Muscle, Smoke and Mirrors

After three long years, the long awaited historical bodybuilding book Muscle, Smoke and Mirrors - Volume 1 by Randy Roach is now available. Muscle, Smoke and Mirrors is a labor-of-love that covers bodybuildings conception through the 1960's.

This book is truly one-of-a-kind and will make any other publication on bodybuilding history obsolete.

Here's a look at the table of contents:

Part 1 PHYSICAL CULTURE:

Chapter 1 - Origins of Physical Culture
Chapter 2 - 20th Century Physical Culturists
Chapter 3 - Physical Culture and the World of Health
Chapter 4 - Nutrition, Disease, and the Dietary Templates

Part 2 THE IRON GAME:

Chapter 5 - The Rise of the Iron Game
Chapter 6 - The Players of The 1930s
Chapter 7 - Nature’s Law
Chapter 8 - The Rise of Modern Bodybuilding
Chapter 9 - Dan and Joe and the Origins of the IFBB
Chapter 10 - Muscletown Nutrition

Part 3 THE 1950s:

Chapter 11 - Hi-Protein, High-Protein, Hi-Proteen or Miracle Food?
Chapter 12 - Miracle Food or Manipulation?
Chapter 13 - Diverging Philosophies
Chapter 14 - Sport or Pageant?
Chapter 15 - Who Are Those Guys?
Chapter 16 - The Psyche of the Bodybuilder
Chapter 17 - Old School Bodybuilding Nutrition
Chapter 18 - 1950s Science -- The Good, the Bad & the Ugly
Chapter 19 - The Pink, White & Blue…and the Red

Part 4 THE 1960s:

Chapter 20 - The Transitional 1960s
Chapter 21 - Westward Through ChicagoLand
Chapter 22 - Muscle, Pills and Powders
Chapter 23 -The Cream Rises to the Top
Chapter 24 - Muscle, Cows, and Chickens
Chapter 25 - Muscle, Mind and Myths
Chapter 26 - Muscle, Blood and Glands
Chapter 27 - Eat More. Lift More.
Chapter 28 - Muscle, Fats and Heart Attacks!
Chapter 29 - Muscle, Brains and Brawn

EPILOGUE
INDEX

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