Charles Gaines

Johansson uses Stephanie Myers, author of the Twilight series, as a key example.

Myers and Johansson's estimation is, is not a good writer.

Her first Twilight book reads more like fan fiction than a professionally scribed genre novel.

She had not, in other words, spent much time in a state of deliberate practice.

At a high level, Schwarzenegger's story seems to validate Johansson's serendipity-fueled vision of success.

The young bodybuilder's ascent in movies required several lucky breaks.

being brought to LA, of all possible cities, to train in Gold's Gym, meeting a writer, Charles Gaines, who was writing about the bodybuilding subculture at the time, and who helped introduce Schwarzenegger to many important players in Hollywood.

and starting to take acting seriously just as the 1980s action movie trend generated a sudden need for larger-than-life characters who knew how to film a movie.

I'm joined by my co-host and producer, Caleb.

What up, gang? Tonight we are talking about the Charles Gaines and George Butler film and book, Pumping Iron, introduced the world to the great Arnold Schwarzenegger.

And the art of bodybuilding.

And the art of bodybuilding.

And they were like, who's the best? But we are talking about Pumping Iron, documentary 1977.

The book coming out in 1975, a few years before.

Charles Gaines is the writer of the book.

It's a picture book, but it's a good read.