The Muscle Trade: The Use and Supply of Image and Performance Enhancing Drugs

by Nick Gibbs

The health and fitness industry has experienced a meteoric rise over the past two decades, yet its slick exterior conceals a darker side. Using ethnographic data from gyms, interviews, and social media platforms, this book investigates the growing consumption of image and performance enhancing drugs (IPEDs), the motivations behind their use, and their role in masculine body image. Addressing a gap in the literature, Nick Gibbs also interrogates both...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1529227941
• ISBN13: 9781529227949
• Release Date: December 2023
• Publisher: Bristol University Press
• Length: 202 Pages
• Weight: 1.02 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"