Table of Contents

Part I: Introducing Extreme Sporting Bodies.- Chapter One: Introduction.- Chapter Two: Body Studies and Carnal Sociology.- Part II: Bodybuilding and the Fitness Revolution.- Chapter Three: Getting the Pump – Pain and Pleasure in Muscle-building Practice.- Chapter Four: Negotiating the Subcultural body.- Chapter Five: Bodybuilding - Concluding Thoughts. - Part III: Bending Bodies Through Ironman Triathlon.- Chapter Six: Discipline, Transcendence and Bodily Fluids.- Chapter Seven: The Family Puzzle in Ironman Triathlon. - Chapter Eight: Ironman - Concluding Thoughts. Part IV: Mixed Martial Arts and Spectacular Bodies.- Chapter Nine: Fists, Blood and Emotions.- Chapter Ten: (Re)Negotiating Violence. - Chapter Eleven: MMA - Concluding Thoughts.- Part V: Theorising Extreme Bodies.- Chapter Twelve: Bodies in Theory and Practice.-  Appendix: Research Design and Methodology.

About the Author

Jesper Andreasson is Associate Professor of Sport Science at Linnaeus University, Sweden, researching predominantly in the fields of gender studies, the sociology of sport and gym/fitness culture.

Thomas Johansson is Professor of Child and Youth Studies at Gothenburg University, Sweden, and is one of the key researchers in the field of men and masculinities in the Nordic countries.