Muscle Smoke and Mirrors Volume II

[6 Reps]

To all you readers and book lovers,

The second volume of the book, Muscle, Smoke, and Mirrors, is now available.  It looks like it covers bodybuilding in the 70's.

             http://www.randyroach.ca/index.php                       

[WillGrant]

To all you readers and book lovers,

The second volume of the book, Muscle, Smoke, and Mirrors, is now available.  It looks like it covers bodybuilding in the 70's.

             http://www.randyroach.ca/index.php                       

I have always wanted to read the first one , thanks for the reminder 

[The Grim Lifter]

Did a search on this site, not cheap but is relevant to my interests. I just love the recommended book that came up on the right hand side below

http://www.bookdepository.co.uk/Muscle-Smoke-Mirrors-Randy-Roach/9781434376770

[Marty Champions]

hahah "6reps" best gimmic name of all times

[6 Reps]

hahah "6reps" best gimmic name of all times

Thanks.  It actually has meaning to me, I think 6 is the magic number of reps. But of course it all depends on what your style and goals are.

[The Grim Lifter]

Thanks.  It actually has meaning to me, I think 6 is the magic number of reps. But of course it all depends on what your style and goals are.

Compared to gh15 who thinks the number of reps is pointless and 15 is the magic number to grow

[The Wrong Advices]

I've purchased both volumes of "Muscle, Smoke and Mirrors" and they are amazing reads. Still hoping Randy releases the 3rd volume.

[Hulkotron]

I've purchased both volumes of "Muscle, Smoke and Mirrors" and they are amazing reads. Still hoping Randy releases the 3rd volume.

Thanks for the tip, "The Schlong in my Crevices"

[Shockwave]

I've purchased both volumes of "Muscle, Smoke and Mirrors" and they are amazing reads. Still hoping Randy releases the 3rd volume.

By far the best gimmick name of all time.

[old-school-lifter]

Volume 1

i read this,

it is very very boring , uninformative and just talks about the early BB scene/mags/food supps in the 50'60's

[Big Chiro Flex]

I've purchased both volumes of "Muscle, Smoke and Mirrors" and they are amazing reads. Still hoping Randy releases the 3rd volume.

Welcome to the Thunderdome, "My Dong InAsses" .

[BigCyp]

Welcome to the Thunderdome, "My Dong InAsses" .

Chiro are you suggesting that 'thongs could hide it' has a smaller cock than Thick Nick, after he's done a reverse naked snow angel?

[The Grim Lifter]

Volume 1

i read this,

it is very very boring , uninformative and just talks about the early BB scene/mags/food supps in the 50'60's

It is at times. But at other times when it talks about the early Weider days of Mags and competing with Bob Hoffman it's pretty good.

[Lustral]

Not as good as Muscle Schmoes and Queers. I've reread that so much half the pages are stuck together.

[The Wrong Advices]

Volume 1

i read this,

it is very very boring , uninformative and just talks about the early BB scene/mags/food supps in the 50'60's

That was kinda what the book was about...what did you expect?

[old-school-lifter]

it reads like a primary school project/assignment

obviosuly the auothr did tonnes of reasearch but its just his summary of papers, books and mags

[Viking11]

I got both volumes for my birthday. I actually received volume 2 first and very much enjoying it. Lot of coverage given to Arthur Jones and Nautilus.  Viator comes off pretty well, Mentzer not so much.

[MAXX]

pretty cool might buy them

[Submissionfytr]

Funny someone else mentioned it, I thought the writing was pretty amateur level and the editing even missed grammatical and spelling errors in places. The guy (Roach) has a passion for the history of the sport that is impressive and admirable, however he writes at like high school level, and can be incredibly bland and boring. He also in Volume 1 spent way too much time with these stupid tangents, especially about diet/nutrition and psychology. He goes off on tangents for dozens of pages about these vague psychological theories that have next to no acceptance in the field of psychology. Unreliable and in-valid hypotheses are drawn out forever and boring.  It's like reading a "scientific article" that was "published" in a junk science journal, published without peer review by a guy who had Psych101 as an elective in undergrad and thinks he's now a scientific researcher in psychology 

[Viking11]

To be fair to Randy, he can't read what he writes. He is legally blind. I couldn't write a chapter if that were me.