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WWE News: Men's Fitness interviews John Cena on post-injury training program, steroids in WWE and MLB Mar 12, 2008 - 1:13:08 PM
Men's Fitness published an interview with John Cena on his bodybuilding background, training methods, and steroids. Cena said he changed his training methods after the pec injury to focus more on building up his core strength.
"My whole philosophy has changed, basically because of the injury," he said. "I noticed I have a weak core, and I'm not as stable as I once was, so that's my new goal."
Cena claimed to be stronger than he ever has on the new training program. He hopes to become a better athlete as a result.
The topic of steroid and drug testing came up in the interview, and Cena cut a long promo about the Mitchell Report being a waste and Major League Baseball dropping the ball on cleaning up its sport.
"I don't think baseball has taken the right approach, just like I don't think the media has taken the right approach as far as scrutinizing professional wrestling," he said. "The absolute correct approach would be the same as the war on drugs. These drugs are illegal, they're not for any prescription, they're not for any athlete. So make the penalty if you get caught using an illegal substance arrest and jail time."
Cena said that by allowing each professional sport to police its own athletes, it creates a double-standard. Regular, non-athlete citizens caught with illegal drugs get jail time. Athletes get 30-day suspensions and are protected from jail time. Cena said MLB indirectly encouraged athletes to use performance-enhancing drugs because there was no penalty before they started drug testing.
Referring his belief that WWE had MLB's problem at one time, he said, "I think that was a big flaw in our entity. For so long, there was no penalty." He added that once it became an issue, WWE instituted a policy to where "if you're caught, you're going to be looking for work." Cena said MLB needs to follow suit and tighten its policy.
- Men's Fitness interview.
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