Gearing up for a new fitness routine for the new year can be a challenge. Here are some books that trainers recommend for beginners. Whatever your goals are, you'll find the information you need to get lean, shredded or simply happier in the pages of one of these books.
1. Cross-Training for Dummies, by Tony Ryan and Martica Heaner
Anyone can get into a fitness rut. You could be exercising regularly but feeling unmotivated about your current routine. Or you could be enjoying your workouts but not getting the results you really want. You can even be on health club hiatus and looking for a way to get back into exercise-mode. This book offers all the best hacks to get you back on track.
2. Becoming a Supple Leopard: The Ultimate Guide to Resolving Pain, Preventing Injury, and Optimizing Athletic Performance, by Kelly Starrett
With hundreds of photos that demonstrate exactly how to perform popular exercises and correct common errors, Dr. Starrett's book teaches you how to improve your mobility, reduce muscle pain and boost recovery all while protecting your joints and spine.
3. Lift to Get Lean, by Holly Perkins
The secret's out: Strength-training doesn't make women bulky; it helps them tone their bodies, sculpt curves and torch calories. In Lift to Get Lean, certified strength and conditioning specialist Holly Perkins offers four 90-day training programs that will tone your arms and legs and build sexy curves.
4. Bigger Leaner Stronger, by Michael Matthews
This best-selling book is a guide for men of any age on how to build muscle and shed fat without spending hours at the gym or going on a crash diet. In Bigger Leaner Stronger, Michael Matthews, creator of Muscle for Life, takes a scientific approach toward muscle gain, debunking myths about fitness and advocating for heavy lifting and flexible dieting.

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