Good Bodybuilding Books

[Squirrel_monkey]

I was browsing my Bookshelf today for workout ideas when I realised that most of my books on fitness/bodybuilding are crap. I think I should get a couple of good books on the subject to beaf up my collection. Can anyone reccomend me some good ones? What's like the Bible of Bodybuilding in your eyes? My favorite books at the moment are Bruce Lee: The art of Expressing the Human body and Stallone's book. Neither of those are really bodybuilding books though. Any ideas?

[KevinSorbo]

I like Anthony Ellis' book: 'The Secrets to Gaining Muscle Mass Fast' It has everything you need from workout plans to diet plans for both cutting and bulking and lots of info in it, its more for beginners but i thought it was good.

[The-Specialist]

Um, The Book Of Muscle by Mens Health was a really good book. Also, Arnold's Modern Encylopedia of Body Building is pretty informative.

[Supertransplant]

Um, The Book Of Muscle by Mens Health was a really good book. Also, Arnold's Modern Encylopedia of Body Building is pretty informative.

Props. Very true. The book of muscles is very very good if you're looking for pictures of what good form looks like, and if you're interested in the physiological aspects of what you do to yourself.

[jf1]

not like a bible or encyclopedia, but arnolds autobiography; 'the education of a bodybuilder' is great!

totally informative and inspirational and a tribute to the power of positive thinking!

first bodybuilding book i ever read...and the first bodybuilding book i reread!

[Nate R.]

Muscle Revolution by Chad Waterbury is a great book

[magnate]

The Black Book of Training Secrets by Christian Thibideau

Muscle Revolution by Chad Waterbury

Inside-Out Warm Up by Mike Robertson and Bill Hartman.


For like $20 you can get a e-book CD called "Lift Strong" that has over 800 pages of articles from well known authors, and all the proceeds go to the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society.

http://www.liftstrong.com/

I highly recommend this CD, has a lot of great information and is for an amazing cause, if you know anything about Alwyn Cosgrove, that's enough reason to buy it as well.

[woodsballa]

not like a bible or encyclopedia, but arnolds autobiography; 'the education of a bodybuilder' is great!

totally informative and inspirational and a tribute to the power of positive thinking!

first bodybuilding book i ever read...and the first bodybuilding book i reread!

exact same here! i love that book!

[PumpingSteel]

i have bio-genetic, musclenow, x-rep's ultimate mass workout, anabolic secrets, from skinny to muscular and optimum anabolics

I use musclenow's diet and x-rep routine. i like them the most

[Squirrel_monkey]

Thanks guys that's a lot. I'm really annoyed I didn't buy the Men's Health Muscle book now, I saw it in town today but it was ?20. I'd like to read his biography actually, that's why I like Stallone's book I find that really inspirational too.

[Partickus]

Um, The Book Of Muscle by Mens Health was a really good book. Also, Arnold's Modern Encylopedia of Body Building is pretty informative.

Ya I agree I have both and I learned a ton from both books

[Babak]

Brawn and Beyond Brawn by Stuart McRobert
Starting Strength by Mark Rippetoe


Serously....research those, you dont need anything else

[magnate]

Any anatomy text book is a good read for bodybuilding purposes as well.


HINT HINT.

[4estGimp]

LIFT STRONG - All Proceeds go to the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society
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* - Not sure how many teens will respond to this one.

[magnate]

* - Not sure how many teens will respond to this one.

Not nearly enough, amazing read.

[TheNameless]

i have bio-genetic, musclenow, x-rep's ultimate mass workout, anabolic secrets, from skinny to muscular and optimum anabolics

I use musclenow's diet and x-rep routine. i like them the most

Ya. I have all the x-rep ebooks. good stuff.

[alan aragon]

I was browsing my Bookshelf today for workout ideas when I realised that most of my books on fitness/bodybuilding are crap. I think I should get a couple of good books on the subject to beaf up my collection. Can anyone reccomend me some good ones? What's like the Bible of Bodybuilding in your eyes? My favorite books at the moment are Bruce Lee: The art of Expressing the Human body and Stallone's book. Neither of those are really bodybuilding books though. Any ideas?

Get Lift Strong (I'm in that):

http://liftstrong.com/

And if you're seriou about learning the science/research end of things, get Girth Control (I wrote that):

http://www.alanaragon.com/my-book.html

Please take note that both books are dead sexy.

[magnate]

Get Lift Strong (I'm in that):

http://liftstrong.com/

And if you're seriou about learning the science/research end of things, get Girth Control (I wrote that):

http://www.alanaragon.com/my-book.html

Please take note that both books are dead sexy.

Great article in Lift Strong by the way. It's nice to see something simplify that topic for once.

[alan aragon]

Great article in Lift Strong by the way. It's nice to see something simplify that topic for once.

Thanks man, glad you liked it. I wrote it on a whim. Nutrition is complex. Implementing it should be simplified (for most).

BTW -- I'm attending the Perform Better summit in Long Beach CA, and every trainer in SoCal who isn't here is missing out BIG TIME. This is why my i-net time is semi-screwed till Monday. This is mostly for the guys in The Sticky, BTW.

[4estGimp]

Thanks man, glad you liked it. I wrote it on a whim. Nutrition is complex. Implementing it should be simplified (for most).

BTW -- I'm attending the Perform Better summit in Long Beach CA, and every trainer in SoCal who isn't here is missing out BIG TIME. This is why my i-net time is semi-screwed till Monday. This is mostly for the guys in The Sticky, BTW.

Would be nice if you could be a presenter at the JP Fitness Summit in Little Rock next year. I'm rather excited to attend next year.

[magnate]

Would be nice if you could be a presenter at the JP Fitness Summit in Little Rock next year. I'm rather excited to attend next year.

Judging by Nate's write up of this year, i hate you for having the possibility of attending.