Lou Ferrigno: The Disabled Kid Who Terrified Arnold

Video Description

📷 Follow on IG: https://www.instagram.com/the.iron.historian 🐦 Follow on X: https://www.x.com/ironhistorian 📱 The best FREE lifting app I use daily: https://www.boostcamp.app/#iron (use code IRON during signup to extend your pro version free trial to 14 days) 🍽️ The best food tracker/diet coach app on the market: https://bit.ly/bestdietapp (use code IRON14 for a two week free trial) At a time when Arnold Schwarzenegger sat alone on bodybuilding’s throne after conquering his only true rival, emerged a 6’5” 265lbs 22-year-old who threatened his dynasty. A skinny Brooklyn kid who couldn’t hear the insults, but felt every one. Born with major hearing loss, bullied at school, pushed by a disappointed father who measured love in results, Lou Ferrigno defied all the odds. With nothing but determination and homemade gym equipment, he took the bodybuilding world by storm. Although he never won a pro contest in his career, he was one of the very few men close enough to take Arnold’s crown. Their rivalry lit the fuse on bodybuilding’s breakout moment, and when the cameras came, the world finally met the soft-spoken colossus, and Hollywood took notice. From a bullied kid to a bodybuilding superstar, to the most famous superhero on television, and a Hollywood icon, this is the incredible rise of Lou Ferrigno. 🎥 GMV footage used with permission from gmvbodybuilding.com 🎙 Interviews & Podcasts: https://youtu.be/hbQZzTp91G4?si=DEBrJFE4i5fN5JHX https://youtu.be/Zc3eWY3hbCc?si=-b99KYWMQ9mIvG3Z https://youtu.be/27U7u3mr3BU?si=DpntVWBCyoLn6zPh https://youtu.be/AANrL8RC5mw?si=enXarTsuESZ5MrJK https://youtu.be/J1ncjZdU2rw?si=RsfnpHHa7e0SXj7S https://youtu.be/0xeI6j2ge9A?si=Y0Ru4jaoL4mTZbeo https://youtu.be/A1LPDLl3aNo?si=XeIK_gFJ0ythNJk_ https://youtu.be/a5eP8Io9Jwc?si=ZPi73ZOfUP5EmB5d https://youtu.be/RyA6dDmw9Do?si=Myyqt414j0qWtl3q https://youtu.be/WfyTD7iafL8?si=5SWcLc0wa7Zri47j https://youtu.be/PJ99IkDpSC4?si=89TowlzHuHcr8uVg https://youtu.be/BUJJdCizjAc?si=1JFRtFUQbpQlmMv1 https://youtu.be/KYGX1Xi83NA?si=prHHK_q9HC4hQUPi https://youtu.be/-zAwxqGwF4I?si=WVixs5Z57z6rOlJb https://youtu.be/2i8sZCcSPeQ?si=FMX4odfmhrxbIZdn https://youtu.be/Tx95DY1cGbc?si=WjibRasSHaMrCvmb https://youtu.be/zuRlnFbFMLc?si=2feImaTgD7wuHLso https://youtu.be/EE58l2Y5WBE?si=Z_aRrWW8-UMltKw8 https://youtu.be/cmFDKKJc_NU?si=I1tAPyYTJiIJuLB7 https://youtu.be/cVIDCEeKcGw?si=94BsR0I0u1Yro3nJ 📰 Other sources: https://pastebin.com/HVPkLSfS 🎬 Chapters: 00:00 - Against All The Odds 01:26 - The Outcast 04:00 - Instant Gratification 06:00 - The Bodybuilder 07:48 - IFBB's Rising Star 09:54 - The Natty Hulk 10:51 - The Muscle Mecca 12:50 - One Step Closer 13:44 - Facing Arnold 17:07 - Pumping Iron 21:01 - Daddy Issues 24:09 - Never Enough 25:44 - Switching Lanes 27:43 - The Incredible Lou 32:16 - The Comeback 34:04 - The Masters 36:49 - Second Act 37:35 - Redemption