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Originally Posted by phreaknite
Thank you very much for correcting me and bringing that to light
I am still relitively new to the BB'ing way of life and I was citing the research I have been going by up until now. I will DEFINITELY read those articles and pick up that book. I purchased Arnold's bible to bodybuilding book and Franco Columbu's book on nutrition, so another book for my library is welcomed...
Thanks very much again for correcting me on this. I like to be as educated as possible and I will check out your articles that you cite as being accurate.
Just as a sidenote, I have been following some of the principles in those books an it has led me to great results, so while the information may not be 100% accurate there is MUST be some truth behind the content of those books since it HAS worked with my body and my training...
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Do not buy Enoka's book at this point - stuff like that is neat but you do not need that book for BBing. Basically what I told you and what you'll find in that thread is all you need. You'll find this information is A LOT harder to get your brain around and you might read tons and only get a few things for application.
If I was to suggest a book it would be this one Starting Strength:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/097...023947?ie=UTF8
Here are some reviews:
http://www.startingstrength.com/reviews.html
After that this one is the next.
Practical Programming (Out in August):
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/097...lance&n=283155
On my site here:
http://www.geocities.com/elitemadcow...icles,%20Tools
you will find interviews with the Mark Rippetoe and Glenn Pendlay as well as their joint programming piece - if you like this type of stuff you will devour these and those books. This is basically a primer for the above books. Keep in mind these books are largely written for coaches, but no one and I mean no one at any level whatsoever from beginner to elite lifter has not found them valuable and learned something from them.
Also, there are some recommended books here:
http://www.geocities.com/elitemadcow...cs/Sources.htm
I would really advise the Startign Strength and Pracitcal Programming first. Some of these are very very deep and require a very big foundation to get much out of. A lot on that link are more like textbooks, not what you are used to reading in the BBing section of Barnes & Noble.
Also - a lot of things can and have worked. It's not one way or best way. In addition the target moves in both the short term and the longer term and what is golden now will not be golden in 10 weeks and you don't train a beginner like an advanced lifter. So just keep the big lifts moving. Maybe read some of the posts I put here:
http://www.bodybuilding.net/training...rent-2972.html. And check out some of the stuff in the trianing theory section of my site.