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Natural, i.e. drug-free, bodybuilding is a fast growing body culture in different parts of the world. This article traces its emergence and development as competition sport.

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The article contributes to the growing debates on the use of performance- and image-enhancing drugs as well as a richer understanding of bodybuilding culture and its historical transformations.

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This page is a summary of: Natural bodybuilding: An account of its emergence and development as competition sport, International Review for the Sociology of Sport, January 2018, SAGE Publications,
DOI: 10.1177/1012690217751439.
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