Generation Iron Page #3

I guess I was just never content,

never happy with my body.

That's really, you know,

where it started for me.

Myself as a bodybuilder,

should be someone

constantly striving to be one

percent better every day,

you know, whether it be in your workouts,

in your approach to life,

in your mentality,

in your nutrition,

how meticulous you are

with nutrition.

Just being better and better.

Pushing your... every aspect

of your life.

Like, I've always known that Mr. Olympia

was something I could do.

If I want it, and I set my mind to it,

there's nothing that can stand in my way.

There you go, man, no pain.

- Come on, hit it, there you go!

- Drive it!

You think this is fancy,

let's go, hurry up!

Man, there's always somebody

trying to reinvent the wheel.

I don't care what kind

of scientific formulas,

or whatever it is you come

up with, or nutrition

or whatever.

There's no substitute

for hard, hard work.

And the pain

and the sacrifice, the sweat,

all the hard work, man,

when they announce you winner,

it's all worth it.

Heavy clouds loom

over Tampa, Florida.

Roelly Winklaar arrives

from Rotterdam, Holland,

with his trainer, Sibil Peeters.

In the industry,

she's known as Grandma.

But those who've trained with her know her

as the trainer from hell.

Ah, rattlesnakes.

I like snakes because

I like how they

eat the food, you know?

Kill them.

And then you eat them, you know?

The body's like this and they

eat like this, you know?

That's the way I like it.

They ask, "Where do

you come from?"

And I say, Curaao.

In the face, you can see that

they don't know

where it is, you know?

And I say, the Caribbean.

Then everybody know

the Caribbean.

The two always share

a bedroom during their travels,

the mobile kitchen and key ingredients

traveling along with them everywhere they go.

Sibil herself used to be

a professional bodybuilder.

Put the fish on it.

But after the tragic

death of her husband,

she dedicated her life

to training others.

Grandma, is my food finished?

Is my food finished?

Your food is finished.

In the Netherlands,

I trained like a week

with the guys.

My body grows fast, you know?

The owner asked me

if I want to do a contest...

I say, "No, I don't want to do that because

I don't like the string in your ass!

It's not my style.

And he says, "It's not string in your ass.

The name is posing trunks,

you know?"

I say, "No, I don't like it."

And he says, "I got one

option for you.

You go on stage, and you win,

you can train for nothing, and I'll give you

food and supplements."

I say, "But, I got one problem.

I got nobody, you know?"

Everybody told me to go

to that woman over there.

Grandma.

I say "Grandma?

Are you crazy, man?

Don't let me train

with a woman, man!"

"Really, she's good, she's good

"She's one of the best,

you know?"

I give her hand, but I say,

"Wow, you're a trainer?"

I say, "Hey come on, you can

talk to me

straight away, come on."

And then, I find out

that he was very, very shy.

In Holland, there

was an ugly word for him.

"Look out, he's lazy.

Lazy negro."

I say, "Come on, guys!"

I trained with him,

he's not lazy, the guy is...

Go, go, go, go!

He's like a machine.

In the gym, he's a machine,

nobody can stop him.

He is "The Beast."

My dream is to make a house

for my mother.

Before my father died,

my father wanted to buy

a big house for her.

But that's not happened.

What my father promised her,

I make her.

Tomorrow, in accordance

with the IFBB point system,

Roelly must place

first or second

in order to qualify

for the Olympia stage.

So Winklaar...

Are you nervous

for the competition?

No.

You're always nervous

before a contest.

It has to be you're nervous,

otherwise on stage, you're...

No, I'm not nervous because...

I know I'm gonna win, you know?

Okay.

Put down the telephone.

You want to put it down?

Put it down.

You sure?

Come on, we have to go to sleep!

For a long time,

I have been tired, OK?

Hidetada Yamagishi

has also yet to qualify.

Hide must place in the top two

in order to advance.

If he didn't have a tan,

you wouldn't see his definition on stage,

you wouldn't see his striations,

his vascularity, anything.

He would just wash out

under the bright lights.

You really gotta be dark

when you get on that stage.

When the guys have

to go on stage,

and they go white on stage,

their muscles look small.

When you're painting up, you can see

the muscles look very,

very good.

Ok, bend over

When we are finished,

we are all brown.

Seven.

I got nine, Jason.

Ten, Todd's here.

I got 11, I got 12, I got 13.

I got 14, I got 15.

I'm missing 16, Shawn?

The bodybuilder

takes the human form

to its utmost visual extreme.

The development of muscles isn't

just a game of measurements.

Perfect symmetry

is equally important.

I've been up, hit the ground

Chased the dirt,

hear the sound,

in my head, spinnin' 'round

But stand up

There's no place to go

No place to go

I've been up, hit the ground

Chased the dirt,

hear the sound,

in my head spinnin' 'round

But still, there's

no place to go

If I can have our top five

on stage at this time.

Some say

I'm lost and never

found my way

And it makes me wanna

lay here with you

But I'm always gone

Please take

the fourth-place award.

The check for $1,000...

to our fourth-place finisher.

Roelly Winklaar!

The road to success isn't always

straight or clear in this sport.

Another loss like Tampa would

mean months and years

of training have been wasted.

This means the loss of prize

money and perhaps even

a sponsor, the support line

for any bodybuilder.

Lonely nights,

familiar hotel rooms,

long-distance calls are the only

way to keep in touch

with loved ones.

At times when

the family can't be reached,

the trainer is the only person

to talk to.

Hey, bro, congratulations!

Second place,

and Olympia qualification.

I'm happy,

and I'm relieved, you know?

Yeah, me too.

I knew you were gonna do it,

but now it's official.

So, we got six weeks

to train hard.

Alright.

Okay, bro, keep in touch,

and thanks for calling.

Roelly has trouble

sleeping most nights.

Moments ago, he was told that he has

one more chance to qualify,

but he'll have to travel back to

Europe to compete at the Nordic Pro.

Winklaar.

You OK?

Yeah, Grandma.

It's time for your food.

Yes.

Unless he places first,

his journey will end

before it begins.

Victor Martinez

wasn't always an inmate.

He was a star,

a star bodybuilder on his way

to conquer the Olympia title.

He was incarcerated for an immigration charge

as a result of his arrest

for a controlled

substance years ago.

To actually be in jail

and want to live

or think of outside,

it just makes it all difficult.

I had to shut down,

there's no making up,

it's lost time, that's it.

I was disappearing.

His stint in jail has left him

far behind his competitors.

And mounting emotional and

financial problems won't make

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