Bodybuilding books

**GirlyMuscle** · 02-12-2009, 09:32 AM

List them. What have you read? What would you recommend? Which are your favorites?

Besides the obvious....Arnold's encyclopedia of bodybuilding, Weidner's Ultimate Bodybuilding...

Some of mine are...

Non-fiction
Sliced by Negrita Jayde
Supervixen by Negrita Jayde
Body for Life by Bill Phillips (BB 101 if ya ask me...where everyone should start)
Pefect Parts by Rachel McLish
Real Bodybuilding by Ron Harris

Fiction
Chemical Pink by Katie Arnoldi

Biography
Gorilla Suit by Bob Paris
Muscle: Confessions of an Unlikely Bodybuilder by Sam Fussell
Flexibility by Flex Wheeler

I've probably got 20-30 more books on my shelves but this will get us started.

**KEVDIESEL** · 02-12-2009, 09:37 AM

Arnold Encyclopedia of Bodybuilding and Frank Zane Mind, Body Spirit. It's a pretty cool journal with a lot of frank's personal thoughts and reflections on his training with some of the legends.

**GirlyMuscle** · 02-12-2009, 09:40 AM

I tried to read Frank Zane once. He's too "out there" for me. I like to read Dave Draper too but I have to be in the right frame of mind.

**KEVDIESEL** · 02-12-2009, 09:50 AM

He is little out there lol. Draper is great, his website is very informative with some nice old school training splits.

**Darcane** · 02-12-2009, 09:54 AM

The collection of books that I have read include:

Flexibility
Extreme Muscle Enhancement
Body Rx
Precontest Bible
Body for life

I have some more sitting on the shelf waiting to be read.

GirlyMuscle how was Ron Harris' book? I've been meaning to pick it up just haven't done it yet.

**GirlyMuscle** · 02-12-2009, 10:04 AM

I loved Ron's book. Easy read and honest info. If you're pretty advanced/experienced a lot of it will be redundant info but I loved his honesty about bodybuilding. I also enjoy his writing style. I'm not a big reader...poor attention span...but he kept my attentions.

**MAYOR OF BODYBUILDING** · 02-12-2009, 10:19 AM

Education of a bodybuilder by ARNOLD!

**ThePoser** · 02-12-2009, 10:30 AM

Originally Posted by MAYOR OF BODYBUILDING

Education of a bodybuilder by ARNOLD!

Probably still one of the best!

I recently read Rick Wayne's "Muscle Wars". Finished it in one sitting. Very entertaining!

**GirlyMuscle** · 02-12-2009, 10:44 AM

Anyone read Muscle, Smoke and Mirrors yet?

**militantmuscle** · 02-12-2009, 11:42 AM

Body Rx
Chemical Muscle Enhancement
Bodyopus
The Modern Encyclopedia of Bodybuilding (I think everyone has read this one)
Mike Mentzer's books
Anabolics
Steroid Nation

These are my favorites, that are strictly in the bodybuilding genre.

**Mike Hunt** · 02-12-2009, 11:45 AM

**Mike Marcano** · 02-12-2009, 11:51 AM

Chris Aceto's Championship Bodybuilding and Everything You Need to Know about Fat Loss are two must reads! I am in the Middle of BodyOPus and Ron Harris Real Bodybuilding. Have also read MUSCLE:Tale of an Unlikely Bodybuilder....one of the best autobiography's I've ever read! Got a few more books I'll look on the shelf too lazy to look now....gotta save energy for training and cardio! LOL!

**ZacharyKane** · 02-12-2009, 01:51 PM

I've been trying to find Gorilla Suit for awhile now, but since its out of print I'm having a hell of a time finding it for a decent price

**Nic Brunicardi** · 02-12-2009, 02:05 PM

I have:

Arnold Schwarzenegger - The New Encyclopedia of Modern Bodybuilding
Stuart McRobert - Brawn
Peter Neff - Natural Bodybuilding
Dr. Warren Willey - Better Than Steroids
Ironman's Ultimate Guide To Bodybuilding Nutrition
Ironman's Ultimate Bodybuilding Encyclopedia