Gym Culture, Identity and Performance-Enhancing Drugs

This book is about gym culture, the pursuit of fit, muscular bodies and the use of drugs as a means to get there. It explores the fascination with muscles, motivations for using drugs to enhance them, assessments of risks, and experience of side effects.

Informationen zum Autor Ask Vest Christiansen is Associate Professor of Sport Science in the Department of Public Health at Aarhus University in Denmark. He is also Co-Director of the International Network of Doping Research (INDR). Dr Christiansen's research has followed two main branches: doping in elite sport and recreational athletes' use of drugs in gyms, fitness and strength training environments. Klappentext This book is about gym culture, the pursuit of fit, muscular bodies and the use of drugs as a means to get there. It explores the fascination with muscles, motivations for using drugs to enhance them, assessments of risks, and experience of side effects. Zusammenfassung This book is about gym culture, the pursuit of fit, muscular bodies and the use of drugs as a means to get there. It explores the fascination with muscles, motivations for using drugs to enhance them, assessments of risks, and experience of side effects. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction, 2. IPEDs as a cultural phenomenon, 3. Effects and side effects of anabolic steroids, 4. Identity and recognition, 5. The allure of muscles, size and strength, 6. Up close and personal with four IPED users, 7. Ideal types in IPED use, 8. Side effects as perceived by IPED users, 9. Diet and lifestyle choices, 10. Manhood powerful and precarious, 11. IPED policy and regulation ? the Danish experience, 12. Anti-doping efforts as perceived by IPED users, 13. Harm reduction as an alternative strategy, 14. By way of conclusion

Autorentext

Ask Vest Christiansen is Associate Professor of Sport Science in the Department of Public Health at Aarhus University in Denmark. He is also Co-Director of the International Network of Doping Research (INDR). Dr Christiansen's research has followed two main branches: doping in elite sport and recreational athletes' use of drugs in gyms, fitness and strength training environments.

Inhalt

1. Introduction, 2. IPEDs as a cultural phenomenon, 3. Effects and side effects of anabolic steroids, 4. Identity and recognition, 5. The allure of muscles, size and strength, 6. Up close and personal with four IPED users, 7. Ideal types in IPED use, 8. Side effects as perceived by IPED users, 9. Diet and lifestyle choices, 10. Manhood - powerful and precarious, 11. IPED policy and regulation - the Danish experience, 12. Anti-doping efforts as perceived by IPED users, 13. Harm reduction as an alternative strategy, 14. By way of conclusion