Belafonte, Harry, 208
Belshe, Kim, 563
Belushi, Jim, 340, 341
Belushi, John, 210
Bennett, Dianne, 59, 60, 145–46
Bennett, Wag, 59, 60, 64, 72
Bening, Annette, 532
Benny, Jack, 359
Berenson, Berry, 207
Bergen, Candice, 198
Bergman, Ingmar, 263
Bergman, Sandahl, 262–63, 266, 270, 315
Berle, Milton, 356–60, 361, 363, 604
Berle, Ruth, 356–57
Berlin, Germany; Arnold’s visit to, 90
Berlin Wall, 22, 90
Bernstein, Army, 459–60
Best Built Man in Europe competition, 48
Bettenhausen, Matt, 564, 565–66
Biden, Joseph, 593
Biehn, Michael, 312
bin Talal, Prince Alwaleed, 443
blame; Arnold’s principles of success and, 615–16
Bloom, Jake, 401, 404
Bloomberg, Michael, 561
body: analysis of, 93–94, 122
Austrian views about, 26
taking care of mind and, 27, 617–18
uniqueness of, 122–23.
bodybuilder, Arnold as; bodybuilders/bodybuilding; physical fitness
bodybuilder, Arnold as: Arnold’s ambitions and, 30, 31, 37, 43, 70–72
benefits to Arnold of, 402
films and, 280
control and, 343
early success/notoriety of, 38, 42–43
goals of, 55, 110–11
and offers to be professional trainer, 42–43, 45
post–heart surgery activities and, 438
retirement of, 169, 176, 186, 187
shortcomings of, 93–95
training partners for, 52, 53, 76, 106–8, 110, 122, 123, 144, 157, 168–69, 252, 343.
bodybuilders/bodybuilding: acting compared with, 185
age and, 126–27
analysis of body for, 93–94, 122
Arnold’s early interest in, 23–25, 28–30, 34
Arnold’s interviews of, 116–17
as Arnold’s obsession, 31–32
Arnold’s outrageous comments about, 195
Arnold’s principles of success and, 605, 606–7, 613, 617
Arnold’s promotion of, 152–58, 159, 160–65, 188, 189, 344, 402, 604, 606
beginner’s workout for, 28
divisiveness within, 254
drugs/steroids and, 64–65, 511
in Eastern Europe, 70
education of public about, 152
ex-prisoners as, 143
fans/groupies of, 60, 139
federations in, 71
film stars compared with champion, 264
friendliness/hospitality of, 83, 88–89
girls/women as, 29, 31, 139
homosexuality and, 49, 159
ideal of, 93
impact of Mr. Olympia (1980) on, 254
as international sport, 102, 152
as lazy bastards, 99, 102, 121
making a name in, 60–61
as man’s world, 159
movies and, 100, 185, 337–38
nicknames for, 100
as obscure sport, 43, 68, 69, 151–52
popularity of, 101–2, 143, 207, 251
psychology of, 67–68
public image of, 151, 155, 162, 175
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return from retirement of, 126
sculpture and, 198
as showmen, 69
stereotypes of, 198
strength of, 58
as teachers, 137
time needed to build a world-class, 92–93
Weidner influence on, 100–102
Whitney exhibition about, 197.
Bono, 618
booklets, Arnold’s; sales of, 117–19
Booth, David, 426
Borg, Bjorn, 424
Boskin, Michael, 503
Bradley, Tom, 292
Brando, Marlon, 158, 228, 299
Branson, Richard, 493
Brazil; Cameron-Arnold trip to, 597
