Below is a list of 125 health and fitness books Alex has read
This is probably 95% complete since 2011. Some I have read 2 or 3 times. My top 3 health and fitness books are here.
Health-based training there is one author that stands out, Phill Maffetone and this is an example of one of his good books
The Big Book of Endurance Training and Racing – Phill Maffetone
Secondly, health-based and fun running inspiration to run, I suggest
Born To Run – Christopher McDougall
Third, to really understand how pro cyclists think and train I suggest
Faster: The Obsession, Science, and Luck Behind the World’s Fastest Cyclists – Michael Hutchinson
Other favorites in BOLD BELOW
Category | Title | Author | Purchased |
Cycling | Cyclocross for Roadies: How and Why to Get Started | Darren Cope | 6-Jan-18 |
Cycling | Rainbows in the Mud: Inside the Intoxicating World of Cyclocross | Paul Maunder | 6-Jan-18 |
Cycling | Faster: The Obsession, Science, and Luck Behind the World’s Fastest Cyclists | Michael Hutchinson | 26-Dec-17 |
Cycling | Cutting-Edge Cycling | Hunter Allen | 23-Dec-17 |
Cycling | Core Performance: The Revolutionary Workout Program to Transform Your Body and Your Life | Mark Verstegen | 23-Dec-17 |
Cycling | 48 and Counting | Jonathan Clements | 18-Dec-17 |
Cycling | Going Clipless. A Beginners Guide to Clipless Bike Pedals (Beginners Road Cycling Techniques Book 2) | Peter Crump | 18-Dec-17 |
Cycling | The Power of Positive Pedaling: A Couple’s Stories and Lessons Learned from Three Decades of Cycling the World | Janet Cady Zebrack | 18-Dec-17 |
Cycling | Bike Snob Abroad: Strange Customs, Incredible Fiets, and the Quest for Cycling Paradise | BikeSnobNYC | 18-Dec-17 |
Cycling | Get Fast!: A Complete Guide to Gaining Speed Wherever You Ride (Bicycling) | Selene Yeager | 18-Dec-17 |
Cycling | Pilgrim Spokes: Cycling East Across America (Cycling Reflections Book 2) | Neil M Hanson | 18-Dec-17 |
Cycling | Over The Hill And Around The World: A Baby Boomer’s Ride To The End Of The Earth | Darby Roach | 18-Dec-17 |
Cycling | Spandex Optional Bicycle Touring: How to ride long distance, the cheap and easy way | Peter Rice | 25-Nov-17 |
Cycling | Anatomy, Stretching & Training for Cyclists: A Step-by-Step Guide to Getting the Most from Your Bicycle Workouts | Lisa Purcell | 25-Nov-17 |
Cycling | It’s All About the Bike: The Pursuit of Happiness on Two Wheels | Robert Penn | 25-Nov-17 |
Cycling | The Rules: The Way of the Cycling Disciple | The Velominati | 25-Nov-17 |
Cycling | Sportiveur: A Beginner’s Guide To Training For, Completing and Enjoying Your First Sportive | Andrew Montgomery | 25-Nov-17 |
Cycling | The Bicycling Guide to Complete Bicycle Maintenance & Repair: For Road & Mountain Bikes | Todd Downs | 24-Nov-17 |
Cycling | Ride Your Way Lean: The Ultimate Plan for Burning Fat and Getting Fit on a Bike | Selene Yeager | 22-Nov-17 |
Cycling | How to Get Lean, Strong & Bulletproof: Be More Awesome than You Were in Your 20s… Without Obsessing About Food | Tim Blake | 22-Nov-17 |
Cycling | Bike for Life: How to Ride to 100–and Beyond, revised edition | Roy M. Wallack | 18-Nov-17 |
Cycling | Bicycling Magazine’s Century Training Program: 100 Days to 100 Miles | Marla Streb | 18-Nov-17 |
Cycling | The Bicycling Big Book of Training: Everything you need to know to take your riding to the next level | Danielle Kosecki | 18-Nov-17 |
Cycling | A Concise Guide to Serious Recreational Cycling: Riding as a Lifetime Fitness and Social Activity | Mark Smith | 18-Nov-17 |
Cycling | Mid-life Cyclists | Chris McHutchison | 18-Nov-17 |
Cycling | The Ultimate Bicycle Owner’s Manual: The Universal Guide to Bikes, Riding, and Everything for Beginner and Seasoned Cyclists | Eben Weiss | 12-Nov-17 |
Cycling | The Enlightened Cyclist: Commuter Angst, Dangerous Drivers, and Other Obstacles on the Path | BikeSnobNYC | 12-Nov-17 |
Cycling | Bike Snob: Systematically & Mercilessly Realigning the World of Cycling | BikeSnobNYC | 12-Nov-17 |
Cycling | The Power Meter Handbook: A User’s Guide for Cyclists and Triathletes | Friel Joe | 8-Nov-17 |
Cycling | The Indoor Cycling Guide: How to improve your fitness and speed with turbo trainers and rollers (Iron Training Tips) | Brett Lee Scott | 8-Nov-17 |
Cycling | How To Get In Shape Fast With Stationary Bike Workouts You Can Do At Home | Alan Freed | 8-Nov-17 |
Cycling | Bike Shorts: Your Complete Guide to Indoor Cycling | Marisa Michael | 6-Nov-17 |
Cycling | Fast After 50: How to Race Strong for the Rest of Your Life | Friel Joe | 6-Nov-17 |
Cycling | Bike Fit: Optimise Your Bike Position for High Performance and Injury Avoidance | Phil Burt | 6-Nov-17 |
Strength | Easy Strength: How to Get a Lot Stronger Than Your Competition-And Dominate in Your Sport | Pavel Tsatsouline | 21-Aug-17 |
Strength | Power to the People!: Russian Strength Training Secrets for Every American | Pavel Tsatsouline | 20-Aug-17 |
Strength | The Naked Warrior: Master the Secrets of the super-Strong–Using Bodyweight Exercises Only | Pavel Tsatsouline | 20-Aug-17 |
Cycling | Miles to go: A Lifetime of Running and Bicycling Adventures | David Lygre | 16-Aug-17 |
Running | Daniels’ Running Formula-3rd Edition | Jack Daniels | 7-Jul-17 |
Running | Running and Stuff | James Adams | 26-Jun-17 |
Running | The Inner Runner: Running to a More Successful, Creative, and Confident You | Jason R. Karp | 23-Jun-17 |
Health | Move Your DNA: Restore Your Health Through Natural Movement Expanded Edition | Katy Bowman | 18-Jun-17 |
Running | Confessions of an Unlikely Runner: A Guide to Racing and Obstacle Courses for the Averagely Fit and Halfway Dedicated | Dana L. Ayers | 18-Jun-17 |
Running | Running Until You’re 100 3rd Ed | Jeff Galloway | 18-Jun-17 |
Recovery | The Athlete’s Guide to Recovery: Rest, Relax, and Restore for Peak Performance | Rountree Sage | 16-Jun-17 |
Fitness | FITNESS CONFIDENTIAL: Adventures in the Weight-Loss Game | Vinnie Tortorich | 7-Jun-17 |
Diet | The Big Fat Surprise: Why Butter, Meat and Cheese Belong in a Healthy Diet | Nina Teicholz | 7-Jun-17 |
Diet | Why We Get Fat: And What to Do About It | Gary Taubes | 7-Jun-17 |
Health | The Oxygen Advantage: The Simple, Scientifically Proven Breathing Techniques for a Healthier, Slimmer | Patrick McKeown | 5-Jun-17 |
Running | The Cool Impossible: The Running Coach from Born to Run Shows How to Get the Most from Your Miles | Eric Orton | 5-Jun-17 |
Diet | The Low-Carb Athlete: The Official Low-Carbohydrate Nutrition Guide for Endurance and Performance | Ben Greenfield | 5-Jun-17 |
Fitness | Which Comes First, Cardio or Weights?: Fitness Myths, Training Truths | Alex Hutchinson | 2-Jun-17 |
Running | Honey, Do You Need a Ride? Confessions of a Fat Runner | Jennifer Graham | 30-May-17 |
Diet | Never Binge Again(tm): Reprogram Yourself to Think Like a Permanently Thin Person(tm). Stop Overeating | Glenn Livingston | 30-May-17 |
Triatholon | Operation Ironman: One Man’s Four Month Journey from Hospital Bed to Ironman Triathlon | George Mahood | 30-May-17 |
Strength | Raising the Bar: The Definitive Guide to Bar Calisthenics | Al Kavadlo | 29-Jan-17 |
Strength | Pushing the Limits! Total Body Strength With No Equipment | Al Kavadlo | 29-Jan-17 |
Strength | Calisthenics: 30 Minutes to Ripped – Get Your Dream Body Fast With Body Weight Exercises and Calisthenics | Cathy Harwell | 29-Jan-17 |
Strength | Calisthenics: The 20-Minute Dream Body with Bodyweight Exercises and Calisthenics | John Powers | 29-Jan-17 |
Strength | Convict Conditioning 2: Advanced Prison Training Tactics for Muscle Gain, Fat Loss and Bulletproof Joints | Paul Wade | 29-Jan-17 |
Strength | Calisthenics: The Ultimate Beginner’s Calisthenics Bodyweight | HMW Publishing | 27-Jan-17 |
Strength | Complete Calisthenics: The Ultimate Guide To Bodyweight Exercise | Ashley Kalym | 27-Jan-17 |
Strength | Bodyweight Strength Training Anatomy | Bret Contreras | 25-Jan-17 |
Strength | Convict Conditioning: How to Bust Free of All Weakness-Using the Lost Secrets of Supreme Survival Strength | Paul Wade | 22-Jan-17 |
Strength | You Are Your Own Gym: The Bible of Bodyweight Exercises | Mark Lauren | 22-Jan-17 |
Diet | Good Calories, Bad Calories | Gary Taubes | 8-Apr-16 |
Health | Beyond Training: Mastering Endurance, Health & Life | Ben Greenfield | 26-Jan-16 |
Diet | Practical Paleo: A Customized Approach to Health and a Whole-Foods Lifestyle | Diane Sanfilippo | 17-Jan-16 |
Endurance | The Endurance Handbook: How to Achieve Athletic Potential, Stay Healthy, and Get the Most Out of Your Body | Philip Maffetone | 14-Jan-16 |
Running | 80/20 Running: Run Stronger and Race Faster By Training Slower | Matt Fitzgerald | 14-Jan-16 |
Running | Out There: A Story of Ultra Recovery | David Clark | 12-Jan-16 |
Running | The Summit Seeker: Memoirs of a Trail-Running Nomad | Vanessa Runs | 12-Jan-16 |
Running | Running on Empty: An Ultramarathoner’s Story of Love, Loss, and a Record-Setting Run Across America | Marshall Ulrich | 12-Jan-16 |
Running | Ready to Run: Unlocking Your Potential to Run Naturally | Kelly Starrett | 10-Jan-16 |
Endurance | Healthy Intelligent Training, 2nd Ed | Keith Livingstone | 6-Jan-16 |
Running | Running with Lydiard | Arthur Lydiard | 5-Jan-16 |
Running | Meb For Mortals: How to Run, Think, and Eat like a Champion Marathoner | Meb Keflezighi | 31-Dec-15 |
Running | Running To The Top | Arthur Lydiard | 31-Dec-15 |
Running | Natural Born Heroes: Mastering the Lost Secrets of Strength and Endurance | Christopher McDougall | 30-Dec-15 |
Running | Build Your Running Body: A Total-Body Fitness Plan for All Distance Runners, from Milers to Ultramarathoners | Pete Magill | 28-Dec-15 |
Running | Running with the Mind of Meditation: Lessons for Training Body and Mind | Sakyong Mipham | 28-Dec-15 |
Running | Racing Weight: How to Get Lean for Peak Performance (The Racing Weight Series) | Matt Fitzgerald | 21-Apr-14 |
Running | The Science of Running: How to find your limit and train to maximize your performance | Steve Magness | 14-Apr-14 |
Running | Hansons Marathon Method: A Renegade Path to Your Fastest Marathon | Luke Humphrey | 20-Jan-14 |
Cycling | Bike for Life: How to Ride to 100 | Roy M. Wallack | 15-Jan-14 |
Cycling | Just Ride: A Radically Practical Guide to Riding Your Bike | Grant Petersen | 14-Jan-14 |
Cycling | Tom Danielson’s Core Advantage: Core Strength for Cycling’s Winning Edge | Tom Danielson | 8-Jan-14 |
Cycling | The Cyclist’s Training Bible | Friel Joe | 8-Jan-14 |
Running | Run Faster from the 5K to the Marathon: How to Be Your Own Best Coach | Brad Hudson | 8-Jan-14 |
Running | Never Wipe Your Ass with a Squirrel: A trail running, ultramarathon, and wilderness survival guide for weird folks | Jason Robillard | 26-Aug-13 |
Running | Running & Being: The Total Experience | George Sheehan | 20-Aug-13 |
Running | Running Science | Owen Anderson | 20-Aug-13 |
Endurance | Developing Endurance (Sport Performance Series) | National Strength and Conditioning Association | 18-Aug-13 |
Strength | Bigger Leaner Stronger: The Simple Science of Building the Ultimate Male Body (The Muscle for Life Series Book 1) | Michael Matthews | 17-Aug-13 |
Diet | Eat to Live: The Amazing Nutrient-Rich Program for Fast and Sustained Weight Loss | Joel Fuhrman | 4-Jul-13 |
Endurance | Power Speed ENDURANCE: A Skill-Based Approach to Endurance Training | Brian MacKenzie | 27-Feb-13 |
Running | The Long Run (Kindle Single) | Mishka Shubaly | 24-Dec-12 |
Running | Runner’s World Run Less, Run Faster: Become a Faster, Stronger Runner with the Revolutionary | Bill Pierce | 22-Dec-12 |
Running | The Marathon Method: The 16-Week Training Program that Prepares You to Finish a Full or Half Marathon | Tom Holland | 20-Dec-12 |
Running | Once a Runner: A Novel | Parker Jr. | 20-Oct-12 |
Running | The Art of Running Faster | Julian Goater | 6-Oct-12 |
Running | The Runner’s Edge | Stephen McGregor | 18-Sep-12 |
Cycling | Training and Racing with a Power Meter, 2nd Ed. | Allen Hunter | 4-Sep-12 |
Endurance | Total Heart Rate Training: Customize and Maximize Your Workout Using a Heart Rate Monitor | Joe Friel | 28-Aug-12 |
Running | Relentless Forward Progress: A Guide to Running Ultramarathons | Bryon Powell | 25-Aug-12 |
Endurance | The Big Book of Health and Fitness: A Practical Guide to Diet, Exercise, Healthy Aging, Illness Prevention, and Sexual Well-Being | Philip Maffetone | 19-Aug-12 |
Health | Trigger Point Therapy for Foot, Ankle, Knee, and Leg Pain: A Self-Treatment Workbook | Valerie DeLaune | 18-Aug-12 |
Health | Fixing Your Feet: Prevention and Treatments for Athletes | John Vonhof | 16-Aug-12 |
Running | Finding Ultra: Rejecting Middle Age, Becoming One of the World’s Fittest Men, and DiscoveringMyself | Rich Roll | 9-Aug-12 |
Running | Advanced Marathoning – 2nd Edition | Pete Pfitzinger | 3-Aug-12 |
Running | Ultramarathon Man: Confessions of an All-Night Runner | Dean Karnazes | 30-Jul-12 |
Running | Eat and Run: My Unlikely Journey to Ultramarathon Greatness | Scott Jurek | 25-Jul-12 |
Running | The Non-Runner’s Marathon Trainer | David A. Whitsett | 20-Jul-12 |
Running | Daniels’ Running Formula, Second Edition | Jack Daniels | 12-Jun-12 |
Endurance | The Big Book of Endurance Training and Racing | Philip Maffetone | 9-Jun-12 |
Running | Slow Burn: Burn Fat Faster By Exercising Slower | Stu Mittleman | 9-Jun-12 |
Running | RUN: The Mind-Body Method of Running by Feel | Fitzgerald Matt | 24-May-12 |
Diet | Wheat Belly: Lose the Wheat, Lose the Weight, and Find Your Path Back to Health | Davis MD | 22-May-12 |
Running | The Ultimate Beginners Running Guide: The Key To Running Inspired | Ryan Robert | 15-May-12 |
Running | Barefoot Running Step by Step: Barefoot Ken Bob, The Guru of Shoeless Running | Roy Wallack | 14-May-12 |
Running | Born to Run | Christopher McDougall | 12-May-12 |
Strength | The Body Fat Solution: Five Principles for Burning Fat, Building | Tom Venuto | 6-Jan-11 |
Strength | Kettlebells For Dummies | Sarah Lurie | 6-Jan-11 |
Strength | The 4-Hour Body: An Uncommon Guide to Rapid Fat-Loss, Incredible Sex, and Becoming Superhuman | Timothy Ferriss | 31-Dec-10 |
Strength | Metabolic Factor Increase Your Metabolism Into A Fatburning Furnace | Jason Szova | 5-Dec-10 |