Award-winning Danish photographer Joachim Ladefoged has worked as a professional photographer since 1991 and is a member of the international photo agency VII. Today he works for magazines such as The New York Times Magazine, The New Yorker, National Geographic, MARE, Newsweek and TIME. Looking behind the scenes at bodybuilding competitions in Scandinavia, this book takes readers into a world where the reflections in the mirror are never good enough. The heavily pumped bodies evoke both fascination and horror - and the athletes know it. "The sprinter has the time to race against. The weightlifter has the weights. The bodybuilder only has the mirror" - says one of the guys photographed in this book. This book takes an artistic look at bodybuilders through the lens of a photographer who sees their muscular bodies as sculptures, but is also fascinated by bodybuilders' passion and dedication to keep at it despite the costs.