Pumping Iron - The TRUTH - From Concept to Classic
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- Опубликовано: 5 янв 2023
- This next part of my Pumping Iron Series analyses the origin, evolution and backstory of its narrative and characters.
Check out my Medium articles for the script, references and other bodybuilding content.
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For such a small and young channel you're already pumping(heh) out high quality content. I've subscribed and look forward to more videos.
Ahhhh man ,that makes my day and I really appreciate that kind feedback. I'll keep at it. I got some (hopefully), interesting stuff coming, so thanks for subscribing and commenting!
I joined my first gym in 1978 so pumping Iron was a big part of my life.
Excellent job. !!
BRAVO! This is a highly impressive in depth look at the world of Weight Training, Bodybuilding, Olympic Weight Lifting, and Anabolic Steroids in all their various forms and stages. My most sincere Thank You to the Producers and all those who helped make this highly professional video available.
What peaked my interesting in working out was the Rocky movies. Those training montages followed by the boxing matches inspired me to get of the couch and start putting in the work. If I ever have kids, I'm gonna raise them on watching Rocky and hopefully, they will also be inspired to stay in shape throughout life.
As a child of the early 70's I have vivid and fond memories of growing up with the Rocky movies, and they were probably my earliest formative influences now that you mention it.
I didn't see Pumping Iron until 1992, so Stallone and then later, Van Damme were my earliest muscular heroes. And yes, I can't think of a better canon of films to show your kids than the earlier Rocky movies...the recent ones with Creed...not at all.
Thanks for commenting! :-)
@@carvedouttastone No problemo.
I first saw the Rocky movies back in 2007 when it was being marathon on TV. Then I got invested in Van Damme movies as well as Dolph Lundgren movies along with Arnold's movies. Kickboxer, Lionheart, Showdown in Little Tokyo, Peackeeper, Conan and many more were great inspirations for me. I started my workout journey with simple push ups, sit ups and squats. Then I used whatever could be used on the countryside I grew up at. Stones, logs, whatever. Then I finally got a membership card at a gym. And today I can bench 80 kg for 15 reps, squat 110 kg for 5x5 and deadlift 160 kg for 5x5 reps. And I have every intention of getting stronger.
@@youtubecreators384another movie that makes you want to get jacked out of your gore is Rambo also starring Stallone 😂
Can you do a video on the evil Weiders and all the bodybuilders they screwed over?
I'll put it on the to do list :-)
I found your channel through the Jamie Lewis interview but fr I’m happy to have done so as there’s a cornucopia of fkin dope stuff on here that I can’t wait to check out, keep up the good work mane 💪💪💯💯💯
Really appreciate that mate. Look, the algorithm is fuckn killing my vids and I'm debating whether to keep doing this or not. One of those moments of doubt seeing every video flop into the internet dustbin. Hope to keep putting out vids because I think at least the content is good, but it's soul destroying to see them get no traction
I didn't know that Michalik trained Lou. It would be awesome to see real training footage of him in movie quality. Guy was insane...
Agreed. He would've been great in pumping iron but I can imagine it wouldn't be the angle Butler and Gaines wanted to play. I'll be driving more into michalik in the future
Nice vid with extra shots I'd never seen before and good insightful commentary on your part!
I love digging up some of the old era footage I've never seen before. I get sad when I think, we will never get anymore of this footage because it's all history! We need to petition Arnold to release that 100 hours he has in his vault! Thanks for watching and commenting Robert!
@@carvedouttastone yes, it would be nice is someone within Arnold's circle could convince him to put the old archived footage of their training at Gold's onto dvd. It would sell out quickly! He could say the proceeds would go towards charity!
Great video once again!👏
I love your narration over some of these iconic scenes, as well as the bonus outtakes you included in your montage.
I remember buying the Pumping Iron VCR from Kmart many years ago for $5.00 and must have watched it least 50 times!
My Dad actually took me to see it originally at the Octagon Theatre in the University of WA back in 1977, when I was just 12 years old.
It was mind boggling to watch back then!
It is definitely a cult classic in the documentary genre!
Keep up the great work with your Channel!
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Wow, can't believe you got to see an original Pumping Iron run in 77. So cool that your dad was a bodybuilder and took you to see it. Talk about a transformative experience. ("Dad what does Arnold mean about "cumming in the gym and backstage when he pumps up?? , LOL)
Thanks for the awesome feedback about the narration. I had a lot of fun putting this one together.
I loved hearing Dan Padilla speak about the shaft job. That is from John Hansen’s Legends Podcast.
Danny may not know that George Butler had a large say, as the film Pumping Iron would help popularize bodybuilding, and Ben Weider of course wanted all the exposure the IFBB could get, making Danny really easy to throw under the bus.
Or, in the case of South Africa's Olympia, off the bus.
Great video!
Thanks Chuck. Had a lot of fun making it. Please subscribe for more to come. 😊
One my all time favorite bodybuilding documentary or docudrama’s. Loved how Arnold was the cocky bully and bad guy. Lou being the gentle giant who was trying to beat his idol. I got the DVD in 2002, when I was only 14. It made me get outback to workout all the time.
Hey Kris. I love how Pumping Iron has that enduring cross generational appeal that not only inspires but speaks to people no matter the demographic or culture. That's what great story telling can do. I love also how arnold is both the protagonist and anti hero of the film who destroys everyone and walks away laughing and victorious. Would never happen in today's moralistic atmosphere - he'd have to receive some kind of comeuppance to satisfy the audience lol
These videos are very inspirational as well as informative!
Thanks again Bruce. Glad to see people get some value. It's definitely an inspirational era for sure.
Somehow I’m happy for Lou they got his dad to ‘act’ like his trainer. Those scenes are so good and I’m sure it gave them treasured memories.
I totally agree. Matty adds a flavour to the proceedings that definitely generates some quotable moments - and he was the only one who could rival Arnold in the shit talking stakes "the only thing left is Arnold's bullshit....that's why I'm sitting up here.....I'm not wearing boots" lol. Gold
Also check out my RUclips short I made in Matty's advices to Lou I made it you haven't yet
@@carvedouttastone just watched the daddy episode … there goes my rosy analysis 😅 hope Lou was at least slightly exaggerating
Boom TAKE A LOOK AT THIS HUNK OF A MAN, uhhh sumptin like that ok?
Whoa whatta workout
No George Butler (1943 - 2021) no movie Pumping Iron at least not in the 1970s. It was Butler who as a photographer covered for Life magazine a 1972 Mr. Universe contest. Soon after, he struggled to get the book Pumping Iron onto the silver-screen.
It’s remarkable how much Butler gains did for bodybuilding, the movie, and schwarzs nascent publicity. Not very well, known or appreciated by most.
Very entertaining will watch again n again like the film pumping iron! Exellent!
Anjin-san, thanks for commenting again. The film's a banger and never gets old. People have tried catching lightening in a bottle twice with different spinoffs, but it's a perfect representation of the Golden Era as we can get. I just wish Arnold would release that damn, extra 100 hours of footage, god-dammit!
You’re skills in narration and summarisation are wasted in this fringe sport of ours.
That was a superb bit of film! 👍
Jeez Paul, I think that's the nicest compliment I've ever heard, considering how much we all despise our own voices. My recording equipment isn't the best, but I want to improve as I go with the quality. Thanks again for your awesome comment mate, it truly made my day.
I loved watching Pumping Iron as a teenager and when i moved out to my own apartment 🙂💪🏻. This was such an inspiring documentary movie for me and this movie was the reason i started to go to the gym and get myself in shape . Arnold Schwarzenegger, Lou Ferrigno, Franco Columbu, Ed Corney and Mike Katz and many more had awesome muscular physique and they were sculpured like greek gods and the old school muscular physique was best looking 🙂.
I remembered i used to watch Pumping Iron with my friends and we had a great time 🥲😁
Yes, my friends and I used to quote it back and forth all the time. It was a shared experience and mutual love of the classic era. These days, the majority of the kids going to the gym don't even know - and don't even want to know - the greats of the past
Love it. More please
More to come in the series mate! Please subscribe for updates 😃
Yo COS, you are doing a great job
Thanks man. Glad to have you watching and thanks for such nice feedback.
@@carvedouttastone dude, keep at it. Grow the channel
love your videos, wish there were more
Thank you for that great feedback Jordan. Definitely more to come. Working on a few more parts based on the series now, so please subscribe to stay updated.
Your content is informative and insightful. Keep it coming!
Thanks for leaving those kind words mate. Encourages me to keep the content coming
Thanks for leaving those kind words mate. Encourages me to keep the content coming
Well done.
Cheers Franco, thanks for watching and commenting. :-)
great series, really
I started out in my teens in the 80s. I still train but I think there were a lot of negatives. At first I did not realise how drugs were involved. It creates a lot of unhappiness to chase after the unattainable then to be tempted by harmful drugs etc. Still, not saying the positives are not real. One aspect which I think still remains unresolved, though I have taken my side, is the whole HIT vs volume divide. Personally I am more into volume. In many ways I see the workout a bit like mountain climbing or running a distance. It is not so much a means to an end, it is the end. Being able to work through harder workouts is more or less my sport. Often I just do a lot of kettlebell sets. The look has stopped being the main thing, even if it is an aspect of it. I think there is a lot to be said about the contrast between the bodybuilding dream world and the prison of the working class condition and how they intertwine.
Some good points made there Steve. I think when it comes to the volume vs HIT approach - I like both and think both have their time and place. Programming is just a variable in the equation and a tool to be applied as needed - just like diet. I like the approach of Bodybuilding without being looks oriented. The workout becomes a goal in itself. I like that perspective - very pure in its intentions. Thanks for watching and commenting Steve
I think the average person who is inspired by competetive bodybuilders doesn't realize that you can still look great without killing yourself. I started out thinking I had to train like Jay Cutler to even look like I worked out, and I didn't. Take advantage of high volume while you're young because as you grow older, it wears you out. You don't want to do anything else.
@George Prince that is really the sun it all revolves around. The commodities. All the circus is to sell the products. This is the reality of our times. the spectacle.
U know what I remember as being a kid in the early 80's that plastic batters hat at 13:26
Nice video
Great content..do a video on chet yorton the natural who Beat Arnold..and Bertill fox who was Robbed of the Olympia .. politics!!!
Let’s take it back to “dark basement gyms “ and AWAYfrom the public spotlight;)
Tremendous work mate , more power to ya !
Thanks for the comment Eric, agreed... much simpler times. Appreciate the support!
Pumping Arnold!
Intelligently written.
Badass broski!
Glad you enjoyed it Nayth. Few more parts in the series coming soon. Thanks for commenting 😊
@@carvedouttastone heck yea bro! Old school bodybuilding is my jam it’d be fun to do a video together soon 😁💪
Hey mate cool channel. I'll check out more of your stuff later but I subscribed in the meantime.
@@carvedouttastone Cheers broski 😁
I could find no documentation on Steve Kelly who had trained Lou Ferrigno
I read that he mostly trained with Michalik at the time. But I'll see what else I can dig up about Steve
Steve Michaelik spent decades dealing with the long term effects of taking sometimes 10 GRAMS of Testosterone and just as much Nandrolone and Primabolin every week for yeaes and years.
Liver tumors, stomach lining cancer, heart attacks, strokes, bone necrosis.........Steve himself became a huge anti-androgen advocate after he was hospitalized and went from 250lbs to 140lbs in a matter of 2 weeks.
Jeez I haven't heard his name in a long time.
Certainly a colourful character. Both Intense and insane. Wondering if people would like to see a deep dive video on him as I don't think he gets enough acknowledgement in the iron game narrative
@Carved Outta Stone I say yes. Steve is a stand out character and a stern warning against over abuse of androgenic hormones. I would DEFINITELY say yes to seeing a well done document on him.
Well we're talking about extreme steroid abuse over many years. You can get away with much less. Most bb's back in the seventies did relatively small doses compared to today. 10 to 20 millirams of Dbol compared to say, 100 mg's many top competitors might use today, and that's not counting the rest of the stack.
Then again, the smart ones monitor their bloodwork throughout the cycle, and allow their liver to rest or repair. But, yeah when you're getting into dosing grams, you're rolling the dice.
You just know Arnold was driving that dump truck
Hahahah would not surprise me in the least...as Matty Ferrigno said "I wouldn't turn my back on you Arnold in 500 yards". Wise words of advice
Do u know what Blossom is?
Arnomd is the best ever !!! Absolutelу!!!!
Absolutely. Even now, I can't think of a physique that tops his for pure visual impact and resonance. Others might be bigger, more cut etc, but Arnold is Arnold. Thanks for watching Stoyan
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I can recite Pumping Iron almost line for line 😂....it's been in my life for almost 40 years
Mine too! I love finding and talking to people who have the same interest in the film and era. Thanks for watching
Too bad that Charles Gaines and George Butler never filmed the 1974 Mr. Olympia.
Now that would have been a sight! Arguably Arnold's best condition if I remember rightly? He still looked great at the 75 but he was downsized and already officially "retired" so we didn't get him at his peak. I have some footage of the 72 universe in Iraq that Butler and Gaines wrote about in their book, but wish they had captured the Olympia that year also.
Thanks very much for commenting Hogan's Heroes (great show btw)
Οnly Arnold for ever
He's the king of kings indeed.
@@carvedouttastone Yeeeesssss
Absoluteli
Lou’s dad was a pos worse than me…
An old friend of mine said years ago: He picked up his first weight when his girlfriend lifted his spirits and his c*ck.
Bodybuilding has become more of an anabolic drug sport; steroids, human growth hormone, and Insulin. Not long ago in the Golden Age of bodybuilding of the later 1970s to 1980s most competitive bodybuilders were consuming steroids. It is one of the reasons why bodybuilding competition did not reach the Olympic Games. Certainly a lot of fans, and trainees don't care about this recognition, and a demo sport that first is supposed to be shown at the Olympics; up to the Rio Olympics in 2016 that was it, there was no possibility of bodybuilding being presented. I was waiting up to the Rio Olympic Games 2016; but as with Linus's Great Pumpkin, it did not arrive.
Bodybuilding is about anabolic drugs, mostly steroids that were first "isolated in 1935"; actually for a purpose of male virility. A couple of years in the very late 19th Century there were a couple of doctors, chemists who were working, and experimenting to find a synthetic male hormone for men; but they were not very successful. Then finally deep into the 20th Century that male testosterone was discovered in 1935.
Then it was soon discovered that this steroid built strength, and more muscle-mass into the 1940s for Russian, and American Olympic Weightlifters. This discovery, and applicability of steroids is what I remember from a Scientific American magazine publication of 1994 (cannot remember the exact month issue). Then later, not certain of the times, steroids were taken by bodybuilders; but mostly at the top contests such as a Mr. Nation, or Universe, or World Title, for example.
The rest is more history; of anabolic drug usage. Truth is that pumping iron is also about taking in steroids, and maybe other anabolic drugs such as Insulin; a drug that is mainly taken by people who have diabetes! Bodybuilding is not what it should be; as Vince Gironda had ideally described it to be, for a built up physique, strength, and health.
Another damaging thing about the time at the end of the 1970s was the absence of a warm-up set, or progressive warm-up sets that can be very important. On a bulletin board in the first gym I went to train at there was a magazine clipping article written by Franco Columbu in 1980. It was an article called "Priming the Pump"; the importance of performing a warm-up set of 12 repetitions before doing a work set, or series of sets. However, before that very important advice, a first injury to my right shoulder had already happened.
Therefore, do you expect the rest of the population to seriously consider bodybuilding; as a sport, too? I don't actually think so.
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Great comment George and what you said really resonates. I especially loved the refence towards " Linus's Great Pumpkin" - wonder how many younger ones would catch the meaning, lol.
A great book discussing about how bodybuilding took a wrong turn is Mr America - by John D Fair an academic and historian and he touches on some of the points you've mentioned.
Yep, I remember that article well - "Priming the Pump". Those guys had it figured out back then - not too much we can improve on regarding what they knew. The physiques aren't better, they're just bigger.
Thanks for watching and commenting
@Carved Outta Stone Thank you very much for noticing my comment, and my opinions - and maybe not all things I said exactly rooted on fact. Yes, maybe some very young guys, and gals don't know about Charlie Brown, and the Peanuts Gang. Also, thank you for mentioning that book called Mr. America by John D Fair; didn't know about it; I'll check it out. I understand what you explained about the past training; not much has been improved.
And I believe that those physiques built from the 1960s, '70s, and to a point up to the 1990s, were more sane, more in proportion, and each muscle-group flowed smoothly to the next; mainly my belief. Bodybuilder's physiques were more shapely, placed importance on that V shape, and more aesthetic than several of today's bodies. Today, some bodies are overly bulky.
Those bodies from the bodybuilders of the late sixties to the 1980s from Vince Gironda, Reg Park, Bill Pearl, Larry Scott, Sergio Oliva, Dave Draper, Surge Nubret, Frank Zane, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Franco Columbu, Boyer Coe, Ed Corney, Dennis Tinerino, Robbie Robinson, Mike Mentzer, Ray Mentzer, Casey Viator, Tom Platz, Lou Ferrigno. Then a bit later I'm including Lee Haney, Dorian Yates, Kevin Levrone, Paul Dillett, Shawn Ray, and more recently Milos Sarcev, and Flex Wheeler were what a bodybuilder is supposed to be about.🏋
Testosterone was first isolated and identified in 1922 ..but it was around 1935 the very first test pills were made...they weren't very effective because they got destroyed in the first pass through the liver ..in 1958 the first effective anabolic steroids hit the market..dianabol
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