Arnold’s marital peripeteia came to light during the worst time of his professional career. The body of a god gone, his political career permanently shelved, his twenty year affair squarely has put him in the dock. There were plenty of plans and achievements, but the achievements have borne little resemblance to the original goals, the costs (family, marriage, friends) were higher than he ever imagined they would be, and the diversions resulted in more pain than any weight he had ever lifted. There will be no sequel to “Pumping Iron”.
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