Best Fitness Books

Looking for good fitness books to read? This is my recommended list of the best health and fitness books of all-time. To make it easier for you to browse this list, I further subdivided it into: Nutrition book and Fitness books. Go ahead and check them out.

Nutrition Books

Food Rules Book

Food Rules: An Eater's Manual

by Michael Pollan

Food Rules Book Review

> Eating doesn’t have to be so complicated. In this age of ever-more elaborate diets and conflicting health advice, Food Rules brings welcome simplicity to our daily decisions about food.

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In Defense of Food Book

In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto

by Michael Pollan

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> Because in the so-called Western diet, food has been replaced by nutrients, and common sense by confusion--most of what we’re consuming today is longer the product of nature but of food science. The result is what Michael Pollan calls the American Paradox: The more we worry about nutrition, the less healthy we see to become... Find out more about this book >>


It Starts With Food: Discover the Whole30 and Change Your Life in Unexpected Ways

It Starts With Food: Discover the Whole30 and Change Your Life in Unexpected Ways

by Dallas Hartwig and Melissa Hartwig

It Starts With Food: Discover the Whole30 and Change Your Life in Unexpected Ways

> It Starts With Food outlines a clear, balanced, sustainable plan to change the way you eat forever—and transform your life in profound and unexpected ways. Your success story begins with the Whole30®, Dallas and Melissa Hartwig’s powerful 30-day nutritional reset... Find out more about this book >>


Wheat Belly: Lose the Wheat, Lose the Weight, and Find Your Path Back to Health

Wheat Belly: Lose the Wheat, Lose the Weight, and Find Your Path Back to Health

by William Davis

Wheat Belly: Lose the Wheat, Lose the Weight, and Find Your Path Back to Health

> Every day, over 200 million Americans consume food products made of wheat. As a result, over 100 million of them experience some form of adverse health effect, ranging from minor rashes and high blood sugar to the unattractive stomach bulges that preventive cardiologist William Davis calls "wheat bellies."... Find out more about this book >>


Why We Get Fat: And What to Do About It

Why We Get Fat: And What to Do About It

by Gary Taubes

Why We Get Fat: And What to Do About It

> An eye-opening, myth-shattering examination of what makes us fat, from acclaimed science writer Gary Taubes... Find out more about this book >>


Fitness Books

Beyond Training: Mastering Endurance, Health & Life

Beyond Training: Mastering Endurance, Health & Life 

by Ben Greenfield

Beyond Training: Mastering Endurance, Health & Life

> In this book you will learn:
- The 2 best ways to build fitness fast without destroying your body
- Underground training tactics for maximizing workout efficiency
- The best biohacks for enhancing mental performance and entering the zone
- 26 ways to recover quickly from workouts, injuries, and overtraining
and much more... 
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Bigger Leaner Stronger Book

Bigger Leaner Stronger 

by Michael Matthews

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Bigger Leaner Stronger: The Simple Science of Building the Ultimate Male Body  


> If you want to get muscular, lean, and strong as quickly as possible without steroids, good genetics, extreme dieting, or wasting ridiculous amounts of time in the gym . . . regardless of your age . . . you want to read this book... Find out more about this book >>


The 4-Hour Body Book

The 4-Hour Body

by Tim Ferriss

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The 5-Hour Body: An Uncommon Guide to Rapid Fat-Loss, Incredible Sex, and Becoming Superhuman


> Based on more than a decade of research, the collective wisdom of hundreds of elite athletes and medical doctors, as well as thousands of hours of jaw-dropping personal experimentation, Tim Ferris has finally perfected the way to rapid body transformation... Find out more about this book >>


The New Encyclopedia of Modern Bodybuilding

The New Encyclopedia of Modern Bodybuilding

by Arnold Schwarzenegger

The New Encyclopedia of Modern Bodybuilding

> From elite bodybuilding competitors to gymnasts, from golfers to fitness gurus, anyone who works out with weights must own this book—a book that only Arnold Schwarzenegger could write, a book that has earned its reputation as “the bible of bodybuilding.”

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Starting Strength: Basic Barbell Training​

Starting Strength: Basic Barbell Training

by Mark Rippetoe

Starting Strength: Basic Barbell Training​

> Starting Strength has been called the best and most useful of fitness books. The second edition, Starting Strength: Basic Barbell Training, sold over 80,000 copies in a competitive global market for fitness education... Find out more about this book >>


Burn the Fat, Feed the Muscle Book

Burn the Fat, Feed the Muscle

by Tom Venuto

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Burn the Fat, Feed the Muscle: Transform Your Body Forever Using the Secrets of the Leanest People in the World


> For twenty-five years, industry veteran and bestselling author Tom Venuto has built a reputation as one of the world’s most respected fat-loss experts. In Burn the Fat, Feed the Muscle—known by fans as “the bible of fat loss”—Tom reveals the body transformation secrets of the leanest people in the world. This is not a diet and it’s not just a weight-loss program...Find out more about this book >>


You Are Your Own Gym: The Bible of Bodyweight Exercises

You Are Your Own Gym: The Bible of Bodyweight Exercises

by Mark Lauren

You Are Your Own Gym: The Bible of Bodyweight Exercises

> From an elite Special Operations physical trainer, an ingeniously simple, rapid-results, do-anywhere program for getting into amazing shape... Find out more about this book >>


The First 20 Minutes Book

The First 20 Minutes

by Gretchen Reynolds

The First 20 Minutes Book Review

The First 20 Minutes: Surprising Science Reveals How We Can Exercise Better, Train Smarter, Live Longer


> Nearly every person who works out wonders: Am I doing this right? Which class is best? Do I work out enough? This book answers those questions and more, The First 20 Minutes helps both weekend warriors dedicated to their performance and readers who simply want to get and stay fit gain the most from any workout... Find out more about this book >>


Strength Training Anatomy Book

Strength Training Anatomy

by Frédéric Delavier

Strength Training Anatomy Book Review

> With new exercises, additional stretches, and more of Frédéric Delavier’s signature illustrations, you’ll gain a whole new understanding of how muscles perform during strength exercises.

> This one-of-a-kind best-seller combines the visual detail of top anatomy texts with the best of strength training advice... Find out more about this book >>


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