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Re: Essential reading

Postby Cookie » Thu Jan 12, 2012 5:01 pm

Quite possibly the most inspirational/inspiring book I've ever read on a number of levels.
"If you don't have conditioning it doesn't matter how big your muscles are they ain't gonna reach their full potential!"

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Re: Essential reading

Postby Scott » Thu Jan 12, 2012 7:53 pm


it looks good. Ive thought about getting that one a couple of times.
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Re: Essential reading

Postby Cookie » Tue Jan 17, 2012 1:46 pm

Scott wrote:

it looks good. Ive thought about getting that one a couple of times.


Well worth it in my opinion & you can normally find it quite cheap from one of the amazon traders.
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Re: Essential reading

Postby Cookie » Mon Apr 02, 2012 4:48 pm



Just been read that the main character in the above book ( Caballo Blanco ) has just died. Apparently he'd gone out for a run & was missing for a few days before being found dead.

R.I.P.
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Re: Essential reading

Postby samurai69 » Tue Apr 03, 2012 10:03 am

Cookie wrote:


Just been read that the main character in the above book ( Caballo Blanco ) has just died. Apparently he'd gone out for a run & was missing for a few days before being found dead.

R.I.P.



saw that
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Re: Essential reading

Postby Cookie » Sun Aug 26, 2012 5:22 pm

Overwhelmed with reading materials at the moment.

Currently wading through;

Bounce.

Eat & Run.

Sports Nutrition For Endurance Athletes.

With about another dozen still to go through.
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Re: Essential reading

Postby Cookie » Sat Dec 01, 2012 7:24 am

Just bought & its gotten some decent reviews.
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Re: Essential reading

Postby Cookie » Tue Mar 26, 2013 10:46 am

Reading this at the moment & its pretty good. Well written & at the moment leaving me never ever wanting to use a supplement again.
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Re: Essential reading

Postby samurai69 » Tue Mar 26, 2013 12:17 pm

Cookie wrote:Reading this at the moment & its pretty good. Well written & at the moment leaving me never ever wanting to use a supplement again.



what sort of supplements??
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Re: Essential reading

Postby Cookie » Tue Mar 26, 2013 3:14 pm

samurai69 wrote:what sort of supplements??


The main focus of the book is about Victor Conte, BALCO & the introduction of ZMA to the masses. What its showing is how easy it is/was to use a natural "supplement" as your main marketing focal point to make masses of money yet hide all the crap that is really going on behind the scenes. I'm only part way through the book, pretty worldly wise when it comes to people using drugs in sport but this is seriously opening my eyes to how drugged up professional sports people are.
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Re: Essential reading

Postby samurai69 » Tue Mar 26, 2013 3:57 pm

well i could have told you that.....lol, but it wouldnt have been as interesting as a book
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Re: Essential reading

Postby lil john » Tue Mar 26, 2013 5:20 pm

I find it funny when speak to people and they think drugs arnt used at all at high levels.

That book does sound very interesting!
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