Reddit reviews Bigger Leaner Stronger: The Simple Science of Building the Ultimate Male Body (The Build Healthy Muscle Series)

Michael Mathews in Bigger, Leaner, Stronger:

> First, every professional bodybuilder is on steroids. Yes, every single one, regardless of what they say. And when you’re on steroids, you train just as I described above—you spend hours in the gym doing a million sets because you just grow, grow, grow and simply can’t overtrain, and you stick to the 10 – 12 rep range because you don’t want to go too heavy and risk injury to a joint, tendon, or ligament.

The injury rate for runners isn't extremely high at all, this is a fallacy perpetuated by people who don't enjoy running.

http://mobile.nytimes.com/blogs/well/2013/09/25/why-runners-dont-get-knee-arthritis/

The rest of your advise, and the advise of others is great though. You can lose weight simply through your diet. A controlled diet and some form or training programme will get you where you want to be in no time.

I'd recommend Bigger Leaner Stronger by Mike Matthews. Great beginner guide for getting into lifting and organising a diet and training program to suit you.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Bigger-Leaner-Stronger-Building-Ultimate/dp/1475143389

I'm the farthest thing from an expert on exercise, but have been reading up recently. In Bigger, Faster, Stronger, Michael Matthews claims that strength exercises + cardio can co-exist on the same day, but try to separate them by many hours (so - bodyweight in the morning, jogging in the afternoon). If that's not possible, do the strength work first.

The first piece of advice I would have to offer you is to hit the gym. It will be hard at first, but then it will become hard to keep yourself away after a while. Being in good physical condition really helps EVERYTHING in your life, top to bottom. It gives you more discipline and self confidence, and the extra oxygen in your bloodstream just makes your brain work a bit better. Check out this book: the program in this book has worked wonders for me. The best part is that this will never have you in the gym for more than 45-60 minutes at a time. You will probably find that you have the strength to fight all sorts of shit in your life that you have never had the strength to fight within the first few weeks.

Have read both and personally am going to jump on the bandwagon and recommend Bigger, Leaner, Stronger by Mike Matthews:

http://www.amazon.com/Bigger-Leaner-Stronger-Building-Ultimate/dp/1475143389

The con of Starting Strength is that it only covers a compound lift centric routine. There's nothing when it comes to diet, how to structure your diet in relationship to your routine (pre and post routine nutrition).

Basically Bigger, Leaner, Stronger has become a #1 Bestseller because it's a far more fleshed out Starting Strength. Still the same Rippetoe compound lift centric routine but with a vast amount more of updated information on bulk dieting, includes links to bulking meal recipes, how to avoid spiking cortisol levels, cutting through all the supplement bullshit and demands to drink 300g of protein shakes a day, what percentage of daily carbs you should be eating pre-workout and what percentage post-workout, etc.

He really lays down every single piece of the track you need; all you have to do is follow it.

Here is Bigger, Leaner, Stronger: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Bigger-Leaner-Stronger-Building-Ultimate/dp/1475143389/ref=pd_cp_b_3

Should you be eating protein on non-gym days too?