Muscle, Smoke & Mirrors: Volume II
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| Rating | : | 4.59 (557 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1467038415 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 728 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-10-08 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
See what growing philanthropic power flexed its financial and political muscles to foster its corporate agenda, compromising human health internationally. Whether you are a novice, an elite bodybuilder or simply sports-nutrition minded, learn how the emerging forces of the Iron Game evolved. The research for this extensive, two volume project. "Muscle, Smoke and Mirrors" is the rise and fall of what was truly once an extraordinary discipline associated with a term known as "Physical Culture." Experience what bodybuilding was originally and learn just exactly what "Physical Culture" really is. Read how the merger of technology and politics culminated in the industrialization, commercialization, federalization, internationalization and finally the STERILIZATION of a nation's food supply, rendering it suspect not only to the general public; but also to the most elite of athletes. Ultimately, the factions of this industry would grow powerful and manipulative while fighting for control over the Game. represents a comprehensive effort to establish a complete context from which the sport of bodybuilding arose. It took the running of several parallel histories on bodybuild
"Muscle, Smoke & Mirrors: Volume ll" according to Michael L. Buckley. The second volume of Muscle, Smoke & Mirrors is out. Like the first volume, it is a great read. It is written to show the interactions between the various bodybuilding organizations; the battle for the market between the leading manufactures of training equipment; and finally the con. Muscle,Smoke, and Mirrors Volume II Jim Bryan Nine and one half years of research, literally hundreds of interviews, one of the most thoroughly researched books on the Iron Game History. This is Vol. II of "Muscle, Smoke, & Mirrors." Vol. I set the standard and Randy has hit this one out of the park! History, back stories, confl. Interesting history, well-written This book is a continuation of volume 1. It covers the internal and external struggles of bodybuilding and all the main players involved. It also looks at Arthur Jones vs., well, everybody, and the "rise of the machines" in the form of Nautilus. This is a really good book,