Back in 1977, as the Baryshnikov of steroid use headed toward his sixth Mr. Olympia win, he filmed the documentary Pumping Iron, which became a cult classic and turned him into a household name.

Before Arnold Schwarzenegger was the biggest action star in the world, he was a Mr. Olympia champion starving for fame. This documentary shows an Arnold on the cusp of breaking out.

But the medical world, by and large, was indifferent or hostile to pumping iron, dismissing Macfadden’s magazine as tacky and the bodybuilders depicted therein as hulking lummoxes. Then along ...

The sports documentary world wasn’t always so active. Sure, streaming services had their Pumping Irons and Muhammad Ali: When We Were Kings tucked into their archives. But slickly produced ...

And it has been for years: It’s the competition Arnold Schwarzenegger was training for in the classic 1977 documentary Pumping Iron, after all. Winning just one would be the pinnacle of a ...