Hatfield has given you the ultimate bible of bodybuilding greatness." - Tom Platz Two-time Mr.
If you're an athlete from any other sport, getting as big as you need to be in order to improve your total sports performance capabilitities is the name of the game. "If you're really into the great sport of bodybuilding, getting massively huge and 'shredded' is great. Hardcore Bodybuilding: A Scientific Approach This book will be fascinating reading for all those interested in the history and culture of bodybuilding, as well as for students and researchers of the sociology of sport, gender and the body. Following this trajectory through the wider sociocultural changes it has been a part of, a unique combination of historical and empirical data is used to investigate the aesthetics of bodybuilding and the shifting notions of the good body and human nature they reflect. Drawing on archival research, interviews, participant observation, and discourse analysis, this book presents a critical mapping of bodybuilding’s trajectory. This original and engaging study explores the development of male bodybuilding culture from the nineteenth century to the present day, tracing its transformations and offering a new perspective on its current extreme direction. At the more extreme end, the monstrous built body has become a pop icon that continues to provoke fascination. Developing muscles is now seen as essential for both general health and high performance sport.
Bodybuilding has become an increasingly dominant part of popular gym culture within the last century.
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