10 Fitness Books That Can Improve Your Life

Of course, you'll have to put in the work and do the heavy lifting, quite literally, if you want to see any results. The author, Vinnie Tortorich, boasts of taking a few A-list celebrities through some of the toughest yet doable exercise programs. The book uses a combination of inspiration, humor and expert tips to get you fit, a feat only a handful of other books can confidently pull off.

You will be laughing through the pain and sweat as you indulge in the author’s inspiring personal stories that also include the significance of eating the right foods to speed up the process. The book will educate you on the most effective exercises and pieces of equipment to invest in. It also weighs the pros and cons of dieting and exercising as a way of losing weight. Interestingly, it makes a strong case against health clubs.

In the author’s own words, used car lots are a lot better than health clubs. In the same vein, the book strongly advocates against a sugar-grain diet. Did you know that digestion quickly converts grains to sugar?

Consuming foods laden with sugar and grains is therefore counterproductive to the whole endeavor of losing weight and trying to be fit. Also included in the book is a section that teaches you how to lead a healthy and happy life.

Fitness Confidential is a humorous, detailed, meticulously written, and informative read that will get you in the best shape in no time at all. The author has more than 20 years of experience and is familiar with the dirt of the fitness world. We can’t oversell it.

Like our first pick, this book is suitable for people from all walks of life. While the rigorous exercises are run-of-the-mill for young people, even the elderly individuals keen on getting fit shouldn’t have any difficulties using it. So regardless of your body size, gender or age, it is time to get stronger, sexier, and fit.

Arguably one of the best and most useful books pertaining to fitness to ever hit the market, Starting Strength provides the fitness enthusiast with an exercise routine that is simple, logical, and practical. The trifecta factors make strength training a less strenuous and enjoyable engagement. This book takes things a step further by presenting with significantly improved and expanded exercises. You will also benefit from its useful biomechanical analyses.

Most elderly and novice fitness aficionados usually give barbell training a wide berth. What with the exercise’s record of injuries. Thanks to Starting Strength though, irrespective of your age and fitness status, you’ll be confident to give barbell training a go as the book offers useful insights and detailed instructions on virtually all aspects of the exercise.

Follow the instruction to the latter and soon enough you'll be carrying the main compounds lifts using the barbell. You'll be squatting, pressing, deadlifting, bench pressing, and powering clean without second-guessing yourself. And the best part is that the Starting Strength contains photographic illustrations and the attendant biomechanics.

If you are looking for a book about fitness with concise, logically, and practical explanations on barbell training, Starting Strength is it.

Bigger Leaner Stronger brings within easy and quick reach vast, rich information for toning your body. It does not try to cut corners or burden you with unnecessary information like other fitness books do.

Instead, the book provides vital basics and somehow advanced workouts whose effectiveness at eliminating belly fat and building muscles has been proven numerously. It promises to deliver exceptional results within weeks if you put in the work.

This book highly recommends picking and religiously sticking to a healthy to assist in building muscle while losing fat. And when you come across the three simple laws that govern building muscle to speed up the process, you’ll feel like you’ve stumbled upon a rare gem.

Bring together the laws on muscle building and the comprehensive guide on the supplements to use and you will be amazed at the speed at which you will be losing weight and building muscle. For those who give up before trying, you’ll find the section on mental routines quite helpful.

Finding and following a holistic routine when you want to lose fat and build muscle can be a daunting task. Luckily for you, Bigger Leaner Stronger makes it considerably simple. Ideal for both genders and people at various ages, it delivers the results you are looking for.

The book, like the previous one, does not require making a lot of changes in your life or everyday routine. A little discipline on your part and we see no reason as to why you can't join the ever-growing list of thinner, leaner, and stronger women all around the world.

Just because you don’t have good genes or a constitution that prevents weight gain does not mean you should not give exercise a try. With the help of this book, you’ll be shedding off any extra fat, maintain a fit and lean body and getting stronger without having to crash diet. Further, you won’t be pouring money down the drain by buying ineffective supplements. Neither will you be slogging away at cardio.
Thinner Leaner Stronger debunks all the discouraging myths regarding exercise.

Within a period of between 8 and 12 weeks, you can easily and comfortably lose up to 15 pounds by simply following an exercise formula and eating responsibly. The formula minimizes the downsides associated with losing weight such as aches and pains. Instead, you’ll benefit from high energy levels and better spirits as you work out.

If there are ever secrets to building a thinner, leaner and stronger body, you can bet Thinner Leaner Stronger has them all clearly spelled out. The book’s main takeaway though is that sculpting the body necessitates putting in the effort, eating right and focusing wholeheartedly on weight training.

The book is very realistic considering that it aims to achieve the feat within a period of 5 to 10 years meaning that you'll be able to remain functional well into old age. If that's not inspiring, we don't know what is.

Before you resign yourself to old age and its attendant complications, consider turning back your biological clock using the exercises and messages contained in this fitness book. Past the age of 50, the author notes, susceptibility to injuries and life-threatening illnesses increase several-fold. Sore joints and bad balance only get worse with time.

To reverse these problems, the books offer the reader a six-day exercise routine and a myriad of tips. Like cutting down the consumption of unhealthy food and increasing one's commitment and connection with those around them.

The author puts all these laws or rules into 7 groups which the reader is required to follow strictly to reap the most benefits. And if you're thinking all this is hogwash, keep in mind that one of the authors of the book is a 73-year-old man who rediscovered his vitality and functionality offered by his doctor, the second author.

Younger Next Year is a straight-shooting book that focuses on fitness and will help you live a long and healthy life. By just eating and exercise right, you’ll be able to reverse the negative effects of old age. This book marks the end of unhelpful ingrained habits.

ROAR: How to Match Your Food and Fitness to Your Unique Female Physiology for Optimum Performance provides the reader with important information on tailoring their nutrition, hydration, and training to their unique physiology. The design enables the reader to take full advantage of their physiology and use to reach levels of physical and mental fitness they previously though incapable of reaching.

Like the other books on this list, ROAR presents you with meal plans designed to achieve specific goals. As you would expect, the meals are loaded with useful nutrients to accelerate the transformation from a novice trainer to optimum athletic performance in a matter of weeks or days depending on your enthusiasm and fitness level. The meals also speed up post-workout recovery.

Because the meal plans are not set on stone, you have the freedom to customize them to better suit your stage of training you are in. Everything neatly boils down to the perfect book that will make your bones stronger, your body leaner, and increase your power and endurance. It is a comprehensive book that covers all sorts of sports including running, cycling, and triathlons.

This book comes with 101 workouts you can do from the comfort of your home. No more expensive equipment or gym memberships. You can diligently and patiently work your way through the book, beginning with the first and simplest workout until you hit the other cover of the book. In between, you will be learning a lot and gaining experience. There are all types of rapid-fire core workouts in the books designed for people from all walks of life.

A solid choice for expanding, freshening up and enhancing your workout regimen, there is very little 101 Workouts For Women can’t motivate you to do. The book has photographs illustrating how best to do the workouts so you don’t risk injury or do them the wrong way.

Like we pointed out earlier, this book progresses from one stage to another so that both greenhorns and seasoned workout enthusiasts can be equally engaged. You can even customize the regimen to meet your unique needs or circumstances.

The author also ensures your well-being by presenting you with a cardio primer and a section on basic fitness nutrition. These facets of weight-training go hand in glove and it would be a waste of time pursuing one while disregarding the others.

We like how comprehensive and detailed 101 Workouts For Women is. It addresses all the challenges and problems you are likely to encounter in your bid to stay healthy and fit.

While the name has a religious inclination, the book itself has nothing to do with the Christian Bible or any other Bible for that matter. Maybe the only common thread between the two books is sheer dedication and commitment to an idea and seeing it come through. Besides that, Men's Fitness Exercise Bible is an irresistible read and is filled to the brim with several useful information.

Men's Fitness Exercise Bible is a good way of jumping your journey towards building muscle, burning fat, and sculpting the body. Like our previous pick, this book has 101 exercises optimized for quickly and efficiently building muscle without putting you through many discomforts. The icing on the cake the fact that you don't require dedicated space or equipment to tone your body; you can do the exercises from just about anywhere.

This book covers a wide range of exercises and incorporates several machines including stationary bike, elliptical trainer, and even a rower. Plus there are cardio routines to strengthen your heart and burn fat. You are going to have fun with this one.

The guide doesn't necessitate the use of any expensive gym equipment. Neither will have to leave the comfort of your home to go to the nearest gym. It all comes down to their commitment.

The easy-to-read carefully takes you through the paces and completely changes your body in just 12 weeks. At the end of the 12 weeks, this book promises that you’ll a flatter tummy, sleeker arms, slender legs, and a plump booty. To these add a stronger and leaner body.

BodyBoss is the only book on this list to recommend the frequency with which you should exercise. Most of them, including a few on this list, leave that decision to the reader. It is also the first to have a section entirely dedicated to High-Intensity Interval Training (HIIT).

HIIT is one of the few tried and tested methods of quickly burning body fat and in all tests, the results have always put a smile on the face of the trainers. The beauty of HIIT and a fact that distinguishes it from most workouts is its ability to continue burning fat 24 hours after completing the exercise.

Other than the HIIT workout that we’ve hyped a little too much, the other workouts in this book are bodyweight resistance, plyometrics, cardio, and unilateral exercises. Not a single muscle in the body will be left untouched. If it's your first time working out or going back to it after a considerable break, the free 4-week pre-training program will get you ready in no time.

The book gives the reader a new outlook on various edicts of working out including food, exercise, stress, and yourself. Everything you’ve ever wanted to know about self-improvement and nutrition and how the two relate with fitness is explained using simple and easy-to-understand English.

The Fitness Mindset makes for an engaging and educative read. Getting that elusive beach body comes at a small price and that simply is changing your mindset and overcoming frustrations. With the right mindset, ramping up your energy levels, building up those muscles or losing unwanted weight should be one of the easiest things you can do.

Reaping the best results will also entail being knowledgeable about the foods to consume and the ones to avoid. Foods play an important role in staying fit. The right ones that are packed with the right nutrients can speed up your ability to lose fat and build lean muscle, in addition to putting you in the right to real your fitness potential. Other things this book teaches you are the right combination of HIIT and tension style exercises.

Besides the mental component of staying fit, another innovation of this book is teaching you the strategies for avoiding or minimizing stress, anxiety and the fear of a rebound. Finally, you have that inexpensive fitness book that comfortably takes you through the steps to getting into optimal physical fitness and mental shape.