ON MUSCLE The Stuff That Moves Us and Why It Matters

Bonnie Tsui is clearly fascinated by how our muscles work and why we should use them. Her performance is appealing--full of joy and heart. She reels us in with her appreciation for both muscles and people. Tsui profiles the first woman to lift Scotland's massive Dinnie Stones and a champion high school runner who runs to honor his great-grandfather, who ran 50 miles to escape a Native boarding school. She admires both the complexity of the shoulder muscles and the tininess of the muscles that cause hairs to stand up in goose bumps. Tsui also blends in memoir, telling how her fitness-obsessed father involved his children in his quirky workouts; after he moved away when she was in high school, she had to find her way back to him as an adult. A.B. © AudioFile 2025, Portland, Maine [Published: MAY 2025]