Full Description
In the pursuit of more muscle, enhanced strength, sustained endurance and idealised physiques, an increasing number of elite athletes, recreational sport enthusiasts and body-conscious gym-users are turning to performance and image enhancing drugs and substances (PIEDS). In many instances, such use occurs with little regard for the health, social and economic consequences.
This book presents a nuanced, evidence-based examination of PIEDS. It provides a classification of PIEDS types, physical impacts, rates of use, user profiles, legal and sporting status, and remedial program interventions, covering both elite and recreational use.
It offers the perfect guide to assist students, government policy makers and sport managers in understanding the complex issues surrounding PIEDS consumption.
Contents
1. Apply, Ingest, Inject and Regret: Introduction to Performance and Image Enhancing Substances, 2. Power, Pleasure, Fat and Fit: Dietary and Nutritional Supplements as PIEDS, 3. Use, Abuse, Patterns and Profiles: Scale and Scope of PIEDS use in Sport, 4. Channels, Choices, Causes and Codes: The Impact of Culture, Values, and Ethnicity, 5. Thoughts, Functions, Brains and Boosters: Cognitive Enhancers as PIEDS, 6. Protein, Prohormones, Steroids and Stimulants: Performance and Image Enhancing Drugs and Substances Typology of Classes, 7. Givens, Gaps, Confidences and Cautions: Conclusion
