Generation Iron (2013) | A 50% Facts Review

50% Facts with Silent Mike & Jim McD

Jim McDonald

Fitness, Entrepreneurship, Tv & Film, Business, Health & Fitness, Film Reviews

4.9 • 2.1K Ratings

🗓️ 26 February 2025

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

This documentary, the first from Generation Iron, covers the runup to the 2012 Mr. Olympia bodybuilding contest. Phil Heath is a repeat winner, but Kai Greene is pushing him hard. A number of other well-known competitors are also hoping to dominate the Olympia stage. Do any of them have a chance against “The Gift?”

Dean Saddoris @deansaddoris.ck chops it up with us again.

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0:00.0	They didn't talk about how good he was at basketball.
0:10.8	He was like legit good.
0:11.7	I think he played at Colorado State.
0:13.5	Really?
0:14.0	Yeah, he played D1.
0:15.1	Yeah, he played D1.
0:16.6	All right, we're in.
0:17.6	He grew up in Seattle.
0:18.9	I don't know if they mentioned that either.
0:20.1	He grew up with Jamal Crawford, who's a fucking NBA legend.
0:24.6	So we're talking about Generation Iron from 2013.
0:29.6	Kind of the first of the Generation Iron films.
0:34.7	We, the one on what's his face, um, why am I blank in Ronnie?
0:41.1	Rich Piani? Uh, Rich Piana. Both. Piana and, um, and Ronnie Coleman, uh, these were made
0:50.4	later. Um, what we're, what we're looking at today is like the first of that era.
0:56.8	In my head, this guy has to be like first top five legitimate meathead documentaries.
1:03.6	Yeah.
1:04.1	Like obviously pumping iron.
1:05.5	Yeah.
1:06.1	And this is supposed to be like a sequel because it's the same producer.
1:09.5	Yeah, the whole vibe when they were promoting, because they promoted this like crazy.
1:13.5	And this is when three of us were deep in the industry.
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