Decent book recommendations - nutrition, cardio, general fitness stuff

[Hallsy]

The other half has been well into the gym for a year now and seen some good gains from it in terms of fitness and weight loss.

She often asks me questions about cardio mixed with resistance training, nutrition, etc - but I'm no expert, lol!!

She said she wants a book to read - anything worth a look out there that will cover general fitness training, nutrition, etc?

Any recommendations appreciated :)

[PikeKing]

best books to get are the new rules of lifting for women and/or the female body breakthrough

[Hallsy]

Cheers for that - I'll check them out :)

EDIT: Had a look, I see they a both strength training books, which I am trying to encourage with her, and she is realising that losing fat is only half of it if you want a 'toned' body. Are they full on strength training, or do they incorporate cardio stuff as well?

As far as general sports nutrition is concerned, would something like Anita Bean's 'Complete guide to sporst nutrition' be worth a read?

[chi]

Nrol4w is good stuff

The anita bean isshit

I have both

[chi]

Google for her

Leigh peele
Rachel cosgrove
Cassandra forsythe
Jen heath
Charlotte ord

[Hallsy]

Cheers Chi :)

[PikeKing]

Tell her to **** off the cardio

[Hallsy]

It's a tough one mate, as in a year of consistent gym she has done well, she wanted to lose some weight and she has, I can't remember how much, but she's dropped a couple of jean sizes and ~1.5 dress size, down to a 10. No dieting or anything, just consistent gym. She continues to make progress in fitness & weight loss, albeit probably lesser weight loss now than when she first started, but that's par for the course when you've been out of the gym for years!

She's fitter and really concentrates on the cardio, setting herself goals with running, entering the local fun run this year, etc.

Initially I gave her a routine with around 30 mins worth of cardio (treadmill, x-trainer, rower), and then a full body split across resistance machines. Since she's started to learn for herself she concentrated more on the cardio and hasn't really progressed strength wise.

Even though she has lost a reasonable amount of weight, in her words she is still wobbly in the thigh area, and think she has realised that's due to a lack of muscle.

She'll be reluctant to go onto a full on strength training programme, but I'll get to a book shop at weekend and have a read through the two books mentioned.