5 Books to Help with your Health & Fitness Goals

5 Books to Help with your Health & Fitness Goals

Starting a fitness program can be a challenge, especially if you don’t feel confident with your knowledge of training. There always seems to some new fad that promises to deliver the secret to fast results. The truth is, fitness is process that takes time and dedication. If there is a secret, it probably being consistent with your workouts and exercise over the long term. The other key to success is a better understanding of how your mind and body work, so that you can make better decisions. Here are 5 books that will help you along the way.  -P.

5 Books to Help with your Health & Fitness Goals
The Chimp Paradox by renowned British sports psychologist, Professor Steve Peters, is about getting your mindset correct and overcoming negative emotions. Having a better understanding of what drives our behaviour can be very useful when trying to adhere to a fitness program. This book does a great job of simplifying a complex topic.

 

5 Books to Help with your Health & Fitness Goals
The Power of Less by Leo Babauta is a fantastic book that you can read in one sitting. Although it’s not a fitness book per se, it does deal with how we change and how to build new habits, like working out. The approach is simple but effective: aim to change one small habit at a time. In our enthusiasm to change, we sometimes look to make massive changes all at once, like getting up earlier, eating healthier, getting to the gym 5 days a week and consuming less alcohol. With so many challenges it’s easy to become overwhelmed, so scaling back and focussing on less is a good strategy for success in your goals. You can also find more about Leo Babauta at his website Zenhabits .

 

5 Books to Help with your Health & Fitness Goals
Mark Verstegen founded Athletes Performance in 1999, which is now regarded as one of the finest training centres for elite athletes in the world. In Core Performance, Verstegen lays out a comprehensive 12-week fitness and nutrition program on how to train like an athlete. The program is well-rounded and focuses on strengthening the core muscles as well as emphasizing improving flexibility, which many programs fall short on. You can also visit the Core Performance site to access their online training tools and resources.

 

5 Books to Help with your Health & Fitness Goals
Gourmet Nutrition V2.0 by Dr John Berardi, is an excellent resource on nutritional theory that offers 120 practical recipes and tips on how to stock your kitchen. You can access more information from Berardi at his website, Precision Nutrition. Here are a couple of fascinating articles discussing some recent health trends: oil pulling for oral heath and Bulletproof Coffee.

 

5 Books to Help with your Health & Fitness Goals
In The New Rules of Lifting for Women, the authors have laid out a comprehensive training program focussed on strength for women. When it comes to body composition, there is often a bias for women to focus on cardiovascular exercise, as opposed to strength conditioning. This book shows you how by focussing on strength work, you can accelerate and better achieve a leaner body composition.

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