lou could have owned arnold in another 2 years of growing.
yea, his dad was a jerk. but lou could have owned arnold in another 2 years of growing.
Arnold had said if he had Louie's genetics he could build a physique that wouldn't be beat for 20 years.
Classic Arnold head games.
Lou's biggest mistake was listening to that twat of a dad of his - he let the guy totally control him. Louie lacks serious confidence in Pumping Iron and all it did was make Arnold look all the greater.
He wasn't that much younger than Arnold when he did the movie. Nonetheless, to be honest I do think he got a raw deal from that film - it was really all about Arnold who probably had a say in how it was to be staged.
Yup, Arnold and Weide managed the movie as basically a star vehicle, which is why it wasn't as accurate as the book in showing other BBs like Oliva, Nubret, etc.As far as age, Ferrigno was in his early 20s with a learning disability, so figure on him being in his mid-teens mentally.
True - I take it back - Arnold must have seen him coming.The Pumping Iron book was so much better than the film - it was a decent sensible account of bodybuilding showing a multitude of big names in the sport at the time, their lifestyles and their personalities. If the sport had gone on and followed that example then it might be a bit more popular today....
Arnold said that the film was a "docu-drama"; which would explain some of the discrepancies.As for Ferrigno, I don't recall him having a learning disability; he was simply (partially) deaf; hence, it took him a bit longer to learn how to read and speak.
Anyone got pics of him during his prep for the Masters? I head he was getting close to 300 before he got "sick".
He got a stomach flu before one of his masters attempts. I put it in "scare quotes" to sound sinister.