness.com\/athletes-celebrities\/news\/5-celebrities-who-have-been-open-about-steroids\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">take steroids to hang with the big boys<\/a>. \u201cI didn\u2019t want to go that route,\u201d he said. \u201cAnd I just decided to move on.\u201d To this day, Ashley\u2019s rock-hard physique has fans questioning whether the man they call \u201cThe Natural\u201d was really all natural. Years ago, Ashley challenged anyone to give him a drug test and if he failed, he\u2019d pay them $10,000 but if he passed, they would pay him $10,000. \u201cNo one ever did it,\u201d he confirmed.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=giyJJ2VkcFw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">To catch-up on the full episode, where the gang talk on a range of other issues from the world of bodybuilding, click here!<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.muscleandfitness.com\/flexonline\/flex-news\/did-mike-ashley-use-steroids-the-natural-comes-clean\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In Episode 223 of M&amp;F\u2019s popular The Menace Podcast, host Dennis James was joined by his regular panelists Chris Cormier and Milos Sarcev, and some special guests in the form of Melvin Anthony Jr and Mike Ashley. 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