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tolanddinla

Member since Jul 16, 2010

Recent Blog Comments By tolanddinla

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

    Posted on Sep 19, 2010 at 1:16 AM

    A. Fussell earned his words. Talk about a hardcore gym-rat. Don't think so? Try benching 400 plus, squatting 500 plus and deadlifting 500 plus. B. The reason the book was controversial when it came out, 19 years ago (!) is that he was honest, not dishonest. If you think the behavior of the ... read more »

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

    Posted on Jul 18, 2010 at 1:56 PM

    I did a little digging on-line to come up with some more of Sam's stuff. Washington Post, 10/4/91, "Hulk Maniac: When Muscle Won Out Over Mind," by Samuel Wilson Fussell. Washington Post Book World, 4/4/93, "Trying to Make a Man of Him," Sam Fussell reviews Anthony Rotundo's American Manhood. Wa... read more »

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

    Posted on Jul 16, 2010 at 2:55 PM

    Another take by Sam Fussell on the muscleworld is his essay, "Bodybuilder Americanus," published by the University of Michigan Press in a book called The Male Body. It is friggin' hilarious and devastatingly accurate. I chuckle when I remember one of the critics lauding Sam Fussell as "The Bas... read more »

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