7 May 2025

Feature interview: the secret life of muscles

From Afternoons, 3:10 pm on 7 May 2025

From the cradle to the cane, muscles are the invisible engine behind everything we do. They shape our health, our identity, and our independence and yet we take them for granted says author, journalist and contributing editor to Vanity Fair, Michael Joseph Gross. His new book weaves together science, history, and personal stories to show that muscle strength is about far more than appearance, it's the foundation of how we live, move, and endure. The book is called Stronger: The Untold Story of Muscle in Our Lives.

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