One article to cover the best books in the fitness and nutrition industry just isn’t enough!    Having a game plan for your weight loss and fitness goals is essential to your long term success.  These books will not only help you plan your workouts and meals but they will also teach you the science behind everything you will do.

Here are five more of some of the best books written specifically for the fitness and nutrition industry by more of the most well respected trainers and nutritionists in the business.
  

1.  Maximum Strength - Eric Cressey CSCS

Eric Cressey is one of the most authoritative experts in the fitness industry.  He is a powerlifter, author, speaker and certified strength and conditioning coach.   Maximum Strength takes you through an intense 16-week program that will leave you stronger, bigger, and leaner than you ever thought possible.  All workouts in this book are built on solid research, science, and, most importantly, a track record of results!

2.  Body for Life - Bill Phillips

Body for Life by Bill Phillips could almost be considered a classic.  It has been around for 10 years and is still going strong.  This book, and the numerous support books including one specifically for women, give you a complete fitness and nutrition plan that can certainly put you on track for successful long-term weight loss.  The Body for Life website is a great accompaniment to the series with a ton of resources at your fingertips.

3.  Huge in a Hurry- Chad Waterbury

Chad Waterbury has established himself as one of the preeminate weight lifting gurus in the business.  He is a regular author for T-Nation.com and has published numerous results-backed routines.  Huge in a Hurry, published with Rodale (Men’s Health), gives you five new muscle building rules and the workouts built around them that will make you leaner, bigger, and stronger.

4.  The Abs Diet - David Zinczenko and Ted Spiker

The Abs Diet, from Men’s Health, suggests that “diet” is a new four-letter word.  It teaches you how to eat without being overly restrictive and gives you great workouts that complement your new eating plan.   The Abs Diet also has a number of supplemental books that will help you in your weight loss journey.  Quite simply, it is a sensible and sustainable plan for a new lifestyle.

5.  Eat This Not That- David Zinczenko and Matt Goulding 

Eat This Not That is a very comprehensive guide for what good foods to swap for those bad foods.   This isn’t a diet book that will give you meal plans and workouts but a guide to help you make the right choices.  Learn how the smallest choices you make at the grocery store or restaurant can make a big difference in your waistline!

These are just a  few more of the great books on the market today in the fitness and nutrition industry.  All of these books are well reviewed, well tested, and written by industry leading experts.  They are a great place to start and are great resources for even the most seasons fitness enthusiast.

Do you have any reading suggestions?  Just leave them in the comments below!