Body Building Books??

[boostinggtir]

Hey guys, so I'm thinking I might get my self a few body building books for Christmas. So What I want to know is, what is the equivalent to the bible in the body building world, may be a book that every one should read or use to reference. Give me your suggestions please.

[Optimass]

http://www.webmedbooks.com/dmu/content/ ... 8c93824d80

If you're not after a text book ....

http://www.amazon.com/New-Encyclopedia- ... 0684857219 .... I have an earlier version - a bit old school but definately a fun read. I have the muscle mag edition also.

[tikalosh]

encyclopedia of muscle and strength by jim stoppani, has heaps of training methods and variations

[teamfatboy]

In addition to those mentioned, especually Baechle, I've found this book and to an extent this one to be helpful.

Why? They're good for:

a. checking which exercises work which muscles;

b. picking exercises to build a routine to achieve your goals; and

c. learning the anatomical names (like "wtf is the gastrocnemius?").

[Varven]

You cannot go without Arnold's New Encyclopedia for body building.

Great book.... you'll learn your muscle names, some new ex's perhaps and all the typical old school high volume stuff.

If you have interest in powerlifting or olympic lifting, this book has nothing for you.

But either way I consider it a great addition to my library.

[mr natural]

You cannot go without Arnold's New Encyclopedia for body building.

Great book.... you'll learn your muscle names, some new ex's perhaps and all the typical old school high volume stuff.

If you have interest in powerlifting or olympic lifting, this book has nothing for you.

But either way I consider it a great addition to my library.

arnolds book on how to over train, i guess it worked for him though.

Anabolic 2008 handbook

[Varven]

It's not over training if you sleep 10 hours a day, only body build, use a decent amount of drugs and have superior genetics :grin:

But yes, working out twice a day, 6 days a week hitting each muscle up to 3 times a week with high volume stuff....