Charles Gaines, the author of the book Pumping Iron and Stay Hungry, is the guest on this episode of the Bodybuilding Legends Podcast to talk about his friend and partner George Butler who passed away last October 21, 2021. George directed the movie "Pumping Iron" and took the photos for the book Pumping Iron. Charles talks about how he and George met in 1972 on an assignment for an article about bodybuilding for Sports Illustrated magazine, the idea for the book Pumping Iron, meeting Arnold Schwarzenegger and making the movie "Pumping Iron" in 1975.

At the end of the podcast, host John Hansen reads an article about Arnold Schwarzenegger's son Joseph Baena from Men's Health magazine written by Andrew Heffernan and the article "Cutting Some Fancy Figures" written by Charles Gaines for the July 10 ,1972 issue of Sports Illustrated magazine.

Time Stamps:

2:10 - Information about John's Seminar in Massachusetts

3:06 - The 2022 Arnold Classic

4:21 - The Most Muscular Podcast on YouTube

6:42 - Start of the interview with Charles Gaines

7:36 - The passing of George Butler

9:08 - How George Butler and Charles Gaines met

11:53 - The story behind the book Stay Hungry

16:26 - The first article about bodybuilding written by Charles Gaines for Sports Illustrated magazine

26:00 - Charles's second article on bodybuilding for Oui Magazine

27:50 - The struggle to find a publisher for the book Pumping Iron

29:45 - Covering the 1972 Mr. Universe contest in Baghdad, Iraq for the book Pumping Iron

33:54 - Hanging out with Arnold in Venice, California in 1973

35:12 - Meeting Arnold for the first time

39:10 - The strategy that made the book Pumping Iron such a big success

43:23 - Making the movie "Pumping Iron" in 1975

47:55 - The key to writing fiction

49:42 - Charles's thoughts about the movie "Stay Hungry"

54:00 - The problems involved in getting the book and the movie "Pumping Iron" released

59:36 - Charles remembers George Butler

1:03:00 - Host John Hansen reads an article about Arnold's son Joseph Baena from the March, 2022 issue of Men's Health magazine written by Andrew Heffernan.

1:20:00 - John Hansen reads the article "Cutting Some Fancy Figures" written by Charles Gaines for the July 10, 1972 issue of Sports Illustrated magazine.

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