Christopher Jones, 44, of Knights Way, Brentwood, and Gary Hope, 50, of London Road, Benfleet, were given 14-month jail terms suspended for two years and told they must complete 200 hours of unpaid work.
Large quantity of steroids were found during a drugs raid in May 2018, at Titans Gym in Eastwood Road, Rayleigh, as well as 838 boxes of diazepam.
The home of gym owner, Christopher Jones, was also raided by officers who found £15,460 in cash.
His friend Gary Hope, a personal trainer, was arrested in October 2018 after being caught bagging steroids kept at a storage unit into smaller bags.
Following an investigation by the Kent and Essex Serious Crime Directorate, the pair were summonsed to court to face 13 charges each of being concerned in the supply of class C drugs including diazepam, oxandrolone, drostanolone and oxymetholone.
The pair appeared at Southend Magistrates’ Court on Monday, 13 January but the hearing was adjourned to February.
They then attended Basildon Crown Court on Monday, 10 February, where they admitted all the charges and were given their jail sentences.
They also have a three month curfew between 7pm and 5am, and will be electronically monitored to ensure they are meeting the conditions of the curfew.
A Proceeds of Crime hearing will be heard at a later date.
Detective Inspector Steve Nelson said: “Anabolic steroids can only be sold by pharmacists with a prescription. It is illegal to have them or import or export them for supply if you do not have a licence.
“Misusing such drugs can have long term health implications and lead to addiction, neither of which Jones and Hope would have been concerned about, as they were only interested in making money.”
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