1975 Olympia: The Pumping Iron Scandal – Nick’s Strength and Power

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1975 was the year Pumping Iron was filmed. And in typical IFBB fashion there was some controversy involved.
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35 comments

Abner Bondoc May 30, 2017 - 3:39 pm

Serge Nubret's aesthetics is amazing! Those abs separation are very deep as well.

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Herbinator_88 January 8, 2019 - 12:45 am

Serge Nubret pioneered the BBC genre…lol

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Andy Randall January 8, 2019 - 2:35 pm

I also heard that he was banned for life from the IFBB. Shame, when Arnold came back in the 80s. It would of been awesome too of seen Lou, Serge and Arnold on stage again. Arnold was no where near his standards. So Lou and Serge would of been an epic competition.

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Julian Lavalley January 8, 2019 - 3:03 pm

Serge had the best physique out of all of them

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Lluc Aristondo Alzina January 10, 2019 - 8:34 pm

Man I love Serge Nubret… Had he kept competing he would've easily been a Mr O…

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OldNatty January 13, 2019 - 10:58 pm

The whole thing was a tactic designed by weider and arnold, because arnold knew he couldn't beat him. Serge came in not in his best shape, because he was told he couldn't compete he had come off contest prep. Even in the shape he was in he was the better body builder, but weider and arnold have pull.

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Tom Hall January 15, 2019 - 8:15 pm

Would you consider cutting back on the use of "obviously"?

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shaun douglas January 17, 2019 - 7:29 am

The way ben and joe weider ran the IFBB was like a pair of insecure wankers that they seem to be. What right does anyone have to tell other bodybuiders if you compete in our federation you cannot compete in any other or you´ll be banned, America is supposed to be a free country ain´t it. They also act the same way down here in Australia as well.

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Morten Eriksen January 24, 2019 - 3:29 pm

Weider.. i'm not a crook

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kjw br January 29, 2019 - 10:40 pm

serge has the best build there

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Rakesh Sharma February 7, 2019 - 6:01 am

What's the point in bringing up these controversies. Like trying to tarnish Arnold. If someone wanted to tell the truth, they should have done it a long time ago. Not after Arnold has had so many unbelievable accomplishments in bodybuilding and films

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Gamma Beast February 8, 2019 - 3:02 pm

NSP you should do a video about serge nubre and his life

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Joseph Im February 17, 2019 - 1:20 pm

Serge lost 12lb muscle waiting with nerves and anticipation to compete Weider only allowed him at last days..was fantastic but not at his best because of that a little thin even here..UNFAIR but thats life. He was pissed off and never competed there again!

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teti_99 February 17, 2019 - 8:41 pm

Serge should’ve won over Arnold. Just my opinion.

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Rathan Sherigar March 23, 2019 - 10:46 am

Arnold competing in the 1980 Mr O was sparked by the Frank Zane comment in 1979 Mr. O. Many people vouch for it. Is there any truth to it or just a myth?

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EdmundKemp April 21, 2019 - 7:10 am

First of all, I always thought Serge Nubret had the better, more pleasing, aesthetic physique than Arnold. My God, Serge looked like a god up there with his dark hollow eyes under the overhead lights and his panther physique that flowed so gracefully. And second of all, I suspect greatly that maybe the Pumping Iron film was kind of racist back in the 70's. I mean, where the hell is Sergio Olivia? All I see in the main are white guys (and I am a white guy) in the lime light. If you want the best or the creme de la creme of bodybuilding, he, Olivia, should have to be in there. He did beat Arnold years before. But yahoo, they did have Nubret in it…but with so little attention. He made a porno movie? Come on! That's so arbitrary and suspect to me. I know there was a kind of political fighting going on between bodybuilding federations, but I really suspect there was some racism, too. And yeah, Robbie Robinson was in it, too…but with hardly any attention. He was the prince of bodybuilding if you look at him. What a physique!

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P14YCR May 6, 2019 - 5:29 pm

Thanks Nick great channel

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scottkfan1 May 13, 2019 - 1:53 pm

It was not even close Arnold by a large margin

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henhowell May 23, 2019 - 9:30 pm

In any business… There's politics

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Kent Borges May 27, 2019 - 5:36 am

PUMPING MONEY…The movie was TOO much about Arnold.

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Kent Borges May 27, 2019 - 5:39 am

Weaner or no weaner…that is the question.

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Nils Holgersson June 6, 2019 - 9:32 am

200$? Fucking assholes. Serge Nubret should have won that Olympia btw.

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sean kelly June 11, 2019 - 5:18 am

Obviously, obviously, obviously…Nick loves that word. Lol

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Nazeem Dollie June 27, 2019 - 6:39 pm

Arnold was not always ethical

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Bruce Wayne August 11, 2019 - 1:58 pm

What do you mean dark you weren't even f**** their bro I was f**** their what do you mean dark there was no way to confirm that back in the day bro so if somebody says surge did that and they believe that guy then surged did that that's just the way it is there was no way to confirm that you know so dark are you f**** serious let me clue you in Sergio Oliva first Cuban first black guy right cuz you you're trying to throw in politics to win the mr. Olympia not once not twice three times so I don't know what to tell you remember they're trying to keep the sport clean so if that guy did p*** that guy when I'm done well it doesn't matter that's just the way it is you want to keep something as clean as possible look at Kai Greene maybe you didn't know this but Kai Greene used to do p*** when he stopped doing p*** if you look as a status he got better placing because you can't have a Arnold Classic winner of mr. Olympia f**** guys f**** chicks sucking dick eating pussy in a p*** because the whole theory behind it is kids and people look up to you when you're a champion yes it's a mirage but still that's the point why don't you do a little story on Kai Greene and his p*** Ventures you know you know there's things you get right but man the more you get into it you don't do your research as much I know there's got to be somebody around you in their fifties and sixties I could tell you s*** about Arnold and Franco from back in the day so you can get your s*** right here did you know that Arnold did Playgirl

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Berserko September 26, 2019 - 7:49 am

Especially when it came to Sergio Oliva, the biggest fish story of the Schwarzenegger/Weider saga…

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Merlyn Calrissian October 4, 2019 - 4:35 pm

Just plain old favoritism and rasicm.

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Texas Hank Palmer November 6, 2019 - 11:10 pm

So really this "dark history" of bodybuilding is just the fact that they didn't offer Serge much to be in the pumping iron film? What a joke.

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Littlehornification November 13, 2019 - 2:41 am

Racism was rife back then.

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William Drijver December 2, 2019 - 8:51 pm

Lou's side bicep pose at 4.45 minutes…..still amazing in 2019! Especially for someone 6 ft 5 or 195 cm tall

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B Lee December 20, 2019 - 2:01 am

I have always thought Serge had a better overall body/look then either Arnold or Lou.

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playa D February 1, 2020 - 7:40 pm

I feel like they did Lou ferrigno wrong to, that man should've at least won one, you right about the dark history of bodybuilding. 🌞 tribe

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bill mcdonald February 7, 2020 - 5:26 am

Serge has one of the greatest builds ever

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garrison 68 March 6, 2020 - 8:23 am

Thanks for reporting this. Its a real bummer that needs to be exposed. Clearly, the IFBB wanted Arnold to win because of the film.

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Robert Diminuco April 12, 2020 - 3:49 am

Serge had one of the best developed chests in bodybuilding.

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