Starting Strength: Basic Barbell Training  (English, Paperback, Rippetoe Mark)

This is by far the best book I have come across on weight lifting. Rippetoe has written an extremely thorough book on the major compound exercises with the barbell. The squats and deadlifts are something that you don't see a lot of people do nowadays (I haven't seen a single person in my gym do either of these). And the reason for that is that they are misunderstood and really really hard. But they are also the only exercises that actually improve your muscle and strength in ways that no othe...