Name: American Muscle
Released: 2014-07-09T00:00:00.000Z
Cast: Mike Barwis

TV Show · Reality · Adventure

Legendary strength coach Mike Barwis and his blue-collar crew use science, tough love and just-plain crazy to train everyone from average Joes to pro athletes at his gritty gym outside Detroit.

2014 · 41m

Starring Mike Barwis

EPISODE 1

Speakin' Richard Sherman

Barwis and Super Bowl champion Richard Sherman help a struggling NFL prospect achieve his dream of making the league.
EPISODE 2

Suh's Anger Management

At Barwis's gym you play the rules his. When the NFL's Ndamukong Suh comes to work on his explosiveness and the competition with other players gets heated, will the notorious football star get in line? Or will Barwis have to put him in his place?
EPISODE 3

Sweetening Swisher's Swing

Barwis and the gym take on Nick Swisher, star slugger for the Cleveland Indians, who's got a big personality and a bigger salary $11 million a year. But with Swisher coming off a down season, can Barwis get him into shape for spring training?
EPISODE 5

Barwis and His Merriman

Barwis believes in finishing what you start. When retired NFL star Shawne Merriman trains to be Hollywood's next big action hero, Barwis teaches finds out where Merriman's heart really lies: back in pro football. Can Barwis convince him to go back?
EPISODE 7

Along Came Pierre Garcon

Getting to the top isn't easy in Barwis's world. When Washington's Pierre Garçon comes to the gym talking smack about the quarterback RG3, Barwis challenges the star receiver like he's never been challenged before, and so does a young receiver who's fight
EPISODE 8

Badgering the Honey Badger

Tyrann Mathieu, AKA, "Honey Badger," comes to Barwis' gym to prep for his first year with the St. Louis Cardinals and learns that it takes more than just talent to make it in the NFL or in life.