I suggest owning the following.
The New Encyclopedia of Modern Bodybuilding : The Bible of Bodybuilding, Fully Updated and Revised is probably the best book you can get for your working out questions. Well, if you are not looking to build muscle there might be better ones but this book covers the fundamentals. This really is not the sort of book you read cover to cover, nope most of the pages are encyclopedic catalogs of exercises by muscle group. For instance, I an bored/having problems with my shoulders, I open it up to the shoulder section and pick out something new.
Once you start looking at the Encyclopedia, you will have to check out Pumping Iron. Make sure you get the version with the documentary. After watching Pumping Iron, when someone makes a sexual remark in the gym you will know whether to bust out an Arnold quote of your own, or “GET TO DA CHAPPA!”
