About the Book: Stronger: The Untold Story of Muscle in Our Lives
A groundbreaking, richly informative exploration of the central yet
underappreciated role of muscle in human life and health, Stronger sounds an
urgent call for each of us to recognize muscle as "the vital, inextricable and
effective partner of the soul."
"Even if youve never picked up a weight—Stronger is for you." —Arnold
Schwarzenegger
Stronger tells a story of breathtaking scope, from the battlefields of the
Trojan War in Homers Iliad, where muscles enter the scene of world literature;
to the all-but-forgotten Victorian-era gyms on both sides of the Atlantic where
women build