Muscle Men: 5. The A Team

Muscle Men: 5. The A Team

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Peak Danger: 4. Summit Fever

In the chaos of the Death Zone, this group of climbers begins to splinter apart. Some have turned back but others have caught Summit Fever. They want to push upwards at all costs. Even if time is against them. Cecilie Skog aims to make history as the first Norwegian woman to stan ...  Show more

Muscle Men: 4. Perfect Square Pecs

In the lobby of Caesar’s Palace Hotel in Las Vegas there’s a modern-day shrine to a 2000 year old adonis - complete with perfectly square pecs. Michelangelo’s David. 17 feet of white marble beefcake. This is an ideal that bodybuilders can only aspire to. And in the 80s bodybuildi ...  Show more

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