Rheo Blair Bobby Riggs Nutritionist

Riggs clowning while taking his Blair Supplements

Who was Bobby Riggs' nutritionist, and did he really take hundreds of Rheo Blair supplements every day?

Bobby Riggs was a great tennis player and proved himself an even better showman by saying he could beat any women to promote one of the most famous tennis matches of all time against female tennis champion Billy Jean King. Like a bad guy wrestler he played the part of a total male chauvinist pig to get attention from the news and press. And just like a bad guy wrestler who is really nothing like the character he plays, it is even possible that Riggs threw the match and let king win because he knew it was the best thing to do for tennis and the Women's Lib movement.

All this has recently been brought back into the public consciousness in the Battle of the Sexes a 2017 film starring Steve Carell as Bobby Riggs and Emma Stone as Billie Jean King, it also featured Fred Armisen as nutritionist Rheo Blair who worked with Riggs to get him ready for the match.

Bobby Riggs on 60 minutes talks about his training, supplements, etc.

Bobby Riggs who was 55 at the time and past his prime took handfuls of supplement capsules including vitamins, minerals, liver extract, amino acids, digestive enzymes, etc. along with Rheo Blair protein shakes. He swore that these helped him increase his strength and stamina for the match against his much younger opponent. It may even be true that he could have beaten King in the match if he wanted to, after all he beat Margaret Court earlier that year and she had already beaten Billy Jean King in a match before that.

Either way Bobby highly valued the nutritional advice and supplements of Rheo Blair.

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