WANTED: Good books for serious bodybuilders

[JuicyGirl]

Hi everyone!

I would love some suggestions on reading material for advanced bodybuilding, especially contest prep training and nutrition for males and females.

Please post any good books (and also any bad ones you've wasted your money on.)

I just ordered the following:

"The New Encyclopedia of Modern Bodybuilding"
Arnold Schwarzenegger, Bill Dobbins(Contributor); Paperback; @ $20.00 each

"Supercut : Nutrition for the Ultimate Physique"
Joyce L. Vedral, Bill Reynolds; Paperback; @ $11.96 each

"A Taste of Club Creavalle"
Laura Creavalle; Ring-bound; @ $19.96 each

"The Lite Lifestyle"
Laura Creavalle; Spiral-bound; @ $17.96 each

"Musclemag International's Bodyfitness for Women : Your Way to Physical Perfection"
Gerard Thorne, et al; Paperback; @ $19.96

I hope these are decent choices - I ordered online so I wasn't able to flip through them. Post any comments if you've read any of them. Any suggestions for "must buy" books to add to my library would be appreciated. Thanks!
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[archive_LV 426]

dan duchaines BODY OPUS is pretty
comprehensive guide to weight loss
it has contest prep etc
also dan's DIRTY DIETING NEWSLETTERS contain
some pretty hard core dieting tips
goto www.qfac.com they're sold there

[WarLobo]

I have all dan's letters.... in the process of scaning them in. I'll then be trading sexual favors for copies.... :P (women only of course [img]/infopop/emoticons/icon_wink.gif[/img])

LAte

Lobo

[JuicyGirl]

I already own BodyOpus. Thanks for the suggestion.

-A short list of relevant books in my library:
Joint Structure and Function, Levangie
Sports Medicine Secrets, Hanley and Belfus
Sports Supplement Review, Philips
Zone Cookbook, Sears
Muscle Meals, Romano
The Protein Power Lifeplan, Eades
Program Design for Personal Trainers, Brooks
The Poliquin Principles, Poliquin
World Anabolic Review, Grunding
Muscle Mechanics, Aaberg
Hardcore Bodybuilding, Hatfield
Serious Strength Training, Bompa and Cornacchia
Optimum Sports Nutrition, Colgan
Sports Medicine Bible, Micheli
Manly Weight Loss, Poliquin
Anabolic Steroid Guide, printed <yr. ago, forget author(it's loaned out)
Theory and Methodology of Training, Bompa
ISSA PT Certification manual
NASM PT Certification manual
...I'm sure I missed a few...

Warlobo, it would be great to get my hands on Dan's letters.

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[archive_Ulter]

Getting Stronger by Bill Pearl

[archive_LV 426]

i can say one thing your well read
how about videos
ian king has a set(not cheap)
www.kingsportsinternational.com
he offer a certification course as well

[archive_FitnessChick]

Anabolic Reference Guide
Weiders Ultimate Bodybuilding
Arnold Schwartzennagers Encyclopedia of Modern Bodybuilding
Mens Health Guide to Peak Conditioning
A Practical Approach to strength training
The stretch book
BodyOpus
The New Toughness Training for sports
Arnold, the education of a bodybuilder
Power Food Peak Nutrition
Earl Mindells Supplement bible
Anabolic Advantage

The absolute biggest waste of my $$$---The steriod bible 3rd edition----lots of bs nonsense & stories about roid rage & crime---absoutly no useful info whatsoever.

[tnheygirl]

The Most Complete Food Counter by
Natow and Heslin

Covers every name brand imaginable:

portion,calories ,fat ,sat fat, protein, carbs, fiber, calcium, sodium, potas, folic, Vit. c, vitamin A

[Cocktails]

Although a bit dated, I still like these alot:
Hardcore Bodybuilding-Robert Kennedy
Sliced-Bill Reynolda and Negrita Jayde
REPS-Robert Kennedy
Hardcore Bodybuilding-A Scientific Approach-Fred Hatfield
Keys to the Inner Universe-Bill Pearl
Look on half.com for great prices on used books. I always check there first.