User blog:ARTaylor/40 Years of Pumping Iron

Today marks the fortieth anniversary of the release of Pumping Iron. The documentary film focuses on bodybuilders and the 1975 Mr. Olympia competitions. The film focuses primarily on the friendship and rivalry between Arnold Schwarzenegger and Lou Ferrigno. The film is credited with making future actor and governor Schwarzenegger a household name while also making Hulk actor Ferrigno a star, and is credited with starting the bodybuilding craze that pervaded the 1980s.