the best book i can recommend for anyone just starting out and has no clue what to do is Arnold Schwarzeneggers guide to bodybuilding. i have the originol version that my dad gave me but there is an updated new version. if you want an ad free book without all the bull****. read this it is written by a true champion and not some overweight looser with a degree in phys ed. this is the book that motivated me to hit the weight room. it even teaches you how to train the mind to go through the workouts and the pain and to keep going.




okay im new to the post so thats probably why none of you have ever heard of me. but i am 17 ive been lifting for about a year and weight 141 and im 5 foot 7 and i bench 225 and squat 350 and deadlift 405.

i like to think those numbers are pretty good but every time i get ****y i just look at the pictures of arnold or franco columbo just so i dont loose sight of my goals you know.

Arnold's books are great for motivation (Education of a Bodybuilder did it for me!) and if you refer to his Encyclopedia I prefer the updated version. Me thinks his training advice is not the best for everyone though, even that which is aimed at novices, generally too many sets, exercises and workouts.

Welcome to the forum Ranger, good lifts too.

Originally posted by Templeton
Me thinks his training advice is not the best for everyone though, even that which is aimed at novices, generally too many sets, exercises and workouts.

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I agree

Don't compare yourself to Arnold or Franco ... those guys had steroids backin them up. You should motivate yourself with natural guys such as Steve Reeves, an old school bodybuilder from before the roid era.

I would hazard a guess that Reeves did a lil bit of Dbol towards the end of his career - all those guys had a bit of a dabble when it first came out. Must be said though that he and Reg Park both had physiques to die for.

yeah i always look to the old fashioned bodybuilders for motivation too. Even sandow from the turn of the century was a huge dude. truly massive and all natural.