Bodybuilding & Strength Training

The bestselling fitness book for men who want to gain 25-35 pounds of lean muscle and lose as much fat or more in just 3-5 hours per week—and without giving up delicious foods or doing grueling workouts.

The bestselling fitness and self-improvement book for breaking through mental resistance and barriers, building unshakeable discipline, and keeping your goals alive when things get tough.

A groundbreaking, richly informative exploration of the central yet underappreciated role of muscle in human life and health, Stronger sounds an urgent call for each of us to recognize muscle as “the vital, inextricable and effective partner of the soul.”

The Mike Mentzer Method offers an in-depth exploration of the revolutionary High-Intensity Training (HIT) approach pioneered by the legendary ...

Starting Strength has been called the best and most useful of fitness books. The updated third edition expands and improves on the previous teaching methods and biomechanical analysis....

Many of us have forgotten how to move correctly. We live with muscular imbalances, constant pain and low energy. Adam Sinicki is on a mission to change this....

This is Kettlebell Simple & Sinister: Revised & Updated Edition or simply S&S 2.0. Learn how to use the extreme hand-held gym from the man who started the kettlebell revolution.

In his new book, celebrity trainer and Men's Health expert John 'Roman' Romaniello teams up with expert Adam Bornstein, former editor for both Men's Health and LIVESTRONG....

You aren’t stuck with the body you have. You can make it better, even if you’ve mishandled it, and it’s far simpler than many people believe. Because here’s the truth: Every day, your body’s biology is changing.

Burn fat, build lean, sexy muscles, lose inches, and feel healthier, more energetic, and youthful than you ever have in your life - with a revolutionary new approach to resistance training....

The National Academy of Sports Medicine or NASM CPT exam can provide the certification you need to succeed in your career as a personal trainer.

Mike Mentzer: American Odysseus is the first biography of Mike Mentzer to appear in North America written by his close friend of twenty-one years, John Little, "one of the leading fitness researchers in North America" (Iron Man magazine).

Ready to shatter plateaus, smash PRs, and get bigger, leaner, and stronger than ever? This book is the shortcut....

The Quick and the Dead is designed for an advanced minimalist like you. A culmination of five years of research and experimentation, it distills cutting-edge science to a straightforward protocol of only two basic exercises you mastered years ago: kettlebell swings and power pushups.

On the last night of the 2021 CrossFit Games, ten thousand fans watched in horror as Brooke Wells’ elbow dislocated under the weight of a 190-pound barbell. This is the extraordinary story of what happened next....

What if we told you: "YOU COULD OWN A WORLD CLASS BODY—whatever your present condition—by doing only two exercises, for twenty minutes a day?" ...

This book will dispel the nonsense and reveal the truth about building muscle, so you can stop trying to identify what works and what doesn’t… and start sculpting a more muscular, more confident, and better you today.

Strength training is the secret to maintaining health, vitality, and independence for many years to come. Discover how it can transform your life!

The Bodybuilding Bible is a comprehensive guide designed for those looking to delve deep into the world of bodybuilding, covering a vast array of ...

Known to bodybuilders young and old as The Golden Eagle, the man Arnold Schwarzenegger personally passed the "bodybuilding torch" to, and commonly acknowledged as the most intense bodybuilder who ever trained....

Dottir is two-time consecutive CrossFit Games Champion Katrin Davidsdottir's inspiring and poignant memoir. As one of only two women in history to have won the title of “Fittest Woman on Earth” twice, Davidsdottir knows all about the importance of mental and physical strength....

Are you spending hours in the weight room, but not seeing the results you're looking for? Learn the real science behind the methods that work to build muscle fast....

Get stronger and more powerful immediately and this day on—using proven, yet little-known training secrets and strategies from the greatest of ...

In Outsmarting Menopause, Dr. Brooke Bussard shares a fun, refreshing approach to managing menopause symptoms and preventing the chronic diseases that hormonal changes can exacerbate.

Finally discover the secrets to fitness that will transform your body and mind, even if you've never worked out a day in your life....

Mike Mentzer was a strikingly handsome man with a brilliant mind and a "perfect" physique—the first bodybuilder to receive a perfect score in both amateur and professional competitions. In the late '70s, Mentzer rose to the very top of his sport (despite the efforts made by industry power brokers, such as Arnold Schwarzenegger), was featured in GQ magazine, and profiled on national television. But he was also a man who wrestled with mental illness his entire life and ended up living on the streets and being sent to prison.

Discover the cutting edge of strength science with Faster Reps, Bigger Lifts: Velocity-Based Training for the Modern Athlete. This high-performance guide explores Velocity-Based Training (VBT)—a revolutionary method that uses bar speed to optimize strength, power, and hypertrophy. Whether you're a competitive athlete, coach, or strength enthusiast, this book delivers a practical framework for applying real-time velocity feedback to boost results, manage fatigue, and drive continual progress. Backed by peer-reviewed research and real-world case studies, each chapter breaks down VBT ...

Unlock the most overlooked driver of elite strength and hypertrophy: eccentric training. Negative to Positive: Eccentric Overload Cycling for Strength and Size is the definitive guide to eccentric resistance methods, revealing how controlled muscle-lengthening phases produce unmatched gains in size, force production, and injury resilience. Written for advanced lifters, coaches, and sports performance professionals, this evidence-based resource covers everything from the cellular physiology of eccentric contractions to the application of cutting-edge tools like flywheels and weight releasers...

Chaos isn’t the enemy—it’s the training partner elite athletes never skip. Embrace the Chaos is the definitive guide to Unstable Load Training (ULT), a revolutionary method that enhances joint integrity, core control, and movement resilience by introducing calculated instability into strength work. Written for serious lifters, coaches, therapists, and performance-driven athletes, this book explains how controlled chaos transforms the nervous system—not just muscles—for real-world power and durability. Grounded in cutting-edge neuromuscular research and battle-tested in high-...

Ditch the cookie-cutter programs. Smart Gains delivers a cutting-edge approach to strength training for serious lifters who want to harness the power of data and technology. Written for athletes, coaches, and performance-driven gym-goers, this book teaches you how to use heart rate variability, bar speed, sleep metrics, and AI-driven feedback loops to guide your training in real time. Whether you're chasing hypertrophy, strength, or sustainable performance, this system shows you how to adapt each week based on your actual recovery, not a fixed calendar. Inside, you'll learn to sync ...

Discover the uncompromising life and legacy of Mike Mentzer—bodybuilding’s most cerebral iconoclast. Mike Mentzer: The Man Behind Heavy Duty is a definitive exploration of the man who transformed high-intensity training into a philosophy, not just a method. From his strict upbringing in Pennsylvania to the mental crucible of the U.S. Air Force, and from the infamous 1980 Mr. Olympia controversy to his final years as a philosopher-coach, this book captures the full depth of a man who reshaped bodybuilding by demanding logic where others offered lore. Mentzer’s story is not just one of ...

Unlock muscle growth through recovery, not exhaustion. In Beyond the Pump, you’ll discover the radical, evidence-backed system pioneered by Mike Mentzer—an approach that shattered the myths of volume training and reshaped bodybuilding’s core assumptions. With surgical clarity and zero fluff, this book explains how growth actually happens after you leave the gym—and why most lifters interrupt it with chronic overtraining. Drawing on decades of clinical insight and real-world case studies, this no-nonsense guide exposes why muscles don’t read volume, how hormonal health collapses ...

Step on stage with confidence, not confusion. The Bikini Bodybuilder’s Blueprint is the ultimate prep guide for women entering the world of bikini competitions—whether it’s your first show or you’re looking to level up and finally place. Forget the bro-science and second-guessing. This book gives you a complete roadmap for getting stage-ready without burnout or breakdowns. From training and nutrition to posing and peak week, you’ll learn exactly how to build your physique, fuel your body, and dominate the stage with confidence. Inside, you'll get: Competition-specific training ...

If you've searched for Bigger Leaner Stronger, you've probably come across fitness hype, overcomplicated routines, and promises that fall flat. Stronger Chiseled Natural is different. This book delivers a real-world, science-backed method to help you build muscle, burn fat, and get stronger—without steroids, extreme diets, or wasting time on useless workouts. Written for men who want a leaner, more defined physique, this guide walks you step-by-step through the exact training and nutrition strategies that produce serious results—naturally. Whether you're a beginner or you've plateaued ...

Arnold Schwarzenegger didn’t just train bodies—he transformed them with his hands. Alpha Feedback uncovers the untold science and psychology behind his tactile coaching method: the pokes, slaps, prods, and grips that built champions and forged the blueprint for modern physical instruction. From the cold gyms of Austria to the boardrooms of California, this book tracks the evolution of Arnold’s touch—from bro-science instinct to what we now recognize as somatic feedback mastery. Through biomechanics, behavioral psychology, and gym-floor anthropology, discover how a touch became a ...

Ego and The Iron is the definitive guide for serious athletes, coaches, and high-achievers who want to harness ego as a disciplined advantage rather than a liability. Drawing on Arnold Schwarzenegger’s extraordinary journey—from five Mr. Olympia titles to Hollywood superstardom and political leadership—this book unveils the exact mental framework that powered his relentless drive and unwavering consistency. Discover how Arnold turned everyday gym mirrors into accountability tools by using targeted visualization exercises that sharpen focus before every set. Learn to cultivate internal...

Discover the untold training philosophy of Arnold Schwarzenegger—one built not on brute intensity, but on intelligent cycles of effort, recovery, and adaptation. Iron Cycles reveals how the world’s most iconic bodybuilder trained across eras, injuries, and shifting goals to build muscle that lasted—and how you can do the same. From his raw beginnings in Austrian basements to the punishing Olympia years, movie sets, surgeries, political office, and beyond, this book lays out the system Arnold followed: strategic training phases designed to evolve with your age, lifestyle, and ...

Build Muscle Like the Icon. Train With Purpose. Dominate With Volume. Austrian Volume Reloaded is the definitive deep-dive into Arnold Schwarzenegger’s legendary high-volume training methodology—reforged for modern lifters. This is not another recycled “10 sets of 10” manual. It’s a strategic blueprint drawn directly from the twice-a-day, six-days-a-week system that built the most iconic physique in bodybuilding history. Inside, you’ll uncover the real mechanics behind Arnold’s results—how volume was layered, how shape was sculpted under fatigue, and how two-a-day training ...

Uncover the nutrition system that built one of the most iconic physiques in history. The Terminator Diet: Arnold Schwarzenegger’s Precision Eating for Muscle and Aesthetic Mastery is not a celebrity memoir or a fad-fueled plan—it’s a tactical breakdown of how Arnold ate to grow, cut, peak, and sustain elite shape through five decades of training, acting, and life. This no-fluff, evidence-informed guide takes readers behind the fork, revealing how Arnold engineered size, density, and symmetry through food—not theory. From his steak-and-eggs bulking days at Gold’s Gym to refined low...

This isn’t a glow-up. It’s a takeover. Bad Built Bitch is the strength training self-help guide that flips the script on what it means to be a woman in fitness. It’s built for every woman who's been told to stay small, lift light, or look “more feminine.” This book throws all that noise out the window and hands you the mindset, methods, and muscle to do it your way—louder, stronger, and unapologetically powerful. Inside you’ll learn how to: Build muscle without fear of "bulking up" Train with confidence—even in gyms full of bros Eat for strength and shape, not starvation ...

Unlock the most overlooked variable in elite performance: recovery. Recovery Revolution: Post Workout Nutrition Hacks reveals the science-based strategies used by professional bodybuilders, strength athletes, and sports nutritionists to rebuild faster, train harder, and stay anabolic longer. This isn’t a beginner’s guide. It’s a clinical-grade blueprint for serious athletes who demand precision. Inside, you’ll learn how to time macronutrients for maximum muscle protein synthesis, deploy micro-nutritional tools that speed cellular repair, and stack supplements with bioavailability-...

In a sport where size and definition command admiration too often the internal cost goes unseen until it is too late. Dying for Perfection exposes the true toll of modern bodybuilding’s most extreme protocols. Drawing on verified autopsy reports, clinical research, and firsthand case studies—from Rich Piana to Andreas Münzer—this book reveals the predictable mechanisms by which hearts overgrow, livers fail, kidneys collapse, and electrolytes betray. You will learn to: • Recognize the warning signs of cardiac hypertrophy before collapse • Understand how supraphysiologic hormones ...

Unlock the molecular secrets of hypertrophy and take your physique to the next level. Fuel the Beast dives deep into the science of muscle growth, breaking down exactly which supplements work, why they work, and how to integrate them into your training blocks for maximum results. From protein timing and creatine dosing to advanced adaptogens, pump agents, and hormone‐support nutrients, every recommendation is backed by human trials and practical dosing protocols. You’ll learn to: • Build a rock-solid foundation with essential amino acids and quality control best practices. • Stack ...

Discover how to build serious strength without sacrificing your long-term well-being. The Healthy Steroid Cycle lays out a science-backed roadmap for sustainable muscle gains, integrating smart training splits, recovery protocols, and nutritional strategies that protect your joints, hormones, and overall health. You’ll learn how to periodize workouts, choose supplements wisely, and listen to your body’s signals—so you can keep making progress year after year without burnout or injury. Whether you’re a weekend warrior or a seasoned lifter, this guide empowers you to train harder, ...

Are you an experienced athlete frustrated by stalled gains and nagging aches? Welcome to Hormone Cycling for Athletes Over 40, the ultimate playbook for seasoned competitors who refuse to concede to age. Drawing on clinical data and battle tested protocols this guide teaches you how to assess your unique hormonal baseline with targeted lab panels; design phase based testosterone growth hormone and peptide cycles that respect aging physiology; protect your joints and connective tissue with prehab pro collagen nutrition and precision peptide timing; guard your heart by monitoring lipids blood...