{"product_id":"pumped-and-broken-the-addictive-side-of-bodybuilding-how-obsession-control-and-pain-shape-a-hidden-subculture-9798290293875","title":"Pumped and Broken: The Addictive Side of Bodybuilding: How Obsession, Control, and Pain Shape a Hidden Subculture","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Fitness Research Publishing\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Bodybuilding \u0026amp; Weightlifting\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat happens when training becomes more than transformation-and turns into addiction?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePumped and Broken\u003c\/b\u003e is a raw, unflinching exploration of the hidden world behind bodybuilding's stage-ready smiles and perfectly lit selfies. Pulling back the curtain on a subculture obsessed with control, authoritatively written chapters dissect the cost of chasing muscle at all costs-from isolation and injury to hormonal collapse and identity erosion.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is not a celebration of discipline. It's an expos� of dysfunction. Through the lens of competition prep, steroid cycles, orthorexia, and post-show depression, \u003ci\u003ePumped and Broken\u003c\/i\u003e reveals how the iron paradise can become a gilded cage. You'll meet lifters who traded everything for shredded glutes and vascular quads-relationships, finances, long-term health-only to be left with collapsing hormones, chronic pain, and no way to quit without losing themselves.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEach chapter traces a stage in the descent: early dopamine highs of beginner gains, the transformation of food into punishment, gyms turned into altars of suffering, and the silence around mental health masked as stoicism. Women in the sport face an added layer-coaches who gaslight, hormones that betray, and judgment that never ends. By the time trophies gather dust and muscles begin to fade, many are trapped in a loop of self-destruction they can't exit.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book isn't about solutions. It's about seeing clearly. For fans, competitors, and anyone who's ever asked \"How far is too far?\", \u003ci\u003ePumped and Broken\u003c\/i\u003e offers a chilling, honest answer.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Independently Published","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47779263381655,"sku":"9798290293875","price":1068.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9798290293875.webp?v=1778034863","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/pumped-and-broken-the-addictive-side-of-bodybuilding-how-obsession-control-and-pain-shape-a-hidden-subculture-9798290293875","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}