Dr. Darden, Favorite Book Covers?

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Dr Darden, what book was your first?

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My first book was Nutrition and Athletic Performance. Itā€™s barely readable at the very top in middle of the group photo. I wrote the book at FSU during 1972 and 1973, but it took me several years to get it published in 1976. Interestingly, it went through 30 or more printings and stayed in print until 2002.

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My top ten essential books:

Iā€™ve mentioned five already as favorite covers. To them I would add:

The Nautilus Book
Living Longer Stronger
The New Bodybuilding for Old-School Results
The Body Fat Breakthrough
Killing Fat

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The Nautilus Book, with the blonde-haired woman and dark-haired guy on the cover, contained some very interesting information. I own that one too.

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awesome, thank you, I have 3 already

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I own over 90% of Ellā€™s books. (I specially ordered each one in, via a major book store, as soon as they came out) BIG remains my all time favourite! As brutal as the workout was, it delivered wonderfully well, just as the book said it would.

Even to this day, when in need of a night of nostalgia, Iā€™ll grab a book or two from my stack and read them in bed. And, how the fond memories come flooding back.

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I have owned many. But I reduced my collection. But I still kept BIG.

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Bigger Muscles in 42 Days is the most impressive one.

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Am I seeing two High Intensity BBing books ā€¦ reprint with a different cover ?

I saw the one with Wilson doing shrugs in Waldonā€™s bookstore and picked it up. I said this before here - too many times I guess - but when I opened it up and saw those B&W photos of Platz doing negative PBN with 315 and your description of that shoulder workout I nearly pissed my pants ! I couldnā€™t get to the counter, pay for it and get out of the mall with it fast enough ā€¦ like someone was going to steal it from me !

What an inspiring photo illustrated write up that was !

" ā€¦ when most guys are ending their set, Tom is just beginning his , " still goes through my head when Iā€™m training 30+ years after first reading that . What in impact that had on me !

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A revised and expanded edition of HIBB was published in 1990. It was called New High-Intensity Bodybuilding and it had Vince Comerford on the front cover.

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