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Diet / Fitness Books

  • 02-03-2004 4:28pm
    #1
    Static M.e.
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,093 ✭✭✭


    hi all,

    I was just wondering if anyone could recommend any Diet / Fitness books that you found worthwhile.

    Reason being;

    Just started back training again and their is a world of stuff I have NO IDEA at all about so I my idea was to read up first, then hit the web for Qs .

    on the diet side
    I kinda just need basic knowledge like whats good to eat and why it is ? what should I stay clear of ? or what can I eat a lot of ? you know that whole area, kinda like you had to answer every noobie Qs . Like I just found out that eating breakfast was a good thing , I had thought that if I didnt eat breakfast then my body would eat the fat kind thing, and then by lunch time I would just use all the energy in my dinner to fill myself up again. Seems this isnt the case tho.
    I need something to help me lose the weight kinda thing cus the less crap I eat the less I have to kill myself in the Gym and the sooner I can better.

    On the fitness side
    I would just like to know what diff excercise's do to which muscle groups and whats the best way to work diff muscle grps. And I need something my lots of pictures cus Ive no idea unfortunatly what a lot of the muscle names are, i just know the common ones.

    Has anyone got any recommendations please ?
    Thanks

    Adrian


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  • #2
    Genghis
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    I picked up an old edition of this book in a charity shop (for €1.50, I think!), and although it was written early 80's it made a lot of sense to me, and is very easy to read / well written, etc.

    Covert Bailey - Fit or Fat

    I doubt you will find the version I have, but do a search under his name in Amazon for later updates.

    I bought this book based on reviews, and while very comprehensive, it is almost academic, and thus difficult to read. Still, a very useful book to refer to, and it is very much a sports nutrition book, not a dieters book:

    Dan Bernadot - Nutrition for Serious Athletes

    In addition, I found Barry Sears to be good, though he is more to do with 'dieting / weight loss' than nutrition for fitness specifically.

    When it comes to nutrition, beware - almost anyone can become an expert "overnight", it seems there is a new diet / approach every week!


  • #3
    daveirl
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  • #4
    Static M.e.
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,093 ✭✭✭Static M.e.


    Ok Thanks you :)

    I think il go get it at the very least it should answer alot of my Qs and if not well then it should have being able to ask the right Qs :)

    Again Thank you. :)


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