Sergio Oliva is without doubt one of the greatest bodybuilders of all time. This DVD is our tribute to the life and fantastic career of Sergio Oliva, 3 time Mr Olympia and living legend of the sport. 1972 Outdoor filming: London This historic footage was shot by Wayne on Wanstead Heath, in London, 2 days after the 1972 Mr Olympia where Sergio narrowly lost to Arnold in Essen, Germany. The action depicted in this sequence is said by many to be the greatest ever pumping and posing footage to be captured outdoors on film, showing a Mr Olympia title holder in top contest condition. Sergio oiled up, pumped up with dumbells then posed his heart out for the camera, delivery a virtuoso posing rendition of his Mr Olympia posing routine. This was then topped off with bodypart posing in closeup. In particular the posing of Sergio’s arms was awesome to behold, to put it mildly! Complete with the famous “Myth” arms up in the air pose. While Wayne was busy filming, famous gym owner and long time friend Wag Bennett was snapping away getting photos to record this historic film shoot for posterity. You will see some of these photos in the DVD’s Photo Gallery. Wag also shot the photo of Wayne taking photos of Sergio with the big old Mamiya camera affectionately known as “The Tank”! The complete 1972 Mr Olympia footage is contained in the DVD “Arnold the Early Years” 1977 Outdoor filming: Paris Once again this footage was shot by Wayne, this time on the day after Sergio won the Pro Class of the 1977 WABBA World Championships. This classic men’s contest was staged by Serge Nubret in Paris, where Sergio had guest posed at the Nubret’s promoted Mr Olympia event 6 years earlier. Sergio’s 1971 guest posing is included in this DVD on “The Myth”. The popular shooting formula was used again at pool-side with Sergio first of all oiling and pumping up before launching into his classic and once again winning posing routine. In this segment Sergio is assisted in his pumping up by Miss Olympus Lynde Johnson who willingly obliged by sitting on his back while he did pushups! At the end of the posing routine segment, Sergio again gave us some mind blowing closeup posing of various bodyparts for Wayne’s super 8 film camera. Sergio in the Gym: Chicago The Myth is now a reality and preserved for all to enjoy on DVD.
