{"id":2950,"date":"2020-09-17T10:54:58","date_gmt":"2020-09-17T16:54:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/strengthsenseiinc.com\/?p=2950"},"modified":"2021-08-31T15:03:59","modified_gmt":"2021-08-31T21:03:59","slug":"strength-sensei-bookshelf-muscle-smoke-mirrors-volume-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/strengthsenseiinc.com\/2020\/09\/17\/strength-sensei-bookshelf-muscle-smoke-mirrors-volume-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Strength Sensei Bookshelf: Muscle, Smoke, & Mirrors Volume 1"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Why should Randy Roach\u2019s Muscle, Smoke & Mirrors, Volume 1<\/i> be a part of your bodybuilding library? Consider the following testimony from
Charles Poliquin:<\/p>

\u201cThis book is so well written and researched that it deserves to be a University textbook for nutritionists, exercise physiologists, and physical
educators.<\/p>

\u201cWhat I particularly liked about it is that Randy blends the knowledge of many sciences to explain the evolution of nutrition\/supplementation
through the bodybuilding movement, from anthropology to Dr. Hawkins’s mapping of human consciousness. It also pleased me enormously to see\u00a0finally in print, much credit given to Dr. Mauro Di Pasquale’s contribution\u00a0<\/span>to the nutrition world. Paradoxically, it is written by a blind man that\u00a0<\/span>brings a bright light to the facts and events that built the nutrition\u00a0<\/span>industry. A thousand thanks for a brilliant work of art and science.\u201d<\/span><\/p>

And here is what Di Pasquale said about it:<\/p>

“Today’s universal obsession with a tight athletic body and performance can be traced back to bodybuilding. In fact, what we’re going through
today was conceived and delivered many decades ago in a sport that is so cutting edge that it took the world almost a century to catch up. Just how it all evolved is fascinating and spellbinding.<\/p>

\u201cRandy Roach is the ultimate historian, combining extensive research and interviews with both his vast knowledge of the sport and his obvious
writing talent. The result is a book that brings history to life and manages to be both informative and entertaining. Once you start to read this book,
even though it’s almost 600 pages long, you’ll find it difficult to put down.”

Now that we have your attention let\u2019s take a closer look at your upcoming\u00a0<\/span>investment. First, as Di Pasquale said, it\u2019s huge, about 2-inches thick in\u00a0<\/span>small type. It contains approximately 200,000 words about bodybuilding\u00a0<\/span>history and the supplement industry (as a comparison, consider that most\u00a0<\/span>bodybuilding magazine articles today are seldom over 800 words). It\u2019s\u00a0<\/span>also heavily referenced\u2014no fake news here!\u2014and took this visually-\u00a0<\/span>impaired author five years to write.<\/span><\/p>

Muscle, Smoke &amp; Mirrors: Volume I<\/i> contains four major sections:
Physical Culture, The Iron Game, The 1950s, and The 1960s. Here are a few of the major celebrities in bodybuilding who are discussed:<\/p>