The uncensored, no-nonsense true account of a life marred by murder, tragedy, sex, drugs and sport, describing Valentino's life involvement with bodybuilding and its association with steroids and underground behaviour, including the sex and muscle worship trade in which Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger also participated. Valentino eventually began dealing drugs himself and details the dangers and the fallout, which included the murder of his girlfriend, his arrest and his rise as the most unlikely of celebrities.