Mike seemed to have well average IQ, he was more handsome and rugged then the Arnold, as a native, much better vocabulary and grasp of the language, but Arnold was at least as smart as he was and posessed phenomenal social skills and mental stability.
Arnold was too much for Mike, too bad he couldn't grasp that.
Arnold was a highly all-around gifted person with perfect bodybuilding genetics who pursued bodybuilding, there is no other example.
There were good looking, smart, charismatic, driven bodybuilders but Arnold was the only one all combined.
Arnold's greatness is, he made it seem easy, he made his roles look easy, he made being a guest to a late night show and look not silly when the very smart and seen it all host wanted to make fool of you easy.
When I look Arnold, his "once" greatness makes me feel depressed
It should be very frusturating for Mentzer, he was a demigod in bodybuilding circles and he had every right to become the successor of Arnold bodybuilding wise but he missed mental aspect of it.
I guess it wouldn't be possible to sell bodybuilding to mainstream without being as easygoing and witty as Arnold.
Joe Weider being as smart and cunning as he is, failed miserably with his too serious approach, Ben Weider was even worse, "wannabe Jewish aristocrat
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