Hardcore Bodybuilding: The Blood, Sweat, and Tears of Pumping Iron

I found this book by accident, but its simply the one and only fitness manual I could recommend above all else. All chapters are laid out well and written with good style and easy to understand. Every body part is covered with a brief discussion about hints and tips with training, followed by a fairly clear guide to training and planning your routines. suitable for beginers, especially the early chapters, and also provides extended advice on advnaced trainng methods for those that have reached plataues. Its actually a small book of only 190 pages, but its just as informative as the encyclopedia of bodybuilding.