Reddit mentions of Handbook of Sports Studies

Academic/bodybuilder here.

Must Read: Paul Morrison's essay "Muscles" in this book: http://www.amazon.com/Explanation-Everything-Essays-Subjectivity-Cultures/dp/0814756743/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1453961661&sr=1-1&keywords=the+explanation+for+everything+morrison

"Sportsex:" http://www.temple.edu/tempress/titles/1571_reg.html

Below find some other titles that might be of interest to you, just from poking around. The fat studies volumes will have a lot of citations that direct you to sources with statistics and qualitative analyses of benefits that those who are normatively attractive receive that fat people do not.

http://www.amazon.com/Handbook-Sports-Studies-Jay-Coakley/dp/0761949496/ref=sr_1_3?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1453961740&sr=1-3&keywords=Sexing+the+Athlete

http://www.amazon.com/Handbook-Sports-Studies-Jay-Coakley/dp/0761949496/ref=sr_1_3?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1453961715&sr=1-3&keywords=Sexing+the+Athlete

http://www.amazon.com/Fat-Anthropology-Obsession-Don-Kulick/dp/1585423866/ref=pd_sim_14_3?ie=UTF8&dpID=41aO9pm4UnL&dpSrc=sims&preST=_AC_UL160_SR105%2C160_&refRID=1FEQQPNTHTKQNR8C432B

http://www.amazon.com/The-Studies-Reader-Esther-Rothblum/dp/0814776310

http://www.amazon.com/Fat-Shame-Stigma-American-Culture/dp/0814727697/ref=pd_bxgy_14_2?ie=UTF8&refRID=0QZSPEB6ZP13399RS2DC

http://www.amazon.com/The-Body-Key-Concepts/dp/1845205901/ref=pd_sim_14_4?ie=UTF8&dpID=31xCL-of-wL&dpSrc=sims&preST=_AC_UL160_SR107%2C160_&refRID=1FEQQPNTHTKQNR8C432B