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Bill Davis has been an avid weight trainer since the age of 12. He started out as a skinny teenager and finally made his training breakthrough in his late 20s when he discovered how to pack on lean muscle in short order.

New User Forum

This is a quick note to let you know that the Muscle-Build.com user forum is now online.
 
Take a quick look at it and tell me what you think. Read the Ground Rules, take a look at the Feature Requests, and add an Introduction.
 
Right now, there is only a Building Muscle forum in the User Forum. There will be more topics added as time goes on.
 
If there's something you'd like to see right away, please use the Feature Requests piece to add your input on what I should add to the forums.
 
There are a few ways to get to the User Forums – 
 
Navigate there from the "Forum" button on Muscle-Build.com
Navigate there from the "Forum" button on the Muscle-Build.com blog
 
For the time being, the forum is open to anyone wishing to learn from it and/or contribute. However, I may close this down once we get to some substantial numbers.
 
I'll also consider a private forum, too, that may or may not be free. I'm just not sure. Demand will drive that decision (hey, I gotta pay the bills)…
 
However, I will make a commitment to you: Register now and you'll be a lifetime member of the forum – I won't charge you a penny to get all the features that a "premium" member might get in the future.
 
Why am I doing this? I want to reward my loyal readers with something that they cannot get anywhere else.
 
Plus, I want the forum to grow. It will not be a successful forum until there's a number of folks using it, participating, adding to the conversation, etc.
 
I'll be adding a Preview section to the forum, too, where I will post links to my drafts of my newest products. You can read any of them without having to purchase the product.
 
I will be looking for moderators, too. Hopefully, the forum will grow to a big enough size that we'll need several. I've already got one or two folks in mind, but if you want to be considered, please reply to this email and I'll consider you.
 
I know, I said this would be a quick note. I hope you read it really fast!
 
Happy holidays – I hope your Christmas turned out well!

The Most Effective Diet Changes You Can Make

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There are hundreds of different nutrition tips available to us on the internet. Whether we are trying to lose 50 pounds or 5 pounds, there is an answer to every problem. However, often times, the results we want to attain are not the results we get. There could be several reasons behind this dilemma; however, one of the most vital of these reasons is poor nutrition. In this article I will reveal some of the most effective diet changes you can make. Read more…

Muscle Building Books

I like to know what others read; it gives me a glimpse into how they think, what they like, and what makes them tick. In that light, I thought you might like to know what I read.

Muscle Building Books

I actually have so many books that what I'd like to do is share what's on my bookcases in somewhat of an organized manner. I'll first start with "muscle building books," or more generically, books about fitness.

Note that these are physical books. Books you can buy at the store or borrow at the library. I have countless ebooks, too. Maybe I'll cycle through those, too. But for now, muscle building books. I have many other weight training books stored away for safekeeping; those below are in my office.

  1. Pumping Iron – This is not a book about fitness or muscle-building per se, but it is a book about bodybuilding. In fact, it's THE book that put the sport of bodybuilding on the map.
  2. Arnold Education of a Bodybuilder – This is the first bodybuilding book I ever bought. Any aspiring bodybuilder ought to read this one. Plus, it's a chronicle of a person who truly has lived the American Dream.
  3. Coming on Strong – Franco Columbu's answer to Arnold's Education of a Bodybuilder. It's interesting to see how Franco "clarifies" some of Arnold's history!
  4. Bodybuilding: A Scientific Approach – Written by Dr. Squat himself, Fred Hatfield, this book packs in more science than nearly any other book, before or since. If you want to build muscle scientifically, this is the place to start.
  5. Powerlifting: A Scientific Approach – Another quality book from Dr. Hatfield, this one is about his sport, powerlifting. He's the first man ever to have squatted over 1,000 pounds. And he wasn't huge.
  6. Unleashing the Wild Physique – Co-written by the Iron Guru, Vince Gironda, and Robert Kennedy, this is the book that really piqued my interest in hardgainer bodybuilding. I learned a lot from this book and Hardgainer Manifesto owes a lot to Vince and his principles I love this book!
  7. Encyclopedia of Modern Bodybuilding – This is the book that I had to have as a kid growing up but didn't have the funds to buy it until I was out on my own. It was EXPENSIVE. But it's Arnold's book, all about bodybuilding. Everything is there.
  8. Getting Stronger – This is one I inherited from my wife. It really was the "Encyclopedia" before Arnold's book came out. Written by legendary bodybuilder Bob Pearl.
  9. The Incredible Lou Ferrigno – Louie was my favorite growing up. It didn't hurt that he played the Incredible Hulk.
  10. Franco Columbu's Complete Book of Bodybuilding – Franco's own bodybuilding book. He was a super-gifted athlete. Loved his enthusiasm!

Those are the ten muscle building books I've got on my bookshelves in my office. I don't know which books I'll share with you next time around, but I can assure you that you'll be intrigued (I have a very eclectic collection).

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