I love these Arnold threads, can never have enough of it.
I've seen all those pics a million times, and still I look at them with admiration each time again.
The greatest of all times. Youngsters who dare to compare him to today's physiques and talk down on him, only show that they don't know anything about bodybuilding. I've never met a serious bodybuilder who talked down on Arnold (except Mike Mentzer ;-)).
I'm glad Wes is always there to do the honors when it comes to Arnold ;-)
Mentzer criticized his training principles as not being optimal not Arnold as a bodybuilder. He considered Arnold a genetic marvel and was one of the first to propose the importance of genetics in bodybuilding. He said Arnold would have been Arnold even if he trained with rocks.
But it's true that no one is more important that Joe Weider and Arnold as far as the world of bodybuilding goes. Their synergistic relationship made history.