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• Muscle: Confessions Of An Unlikely Bodybuilder By Samuel Wilson Fussell

  Posted on Sep 19, 2010 at 10:45 AM

  Agreed on the hardcore gyms. Any one who prefers the image to reality ("The truth? You can't handle the truth!), shouldn't read books, much less Fussell's book. Bodybuilding is a 'sport' (or at least competition) of appearances. In the far more financially lucrative field of ph... read more »

• Muscle: Confessions Of An Unlikely Bodybuilder By Samuel Wilson Fussell

  Posted on Sep 17, 2010 at 1:58 PM

  @Ben, To my mind, Muscle's blood courses and pumps through the veins of satire, the tradition running from Swift (and way before that) to the 'Gonzo Journalism' of Hunter S. Thompson. Hardcore bodybuilding itself is such an extreme, exaggerated activity. For instance, does any... read more »

• Muscle: Confessions Of An Unlikely Bodybuilder By Samuel Wilson Fussell

  Posted on Jul 12, 2010 at 9:10 PM

  One more link, this one from the NY Times piece his mother wrote about hunting with him in Montana: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/28/magazine/28lives-t.html... read more »

• Muscle: Confessions Of An Unlikely Bodybuilder By Samuel Wilson Fussell

  Posted on Jul 12, 2010 at 8:16 PM

  Sam Fussell is a rescue/recovery diver in the interior Pacific Northwest. In other words, he works underwater in rivers and lakes and whitewater to rescue or recover victims or items in crime scenes. In rapids. Under the ice. Way down deep. Here's a link to show him in action:read more »