I can officially say that the first book of Volume III, covering the early 1980s, titled “The Comebacks” will be shipping starting December 16th, 2015. The only place to buy it is on this site, through the publisher Primal Synergy Inc. You can pre-order them as of right now. The first 200 orders will receive […]
The following is a 4,000 word biography published over three issues of Health and Strength magazine (January, April, July) based in the UK. Health and Strength is the longest running Physical Culture magazine beginning its run back in 1898. It was an honour to be featured in their publication and my thanks to Roy Edwards […]
I’m excited to announce that I partnered up with my friend, Tamas Acs for a regular podcast titled The World Of Muscle where we discuss anything and everything that has to do with Muscle. Check it out on iTunes or on its own website: http://www.theworldofmuscle.com/
When I first accepted the request for an article on some history of the bodybuilding dietary in mid 2002 I had absolutely no idea it would proliferate into a decade long, multi-volume project covering the entirety of the awkward, often controversial sport and all the cultural peripherals surrounding it. Although the books have been successful […]
Aajonus Vonderplanitz was an enigmatic figure who changed the nutritional landscape forever. He pioneered the popularity of his Primal Diet that espoused eating only raw meats, eggs, honey, milk and the like. Many were shocked at his assertions that eating raw chicken was not only safe but
Arnold Schwarzenegger, Arthur Jones, Steroids and lots of Muscle! Some would call it the “Golden Age of Bodybuilding” In this podcast Randy Roach and I discuss the history of bodybuilding. Randy is the author of Muscle, Smoke and Mirrors which is a three volume set, each over 600 pages. We discuss Arthur Jones and the whole […]
Received the following endorsement today: “Muscle Smoke and Mirrors” is well written, comprehensive and thorough. It will stand witness to what took place in the broad scheme of the muscle world and is a great credit to its writer. I have now read the first two volumes with interest and look forward to the third. […]
Charles Welling’s part three of a very large 15,000 word three part interview about, you guessed it, me. He has also consolidated all three sections into one and the link to the full interview can be found on our “In The media” page. TUESDAY, JANUARY 31, 2012 Randy Roach Part III: A Blind Man […]
Ken O’Neil, who wrote a review for Volume I in Iron Man magazine, has informed me that he will also be writing another review for Volume II in that same classic magazine that will be out perhaps in the spring. Paul Solotaroff, senior writer for Men’s Journal and Rolling Stone, had his large article called, […]
On January 30, 2012 I was honoured to have been a guest of Dominik Feischl, a fitness journalist from Austria and co-owner of the fitness radio podcast www.power-quest.cc. Dominik is based in Austria and has a significant European audience. I thoroughly enjoyed doing his show and he has invited me back for part 2 in the […]