Books on Diet and Fitness

Here are a few books on diet and fitness I posted over at Zaadz. These are books that I have read and found useful.

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Weight Training:
The Poliquin Principals. Charles Poloquin. Scientific approach to weight training. Out of print.
A Practical Guide to Strength Training. Matt Brzycki. Common sense training for average folks.
Power. Fred Hatfield. You want to move big weights? You need power.
Hardcore Bodybuilding: A Scientific Approach. Fred Hatfield. Look like Arnold!
Body For Life. Bill Phillips. Phillips is an egomanical nutcase, but he wrote a good book that has helped lots of people.

Ayurveda:
Body, Sport, and Mind. John Douillard. Diet and exercise using an ayurvedic approach.

Diet:
The Zone. Barry Sears. Low-carbs and healthy fats. Not good for athletes but great for average folks. Hard to follow in detail, though.
Dr. Atkins' New Diet Revolution. Dr. Atkin. The no-carb to low-carb diet that started it all back in the 1970s. Now with less saturated fat!
The Paleo Diet. Loren Cordain. Humans were meant to eat meat, berries, and roots. Not grains. Good diet.
South Beach Diet. Dr. Arthur Agatston. Healthy version of Atkins. (My recommended diet as a personal trainer.)
Optimum Sports Nutrition. Dr. Micahel Colgan. Now out-of-date, but still useful info for attaining ultimate health.

Alternative Diet:
The Schwarzbein Principalh. Dr. Diana Schwarzbein. Get healthy and look younger by ditching sugars and grains, eating good fats, and without counting calories.

Psychology:
The Act of Will. Roberto Assagioli. Develop the willpower so many people seem to be lacking when it comes to diet and exercise.
Embracing Our Selves. Hal and Sidra Stone. Get to know which subpersonality is sabotaging your efforts and which sub might be able to help you reach your goals.
What We May Be. Piero Ferrucci. Psychosynthesis applied to becoming a whole person. This is very relevant to fitness.

Human Potential:
The Future of the Body. Michael Murphy. Wow, the human body is damn amazing.

Integral Transformative Practice:
The Life We Are Given. Michael Murphy & George Leonard. The first integral approach to health and fitness. A little woo woo at times, but the approach is sound. I personally think this book rocks.