Another is shy underdog, Lou Ferrigno, who hopes to flex his way to the title of Mr. One is junior high school teacher, Mike Katz, who aspires to the title of Mr. This month, we’re hitting the weights and getting a good pump with Dave Brouillette, as we bench press the 1977 bodybuilding docudrama that got Arnold noticed in Hollywood: Pumping Iron!Ĭameras document – or is it dramatize? – the lives of the world’s leading bodybuilders as they prepare to compete for their sport’s top 1975 amateur and professional championships. It just blows up, and it feels really different. You muscles get a really tight feeling, like your skin is going to explode any minute, and it’s really tight – it’s like somebody blowing air into it, into your muscle.
“Blood is rushing into your muscles and that’s what we call The Pump.
