When people hear about muscle worship, where jacked up guys get oiled up, kissed and caressed by their admirers, the reaction usually is either titillation or distaste.

But for those turned on by a muscular physique, whether it’s bodybuilders, bears, otters, or jocks in speedos, muscle worship is an exhilarating celebration of the body.

Let’s Grow Big Together! A podcast that makes your legs weak, but that’s because yesterday was leg day.

In this series, we’re taking a look at the passion for muscle: how to build it, how to keep it, muscle gods and muscle worship, and how LGBT folks are connected to bodybuilding.

Today we’re talking to a man we call Muscle Worship Bill, whose anonymous Instagram account Slave to the Muscle states “I pay to worship muscle.” While Bill’s identity is kept a secret, he’s happy to share his stories about what it’s like to kneel before a muscle god’s beefy brawn.