1st Edition
Gym Culture, Identity and Performance-Enhancing Drugs Tracing a Typology of Steroid Use
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
Biography
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.
