Ok,
books, contrary to popular belief reading books is something I do believe we bodybuilders are actually capable of doing!
And WE know that we are generally a learned bunch of atheletes.
So what do we read? Well I read fiction, biographies, bike mags, bodybuilding books, web site articles, historical books etc, when I have time, which isn't often. I am not a literary snob, I'll read Stephen King, or David Attenborough, just depends on the mood. If you want a seriously good titter read Spike Milligans war novels, based on his own experiences, bloody hilarious.

Reaper.

I like lots of fiction, fantasy and sci-fi.  Biographies.  I like to read something that evokes a response, be it in your mind, soul or body  

Viz magazine!  

lol,  Viz,    yep,  very funny Mag!!

Reaper.

The joy of sex... Author, BIG KEIKO (revised edition)  

Hope you did new drawings! They were crap in the first issue.......lmao!

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Thats why its the revised edition!  

Send me a copy, my address is.......

Another good book, "The long way round", the book of the series, funny, sad, gripping, wish I'd had the chance to do such an epic journey.

Reaper.

Does this mean there are less 'beards' in the revised edition?

Beards!  And I thought there was only one man in the book.........!

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You have clearly studied it in some detail whereas I saw it flicked through once in 'The Young Ones'!  Honestly!

The Long way round... do they have a shorter version?

As for beards... clean shaven! Oooh er  

Oh for goodness sake!  Please tell me that you don't perhaps mean that you are referring to shaven havens?  

Hell no, i was born with a silver spoon in my mouth!  

Smut n filth,    great title for a book! And a pair of new cartoon characters,mmmmmm have to get my pen out!

And this thread by the way its going

lol

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Thankfully I have no idea what it is that you are talking about (thankfully!)  

?! Of course you don't , we believe you , don't we boys and girls......

And the long way round IS the long way round dude, no shortcuts. There'd be no story otherwise!

Another great read is "Ripping Yarns" Palin and co', very funny!

Reaper.

Youve lost me now?

I know this aint a book but... nut's magazine is a good read!  

Full of true stories. If you cant read then theres plenty of pictures!  

Oh dear.  Oh dear, oh dear, oh dear  

Quoted from bigkeiko

Hell no, i was born with a silver spoon in my mouth!  

so was i.. and i intend to cause a stir!!!  

best book i've read recently 'scar tassue' by anthiny kleidis. lead singer of red hot
chilli peppers. incredible life story. well worth a read-fan or not. shook me to the core.

on lighter note 'tietam brown' by mick foley. comin of age story that has you laughin out loud in places! well worth a read.

and lest we forget MUSCLE by jon hotten. the BEST book ever written about the iron game in my opinion.. tho i can imagine some of you will dissagree. if you not read it-DO SO! you cant have an educated opionion of BB without it.

I can't!? Wow, that means every other bb piece I have read is entirely meaningless.


Wonder if Arnold read it, oh , no, he wrote his own book, Education of a Bodybuilder, a great comic of a tale! lol
  
Better get a copy..........!  

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ps cheers for the clothing info dude, appreciated!

If we are all getting clothing off muscle ave we will all be wearing the same stuff to go to shows, we will have to get a thread saying what you wearing to the next comps so we aint all looking the same!!!! he he

Oh yes of course, please let me know too as i wouldn't want to clash  

Yea, what colour you wearing dude, are the shoes matching and is the hat floppy?

lol

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Pj will have a red hanky hanging out of his rear right hand side pocket! If you get my drift... well, not mine, his!  

so thats- five books,two mags and a sex journal.

good thread in theory reaper............

What do you want?!  A run down of every book since infants?!  I actually think your reading tastes change throughout your life, although I still enjoy a Roald Dahl book from time to time!  The reading matter stacked up in the corner of my bathroom would suggest some kind of scitzo lives in my house.  Maybe that's true  

Norman Bates springs to mind!  

i would love to join in on this, but not read any book since left school ,only read bodybuilding mags like beef, body fitness. i always fall asleep when i read

Are you saying I look like a man?!  No, Norman Bates isn't my kind of scitzo, I can think of plenty other naughty mad types that I'd prefer.

Im with you on that scotty, i cant be arsed to read a book, unless im going to learn something i.e bodybuilding related of the nutrition and pharmaceutical kind!

You could say im boring but thats how you learn, and you never stop learning in this game!

As much as it really does pain me to say it, there is MORE to life than just your sport of choice!  One should expand the mind on other matters  

I dont live for bodybuilding, farrrrrrrrrrrrrrr from it!
Thats why i havent trained for nearly 6 months, theres more to life and at the mo im just chillin until i want to go back!
I aint like some guys who cry if they lose 1 or 2lbs, ive lost 3 stone... face bovered!  

Clearly you AIN'T bovvered!  And I like that  

Back to literature.... Dan Brown's books are pretty good. Obviously his most famous Da Vinci Code but you should first read Angel's and Demon's, its the lead up to Da Vinci Code. Another book which is similar to Dan Brown's religious themed books is called The Traveller by an author called John Twelve Hawks.

never read any of his stuff,esp after all the 'da vinci' code hype!

but i'll look him up mate. thanks for the tip!

p.s. john 12 hawks?? wot is he native american...

What i heard was he wanted to stay an anonymous author so only his agent knows his real name; the book company that published his book don't even know his name allegedly... A bit odd.