Tag: Bertrand Fincoeur

Doping, as both practice and phenomenon, has largely been approached as a question of socio-cultural context and structures. April Henning’s and Jesper Andreasson’s edited volume Doping in Sport and Fitness (Emerald) argues that rigid differentiations between doping contexts – such as sport/fitness or elite/recreational – are less clear than it might seem. Andrew Bloodworth found the book an informative and interesting read, and he highly recommends it to those with an interest in this wide and complex field.

IRSS is a peer reviewed academic journal. Its main purpose is to disseminate research and scholarship on sport throughout the international academic community. The journal publishes research articles of varying lengths, as well as book and media reviews. The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: Superwomen? Young sporting women, temporality and learning not to be perfect by Noora J Ronkainen, Jacquelyn Allen-Collinson, Kenneth Aggerholm, and Tatiana V Ryba (open access).

Performance Enhancement & Health (PEH) is an international, peer-reviewed journal that critically explores the health implications of pharmacological, genetic, psychological and other technological enhancements of the human being. The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: Don’t buy a pig in a poke: Considering challenges of and problems with performance analysis technologies in Swedish men’s elite football by Natalie Barker-Ruchti, Robert Svensson, Daniel Svensson, Dan Fransson.

Performance Enhancement & Health (PEH) is an international, peer-reviewed journal that critically explores the health implications of pharmacological, genetic, psychological and other technological enhancements of the human being. The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: “OH TAKE SOME MAN-UP PILLS”: A LIFE-HISTORY STUDY OF MUSCLES, MASCULINITY, AND THE THREAT OF INJURY by Ieuan Cranswick, David Richardson, Martin Littlewood, David Tod.

Performance enhancement may be linked to productivity, identity, social capital or pleasure, while health is envisaged broadly as absence of disease, optimal functioning, and well-being. Performance Enhancement & Health (PEH) is an international, peer-reviewed journal that critically explores the health implications of pharmacological, genetic, psychological and other technological enhancements of the human being.