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

  Posted on Dec 23, 2010 at 8:11 PM

  @Ben, I will pick those up to read...thanks for the suggestions. Happy Holidays everyone. Marc... read more »

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

  Posted on Dec 23, 2010 at 5:15 AM

  @et al Okay, after rereading my last post, I hope it did not come across as too harsh. That was not the intent. My point was we all bring our unique life experiences to everything we experience, and thus we all get a slightly different perspective, as beautifully illustrtated in the movie &... read more »

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

  Posted on Dec 22, 2010 at 5:45 PM

  Bill, Well put. I think of the film by Kurosawa, "Roshamon", where a crime is retold by three different witnesses with three very different perspectives. Marc... read more »

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

  Posted on Dec 22, 2010 at 5:39 AM

  @Bill Hi Bill Perhaps it says something about me that I felt Sams' look back at his foray into the bodybuilding world was seasoned with pinches of elitism. I do feel it is well written, but with you knowing Sam, and me knowing "Raoul", as with most writing either 'real"... read more »

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

  Posted on Dec 21, 2010 at 8:10 AM

  @Sean, Hi Sean, if you google doug brignole, and you will see back in the iron game by lonnie teper...that is the interview...I feel I have said too much, and 'Raoul" deserves his privacy, yet at the same time, I want people to see the accomplishemnts and story behind the charact... read more »

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

  Posted on Dec 21, 2010 at 4:09 AM

  Hi Ben, A well written book for sure, and the archetypes surely resonate. Because the time and people and location are in my wheelhouse I probably more than most did some research on Sam. His parents address at that point, or at least his novelist/historian father came up as Pasadena/south... read more »

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

  Posted on Dec 20, 2010 at 9:13 AM

  Hi Sean There were many names that were changed, in fact most if not all. Doug had mentioned that the girl Sam "dated" was very innacurate..not that people like that do not exist, but perhaps because it would make a more dramatic read. Lonnie Terper is a very good friend of Doug,... read more »

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

  Posted on Dec 20, 2010 at 5:40 AM

  @Bahri, The gym owner was Doug Brignole..a 1982 aau mr california, 1986 mr americ and 1986 mr universe class winner..a great guy, and used by Fussell as a charicature. I have known Doug since he was 18..we are both 50 now. I liked the book by Fussell, it really captures alot of the fake dr... read more »