Table of Contents

• Dedication
• CONTENTS
• Disclaimer
• Epigraph
• THE INTRODUCTION
• 1. THE GENESIS
• 2. THE Y
• 3. THE WALK
• 4. THE METAMORPHOSIS
• 5. THE BUNKER
• 6. THE MOVE
• 7. THE JUICE
• 8. THE DIGS
• 9. THE VOCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES
• 10. THE NINTH ANNUAL ROSE CITY BENCH-PRESS EXTRAVAGANZA
• 11. THE BLITZ
• 12. THE SAN GABRIEL VALLEY
• 13. THE DIET
• 14. THE GOLDEN VALLEY
• 15. THE AFTERMATH
• THE IMAGE GALLERY
• ABOUT THE AUTHOR

About the Author

Samuel Wilson Fussell resides in Montana. Since 2004 he has lived as a subsistence hunter and worked as a rescue, recovery, and salvage scuba diver for the Flathead County Sheriff Dive Rescue Team. He is a graduate of the Lawrenceville School, Pomona College, and Oxford University. Since the initial publication of Muscle, his life story has been optioned for film, television, and the stage.

Reviews

“A kind of beefcake Alice in Wonderland . . . Hilarious . . . Marvelous, entertaining.” —The Boston Globe

“A powerful, funny, and disturbing book, a classic piece of Americana.” —Entertainment Weekly

“Lively and enjoyable . . . A modern cautionary tale on answered prayers . . . A very good book.” —The Washington Post

“Easily the best memoir ever written about weight training, steroids and all.” —Men’s Journal