Get Your Inspiration With These 12 Bodybuilding and Fitness Documentaries

We have developed quite a hip new practice, which consists of binge-watching some of the finest movies and TV series, which may range from comedies to action flicks to romantic comedies and even films relating to sports. We watch them either to have a good time or to feel motivated, so how about discussing some of the most inspiring films on bodybuilding and fitness? Find your inspiration below, and don’t forget to pick your favorite.

12 Documentaries About Bodybuilding and Fitness to Keep You Motivated and on Track

There is a plethora of options available to stream on Netflix, YouTube, Hulu, and Amazon Prime Video when it comes to documentaries about bodybuilding and fitness. There is a little bit for everyone, whether you are interested in gaining more knowledge regarding the history of the Golden Era of bodybuilding or want to get up to speed on the current strongman and CrossFit scene of today.

Have you settled on a favorite thus far? What is the finest documentary or TV show that you watched over and over again?

The following twelve documentaries are ideal for binge-watching while you are working out on the treadmill to help you get through your workout:

1) Generation Iron and Generation Iron 2 (Amazon Prime & Netflix)
2) Muscle and Medals (Amazon Prime)
3) Pumping Iron (iTunes)
4) Born Strong (Amazon Prime)
5) Ronnie Coleman: The King (Netflix)
6) Fittest on Earth (Amazon Prime)
7) The Perfect Physique (Amazon Prime)
8) Eddie: Strongman (Netflix)
9) The Redeemed and the Dominant: Fittest on Earth (Netflix)
10) Westside vs. the World (Netflix)
11) The Game Changers (Netflix)
12) A Skin So Soft (Amazon Prime)

Now that we’ve covered the basics let’s get into more depth regarding the first five of the finest documentaries about bodybuilding and fitness!

1) Generation Iron and Generation Iron 2 (Amazon Prime & Netflix)

The Generation Iron series serves as a contemporary analog to the Pumping Iron series. It follows a number of notable bodybuilders (such as Phil Heath and Kai Greene) as they work toward achieving their ideal physical appearances.

2) Muscle and Medals (Amazon Prime)

The ups and downs experienced by IFBB professional bodybuilder Romane Lanceford are chronicled in the documentary titled Muscle and Medals. Romane goes from being a promising upstart on the bodybuilding scene to putting his career at risk after he is hospitalized due to a foot infection.

3) Pumping Iron (iTunes)

Even after more than 40 years, the now-iconic documentary that popularized the sport of bodybuilding and created household names out of Arnold Schwarzenegger and Lou Ferrigno continues to be as motivational as it was when it was first released.

4) Born Strong (Amazon Prime)

The four participants are followed throughout the entirety of the video as they attempt to take the Arnold Strongman Classic by lifting weights that many people would consider to be impossible.

5) Ronnie Coleman: The King (Netflix)

The King is a documentary that delves into the illustrious history of Ronnie Coleman while also detailing the repercussions of his insistence on continuing to work on his body even after he presumably should have stopped.