Blog - Muscle, Smoke & Mirrors

Boyer Coe: Finest Effort

Randy, in my humble opinion, without a doubt this is your finest effort in your trio of Muscle, Smoke & Mirrors!  I really don’t know what you can possibly do to top this work.  There is no doubt that you put a book together better than anyone I have ever seen. Boyer Coe 1969 AAU Mr. […]

John Kiiha: Truth Always Hurts

Randy, I finished reading the book last night , I always knew what happened at the 1980 – 81 Mr. Olympia, and the controversy that surrounded the contests, but not the fine details.  You’ll probably piss off some people, truth always hurts, but history can not be denied and buried in the sidelines.  your book is outstanding […]

Ken Sprague: Profound And Relevatory

Randy’s latest foray into the world of competitive bodybuilding is both profound and revelatory; a compelling narrative that winning the contest depended more on politics and skullduggeries than the quality of the bodies on the stage. This is required reading for everyone in the bodybuilding community.  A breezy read exploring bodybuilding’s two most controversial contests, the 1980 and […]

Bill Hinbern: Terrific Job Of Research

An outstanding history of a particular interesting and popular part of the history of bodybuilding…Randy did a terrific job of research.  This, the third, of the monumental three volume series, answers the often asked; who, what, where, when, how, and why, of the history of bodybuilding. Most of these thick books cover the eras in which I […]

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