Reddit reviews The Anatomy of Stretching, Second Edition: Your Illustrated Guide to Flexibility and Injury Rehabilitation

> The Anatomy Of Stretching

This one :)

https://www.amazon.com/Anatomy-Stretching-Second-Illustrated-Rehabilitation/dp/1583943714

I'm going to sound like an infomercial now, but bare with me :)

Tim Ferriss wrote a book called the 4-Hour Body and it is essentially a tome of knowledge with chapters on weight loss, weight gain, building muscle, having better sex and so on. There is a lot of great knowledge in there and it's not at all a bad investment.

Other than that you can get a lot of stuff done with dumbbells and youtube access. I recently linked to this video in this forum and it's a good place to start when it comes to lifting and building muscle at home. The guy is goofy, but he is essentially right and big on safety and all of that, which would make a difference to someone with bulging discs. Check out his channel for more videos.

Other than that I would suggest that you find a great book on stretching as muscle cramps and fatigue might be painful for someone who is getting old, has bulging discs and might be losing a little range of mobility. I haven't tried it yet, but I am getting this book myself.

Now all of that is for home training of course, but only because if your father chooses to go to the gym, I am sure they will have plenty of people educated in the field to give him good advice and ways to get started.

Good luck and let me just add how refreshing it is that a 68 year old man with bulging discs wants to get into lifting. I really love that. But remember to be careful, go slow and focus on form especially in the beginning.

I picked up this book about anatomy and stretching that has proven very helpful in learning how to stretch out my back more effectively: https://www.amazon.com/Anatomy-Stretching-Second-Illustrated-Rehabilitation/dp/1583943714/