The Muscle Trade. The Use and Supply of Image and Performance Enhancing Drugs, Hardback

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 use of image and performance-enhancing drugs (IPEDs) and their role in masculine body image.

• Publisher: Bristol University Press
• Author(s): Nick (Leeds Trinity University) Gibbs
• Illustration(s): 2 Tables, black and white; 12 Illustrations, black and white
• Number of pages: 202
• Publication date: 2023
• Dimensions: 160 x 242 x 18
• Cover type: Hardback