Books about contest preperation

[fr33r1d3]

Does anyone have any suggestions about good books about context preperations?

 

[devenidas]

championship bodybuilding by Chris Aceto

 

[buck]

Here is one I used over 20 years ago when I was competing, though it is probably a little out of style now.

https://www.amazon.com/Pro-Style-Bodybuilding-Tom-Platz/dp/0806979100

 

[Mini Truck]

Books are not interactive.
Usually they are filled with cookie cutter one size fits all information.

That's was the honest reason we (Tenny and I) created TMT.

We will make you the best you can be!

-MT

 

[tenny]

Books are not interactive.
Usually they are filled with cookie cutter one size fits all information.

That's was the honest reason we (Tenny and I) created TMT.

We will make you the best you can be!

-MT

well.....books don't have eyes balls and brain.....yes.

lets say a book gets you started going good.....then you hit
a wall....what do you do..??? ask your bro...??? up the cardio...???
up the tren...??? cut carbs...???
its just too many question and too many possibilities.

to me not worth the risk.

 

[trainlikeaboss]

Just follow good coaches. They have podcasts, books, and helpful tips on social media. There is a lot that goes into it and you probably aren't going to be able to coach yourself into a competition. But over time you may learn how to manipulate your diet etc. to get the response you want from your body.

 

[Geardepot]

I remember the first show I did, I bought a VHS video tape called 'perfect posing'! I had never been to a show or seen anything on how to pose or anything of the sort. The videos helped me tremendously at the time! lol, looking back on it now its kinda funny as there is so much more information out there on the net now that is free and 100x better then my little vhs tape. As someone else said here, its better to have some experienced help from someone that has been there and done it, but if you don't have access to that a book or tape in my case will do just fine!

that chris aceto book is good. Theres a few others i remember reading and using back in the day as well, I can't remember them off the top of my head though.

Theres a ton of info on this forum if you have the time to look through things. As some others said, getting a coach or someone to help is the ideal situation. I know a lot of the coaches and prep companies will give you some very basic info for cheap too.

The only thing I don't like about buying a book if that you tend to think the info in it is the be all end all ( at least i did when I was young) and things have changed SO much since then! if you can get a coach to help you that is willing to take the time to learn your body, that would be best.