Book Recommends

Zombienosh

Just thought I'd stick this here for people to share books worth reading.

Looking for recommends for books about anything related to health and fitness really, Could be about nutrition, general health, tips, mental health, psychological, exercises, recipes, lifestyles, biographies, etc.

Anything at all really that anyone has read and would recommend.

Theresalwaysone

I have just ordered it and heard good things but Overcoming Gravity by Steve Lowe(?) is meant to he good for BW stuff.

Ill come back once Ive read it and give a review.

Dotcomdolly

I loved The Body Fat Solution by Tom Venuto.

Gummy Panda

Lyle McDonald for the technical stuff

BlueIsland

Wheat Belly
The Primal Blueprint

CleanBurning

Never Let Go, by Dan John

beardybrewer

What about this? (It's free)

http://brainoverbrawn.com/get-the-book/

Zombienosh

seems like an interesting read.

raven136

Encyclopedia of muscle & strength -Jim Stoppani.

This is a cracking book

will56

CleanBurning wrote: »

Never Let Go, by Dan John

I can second this, its a collection of articles that he has written over the years covering pretty much everything.

Ivan.Drago

CleanBurning wrote: »

Never Let Go, by Dan John

This is free on amazon if I remember correctly, provided it's downloaded to Kindle (which can also be downloaded for free).

+1 on Overcoming Gravity by Steven Lowe - one stop shop for programming a bodyweight/gymnastics routine.

A0

The Paleo diet for athletes (Loren Cordain)
Waterlogged (Tim Noakes)

DylanJM

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Fit-Dr-Lon-Kilgore/dp/0615497063/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1361305188&sr=8-4

This is pretty good, not much bullshít in it, just good information and good value too.

GoldCobra

Just picked up Maximum Muscle Minimum fat http://www.amazon.com/Maximum-Muscle-Minimum-Fat-Transformation/dp/1556436890#reader_1556436890 Based on a recommendation.
Looks interesting. Also ordered some more Osho.

dario28

Just finished this - serious eye opener and all the info is easy to understand


http://www.amazon.co.uk/Fat-Chance-bitter-truth-ebook/dp/B00A626UYW/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1362667416&sr=1-1

Hanley

dario28 wrote: »

Just finished this - serious eye opener and all the info is easy to understand


http://www.amazon.co.uk/Fat-Chance-bitter-truth-ebook/dp/B00A626UYW/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1362667416&sr=1-1

Youtube "sugar the bitter truth" for a talk he's done in it too.

siochain

BlueIsland wrote: »

Wheat Belly
The Primal Blueprint

very good reads for nutrition

lifting heavy stuff Wendler 531

Ant11

Got Lyle Mc Donald's Ultimate Diet 2.0 for some bed time reading, just finished it tonight. Comprehensive read and very clear explanation about stubborn fat loss. I'm sure it works but I doubt it's healthy.

Alf Veedersane

'Science and Practice of Strength Training' by Zatiorsky and Kraemer. It's got science and graphs and strength training. If that's not a winning combination then you need to have a word with yourself.

RidleyRider

Becoming a supple leopard has to be a must for every lifter. Making my way through it the past two weeks and it's amazing.

amazingemmet

Ant11 wrote: »

Got Lyle Mc Donald's Ultimate Diet 2.0 for some bed time reading, just finished it tonight. Comprehensive read and very clear explanation about stubborn fat loss. I'm sure it works but I doubt it's healthy.

This is my go to cutting diet, works great. Have had my bloods done once when running it and there was no bad changes all positive or no change.

Ant11

amazingemmet wrote: »

This is my go to cutting diet, works great. Have had my bloods done once when running it and there was no bad changes all positive or no change.

Interesting... Did you try keep the carb load as clean as possible??

amazingemmet

Ant11 wrote: »

Interesting... Did you try keep the carb load as clean as possible??

I've tried every possible combination with it, the best I found was on the main carb day using lidl own brand puffed rice cereal with hazelnut milk and whey protein. Potatoes for the carb source were a close second but I found myself waking dehydrated on the second carb day. I tried using a fair amount pastries and cakes for the loading and found it hit and miss one week I wake looking awesome next week I'd eat the exact same and wake looking ****.

runawaybishop

RidleyRider wrote: »

Becoming a supple leopard has to be a must for every lifter. Making my way through it the past two weeks and it's amazing.

I read the intro and found it very hard to read, it was so self congratulatory. Does the rest of the content differ?

Alf Veedersane

Message > messenger.

runawaybishop

Alf Veedersane wrote: »

Message > messenger.

Thats not what i asked

Alf Veedersane

runawaybishop wrote: »

Thats not what i asked

To answer your question, I can't really tell. I just remember the tips I picked up, to be honest. I don'tthink it was overly self-congratulatory or else I might have found it more difficult to get through.

And I'm very discerning. I have many leather-bound books...all of them good

runawaybishop

Alf Veedersane wrote: »

To answer your question, I can't really tell. I just remember the tips I picked up, to be honest. I don'tthink it was overly self-congratulatory or else I might have found it more difficult to get through.

And I'm very discerning. I have many leather-bound books...all of them good

What's that? You know I don't speak Spanish.

I often struggle to get past the tone of some fitness books, maybe i need to just skip the intro.

Alf Veedersane

runawaybishop wrote: »

What's that? You know I don't speak Spanish.

I often struggle to get past the tone of some fitness books, maybe i need to just skip the intro.

Skim through any intro and see if there's anything worth reading properly. But there usually isn't.

Ant11

amazingemmet wrote: »

I've tried every possible combination with it, the best I found was on the main carb day using lidl own brand puffed rice cereal with hazelnut milk and whey protein. Potatoes for the carb source were a close second but I found myself waking dehydrated on the second carb day. I tried using a fair amount pastries and cakes for the loading and found it hit and miss one week I wake looking awesome next week I'd eat the exact same and wake looking ****.

A bit off topic of book recommendations.. but were you able to maintain that level of leanness after your cut?

amazingemmet

Ant11 wrote: »

A bit off topic of book recommendations.. but were you able to maintain that level of leanness after your cut?

I've probably run it about ten times now for different time scales, 4- 10 weeks, the longer periods being divided in 6 week bursts. I normally can maintain a decent level of leaness, the lowest I got was ~6%, measured 12 point calipers, I didn't try and maintain that.

I can normally hold a genuine 10% with no real issue if I keep a rudimentary grasp on food intake.

I've attached my cheat sheet from the book, its a bit all over the place but have a look.

Ant11

amazingemmet wrote: »

I've probably run it about ten times now for different time scales, 4- 10 weeks, the longer periods being divided in 6 week bursts. I normally can maintain a decent level of leaness, the lowest I got was ~6%, measured 12 point calipers, I didn't try and maintain that.

I can normally hold a genuine 10% with no real issue if I keep a rudimentary grasp on food intake.

I've attached my cheat sheet from the book, its a bit all over the place but have a look.

Actually makes sense, prob because I've just read it. Serious amount of planning I'd say. It's an intriguing read. I'm already lean but might consider it in the new year just to see what happens.