Sergio Oliva celebrates inside his genie lamp after beating Arnold at the 1969 Mr. Olympia for his third big O title.
Oliva had perhaps the most incredible bodybuilding genetics of all time, as the awe-inspiring pic below shows (we think this is a Steve Downs photo)…
No one can argue that “The Myth” is one of the greatest bodybuilders of all time. With his tiny waist and full, long muscle bellies, including calves, he was a true genetic marvel who would no doubt be a dominating force onstage even today.
As Arnold said in his 1979 book…
The first time I saw Sergio Oliva, I understood why they called him “the Myth.” It was as jarring as if I’d walked into a wall. He destroyed me. He was so huge, he was so fantastic, there was no way I could even think of beating him…. I tried. But I’d been so taken back by my first sight of Sergio that I think I settled for second place before we walked out onstage.
Incidentally, Aladdin, er um, Arnold beat him the following year in a controversial decision, and Sergio defected to another bodybuilding organization.
Till next time, train hard—and smart—for BIG results.
—Steve Holman and Jonathan Lawson
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