ND's article post notwithstanding, Bertil trained very heavy, very hard and very sloppy.I never saw him in person but there's plenty of vids of him training out there.I do think he was judged rather poorly. It seemed to me he should've won or at least placed higher in a lot of shows. Even as an older guy in the early 90's he competed in a few shows and could still outmuscle most competitors. He was definitely ahead of his time.Could he have beat Haney? No. I never cared for Haneys physique but he was a lot better than he is remembered. I think his rather boring personality has to do with that. But Haney was huge and I think he made Bertil look narrow on stage. Some people have said that Bertil looked like he lacked confidence on stage and he never learned how to pose with confidence. I also think the bodybuilding world was small back then and word gets around. He was known to be a woman beater even then. People have said his girlfriends always had black eyes. In such a small circle these things are undoubtedly held against you in a subjective sport.
Many thanks ND
