Over the last month or so, I've occasionally checked in on the Transformetrics forum for the first time in some years. I saw something John Peterson had posted recently about Bruce Lee that wasn't entirely accurate. It is a commonly acknowledged fact that Bruce Lee was taking some sort of low dosage steroid compound in a "health drink" he mixed towards the end of his life. That is not to say that he was a heavy steroid abuser. In the early seventies, drug use in sport and for appearance was still a fairly secretive thing and wasn't illegal at the time.

John and I in years past had many conversations about Bruce Lee, among many other things. John was the one who told me that Lee lived the excess life of a rock star. We also discussed this health concoction that Lee took. In Lee's last and greatest movie, Enter the Dragon, he looked very different from his previous movies. Isometrics had a part in his appearance, but more than likely so did the steroid he was taking.

I personally don't think it tarnishes Lee's legacy in any way that he may have taken a steroid as part of his overall training regime. This tell all book written by Linda Lee's ex-husband is just an attempt to cash in on Lee's legacy and will flop. However, tell the truth. I see nothing wrong in admitting that a low dosage steroid may have had something to do with Lee's last movie appearance.

Also, I'm not trying to jump on the anti-John Peterson train. I don't have a horse in this race. I'd like to see John succeed with his new book and I am sure when it comes out it will be beneficial to many people. I do think he'd have more credibility if he wouldn't gloss over inconvenient truths.