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Fabulous physiques with the small waist and tight stomach. Not like the bloated mass monsters of today

14:31 steak and eggs never fails

11:21 nice cut

These dudes sound like what I bet g@y porn sounds like

Thank you for posting this!

This is the most 70s and Yorkshire thing I've ever seen - MARVELLOUS 💥

These guys look so much better than the bodybuilders of today with their ultra-chemically enhanced physiques.

I knew Pete well, bless him, trained with him at Denaby Gym for years. Lovely fella

These dudes giving birth wtf 🤣

Met pete simpson at a gym in denaby 35 yr or so after this tv programme still trained hard as fuck & perfect form gave me some gud tips i woz shocked to ear he passed a few ago legand round mexbro RIP

Walters gym proper dog kennel no frills but fully air conditioned 👍 proper viking

To think this was a year before pumping iron. Awesome

D BOL.......💉💉💉

23:43 championships proudly sponsor Imperial Vodka (upper left side of podium) ..... lovely show🫠

A lot of the interview questions are very attacking. Interesting cultural shift. Happy to describe the fellas physique as grotesque

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Walter's gym looked grim and damp and the narrator said he trained there 3hrs a night that's dedication

Anyone know if he’s still around ?( sorry obviously after reading through the comments 😞 be sadly missed was well loved and respected from a lot of people

I love these awkward poses. Look....this is little man bodybuilding...it's almost natural natty.Theres no muscle mass here or monsters like today. Bless them back then screaming like a woman when they lift weights.not much goes to say about breathing techniques as well.

Some real old school training going on here. Notice the lack of a curle bar. Insane flys, which were forced down, behind the neck presses! Wally was 18 at the time of filming!

Was that Serge Nubret back stage? He must have been guest posing.

The black guy deserve the 1st place.

I remember watching this sometime late 70s, obviously a repeat (BBC, duh) probably 8 or 9 but was into bodybuilding from then through my brother, brings back memories. Pumping Iron is seen as the doc that started the BB craze in the 70s but this was a couple of years previous.. all these guys I recall from the UK BB mags of that time, with other UK based builders like Bertil Fox and Al Beckles. All those guys at the NABBA looked great but a cold Serge Nubret could have won if he entered, what a physique!

Bills 75 still going strong still looks like he could step into a mr olympia masters. Speaks multiple languages a Great British icon who really ought to receive a MBE or OBE

Serge Nubret at 29:42. Cool to see

To hear the narrator mentioning steroid use so casually shows the respect of the sport itself. No worry about “cheating” BS. Just the culture and doing what it takes to build the best body. Awesome documentary

Serge at 27:20

Did Serge get paid for being in this film? He turned down $200 for an acting role in Pumping Iron.

sure i seen serge nubret back stage......??? .one of the greatest ever

27:25 Isn't that Serge Nubret?

Simpson definitely deserved to win, he looked the best

Here is my parabolan

Ace ♠️

Posing was spasmodic in those days.

If todays humans were so humble

That was a brilliant documentary. The guys were really humble compared to today. I wonder how the lads lives worked out in later years, did they keep training & even if they are still alive in 2023? Old UK tv documentaries were always excellently produced.

When you could let your dog shit anywhere and women had hairy fannies!

5 dbol a day

Overhead press 15:10 💪💥🤕

Asking the hot and sexy blonde wife of a top bodybuilder if she thinks it's "grotesque" 😂🤣

Absolutely love the humbleness… Nowadays all mouth !!!

Are these guys natural or just a little dball or something

Such a wonderful view into the past!

Looks like manic mike

That documentary is pure gold!

7:30 how to dislocate and destroy shoulders.

These guys really sucked at posing.

How a women judges is by who they wanna ride the most

I just love the personalities and projections of the Brits. Man they are all so down to Earth and say it straight 😆👍

Old fashioned and largely free of anabolic steroids,