Books & Chapters
 
FIT - Lon Kilgore, Michael Hartman and Justiin Lascek (2011). Fitness is hard. Very hard. Everyone knows it is, but everyone is also willing to risk time and money on the mythology of easy fitness. If anyone, ANYONE, tells you that there is an “EASY” way to fitness, they just want your money. FIT is a book about how to get fit. It defines what fitness is in measurable, observable, and real-world terms. There is no mumbo-jumbo, just facts, practical information, and a logical approach to creating fitness from the first day of training through the day you reach your goal in fitness. No other training resource provides the reader the programming basics to specialize in one component of fitness or seamlessly program for comprehensive fitness and take the trainee from beginner to intermediate then to advanced and beyond - it’s a book for a lifetime of training. Exercise is dangerous - from 1 yard to 100 miles, 1 pound to hhalf a ton, on land, in the water, on a bike - hazards abound and you need to pay attention to what your body tells you. But the body can adapt to much more than we give it credit for. If you use the concepts in FIT - no excuses, no whining, no shortcuts - and just get to the gym, garage, or wherever, and train hard, you will amaze yourself with results and how fast they are earned. Its available at Amazon or for wholesale orders go here.
 
Anatomy Without a Scalpel - Lon Kilgore (2010). In Anatomy Without a Scalpel, the author, the coach, the scientist, the athlete, and the illustrator - all the voices presented - are all onee pperrson. This nexus results in a unique presentation of anatomy applied to exercising humans. This book is not written for academics, it is written for anyone who wants to learn anatomy and its application to sport and exercise in as painless a way as possible. The book is a collection of the authors unfiltered thoughts, observations, notes, sketches, photographs, and lecture materials sewn together into a treatment of exercise anatomy for everyone, it speaks equally to the trainer and the trainee. The first section of the book lays out basic principles of anatomy and learning anatomy, as it relates to exercise performance and coaching. In those pages many concepts that are not taught in generic university anatomy & physiology courses or in PE based kinesiology courses are presented. The second section delivers, from the ground up, a tour of the bones, joints, muscles, and other structures important to the human at work and play. Each chapter has integrated discussions of related topics - everything from the anatomical interface of the foot and shoe to the anatomy of a concussion. Its available at Amazon or for wholesale orders go here.
 
Effects of anabolic androgenic steroid (AAS) use on cardiac structure and function. Grace F, Sculthorpe N, Baker JS, Kilgore L. (2012). In "Perspectives on anabolic steroids and doping in sport and health". (available now). Coming soon to Amazon
 
Traditional and Novel risk factors of Cardiovascular Disease and Their Associations between Obesity, Physical Activity and Measures of Physical Fitness - Buchan, D.S., Thomas, N.E., Kilgore, L. and Baker, J.S. (2012).  In “Youth: Practices, Perspectives and Challenges”. Nova Scientific publications, New York, NY USA. (in press). Coming soon to Amazon
 
Performance. A definition for The Encyclopedia of Exercise Medicine in Health and Disease. Baker, J.S., F.M. Grace, and J.L. Kilgore (2012). Springer Verlag, Stuttgart, Germany (available now). Coming soon to Amazon
Starting Strength: Basic Barbell Training - Mark Rippetoe & Lon Kilgore (Aasgaard Co., 2007). Mark has just released a new solo 3rd edition - (the accompanying DVD). It still is the best strength training resource in print. Most people don't realize that this book has been an Amazon best seller since 2006 ... we did something right.
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Practical Programming for Strength Training - Mark Rippetoe & Lon Kilgore (Aasgaard Co., 2009). The most logical and detailed treatment on the programming of weight training in print. Its available at Amazon
Basic Fitness Testing - Lon Kilgore & Chad Touchberry (Heimdall Books, 2008). A manual for field fitess testing we use in classes at MSU. Its available at Amazon
Basic Barbell Training Log - Mark Rippetoe & Lon Kilgore (Aasgaard Co., 2007). We gave training log design a shot, even though a simple composition book works. Meh. *Out of Print*
 
Dynamics of Sport & Exercise: Physical Activity from the Cell to Society - Lon Kilgore (Burgess International, 1997) *Out of Print* 
 
 
Recommended Books
 
SCIENCE
Gray's Anatomy - The cheapest anatomy source you can find. Its free at Bartelby.com.  For about $10 you can get a paperback edition.

Gilroy's Atlas of Anatomy - For about $60 you can get a most excellent collection of anatomical images.

Guyton's Medical Physiology (now Guyton and Hall) - The most expensive text I recommend - it is worth it - if you need to find out how the body works in some aspect, this is the reference to use.
 
THINKING
The Panda's Thumb - Stephen Jay Gould, the master of makinng natural history fun to read. 

Dancing Naked in the Mind Field - The only Nobel Laureate I've ever had the good fortune to hang out with. Read the book. Watch the TED Talk.

Quirks of Human Anatomy: An Evo-Devo Look at the Human Body - Interesting, entertaining, and informative book by Lewis Held.
 
TRAINING
Wendler's 5/3/1 - Instructions on how to implement a proven strength training program that even the most hard headed of us really can't screw up.

The Texas Method Part 1 - Justin Lascek expounded greatly on the Texas Method outlined in Starting Strength (after working for Rip extensively). I keep laying on him to get part 2 done ... you should too.

Olympic Weightlifting: 8 Week Training Course - Doc Hartman GIVES AWAY a free e-book on how to improve your Snatch and Clean & Jerk in just eight weeks. Just to give you an idea of how much cred I give Michael, if I am competing in a weightlifting or powerlifting meet, he is the guy I have in the warm-up room and at the score table keeping me on track. Loren McVey and Lyn Jones are the only other coaches I trust as such. If they are not around, I just do it all myself.

Energy in Season - Julie Hanson's presentation of yoga. Great illustrations of how do do the postures that we all incorporate as stretches to improve range of motion ... a good resource even for those who don't buy into eastern philosophy applied to western culture. One of the fascinating things (to me) is that Julie came up with a periodized approach to yoga training without reading any of the sport periodization literature, it was intuited.

Power, Speed, Endurance: A Revolutionary Approach to High Intensity Endurance Training - Brian McKenzie is coming out with a book on high-intensity interval training for endurance athletes. I've seen him make dramatic technical changes in runners in a single morning. The holistic and long term approach presented in his book will be a boon to lots of folks who run, bike, and swim.

Science and Practice of Strength Training - Zatsiorsky's presentation of the old Soviet sports training model. Read this one before attempting Supertraining by Siff & Verkhoshansky.

Olympic Weightlifting - Greg Everett's presentation of Burgeneer's training methods for weightlifters - Better than what is presently put out by USA Weightlifting or BAWLA.

Westside Barbell Book of Methods - Louie Simmons' approach to powerlifting training.
 
ILLUSTRATION
The Structure of Man - Learn to draw humans and aliens from Riven Phoenix, an instructor at a JUCO in Texas. His extensive set of videos are excellent for beginners or the advanced. If he had been my instructor, I probably wouldn't have been an art school dropout. His simple instruction style works perfectly. Better than any book on the topic.
 
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