reading materials

[swaptrex]

i am planning on getting one or two books to assist me in my training, i am looking for any reccomendations on what books if any are the best. i am looking for books going into depth on technique, nutrition, etc, etc.

 

[Jim Ouini]

Get Starting Strength for sure, it's awesome.

http://startingstrength.com/home.html

 

[HaZaRDouZ]

my personal favorite is The New encyclopedia to modern bodybuilding, arnolds book. very informative, shows lots of exercises, its fucken huge! great stories, good read.

 

[bignate73]

why not just use the net? way better resources IMO.

www.elitefts.com go read all the articles

hit up all the stickies on this site too.

after reading most of that stuff, which will point you in many different directions, then you will probably have very specific questions. then you blast the boards with those.

books are good but information tends to flow very quickly on the net. its all real time people using alot of training principles. in most books you'll find outdated nutrition ideas, and most of the information on training flows around here anyways. only a few books are timeless, but the principles are applied in many of the programs you'll see people use here.

 

[anotherbutters]

Sorry for the slight hijack, but has anyone else in the UK had problems getting hold of Starting Strength? I ordered a copy a month ago and it must have been lost in the post. They sent out another copy 7 days ago but I still don't have that one either. They also sent out the posters I ordered about 2 weeks ago, but I haven't received them.

 

[blut wump]

I ordered on the 16th July and was told it had shipped on the 19th July. It hasn't arrived yet and I was planning to mail them next week. My credit card was charged on the 17th July.

 

[kiosk]

www.hardgainer.com

the only training books u will ever need.....

 

[squatpuke]

I enjoyed "Beyond Brawn"

 

[anotherbutters]

I ordered on the 16th July and was told it had shipped on the 19th July. It hasn't arrived yet and I was planning to mail them next week. My credit card was charged on the 17th July.

Hmm... I ordered on the 7th July and was told it had shipped on the 13th July. Then received an email on 21st July saying the powerclean and squat posters hadn't been shipped because there had been a problem printing them, but that'd been sorted and they'd just shipped them. I contacted them later and they kindly sent out another copy of the book on 3rd August. But I still haven't received the book or the posters

 

[swaptrex]

thanks guys!!