New Book: The Sports Supplement Bible

[WillBrink]

For those interested, my new book "The Sports Supplement Bible" can now be found on Kindle reader via Amazon. It covers just about everything out there worth covering as far as sports supps (e.g., that impact something important to athletes in on way or another) and then some... If interested, see:

http://www.amazon.com/Sports-Supplem...8800324&sr=8-1

This book will be added to other major e reader platforms (Nook, IPad, etc) shortly, and hard copy will exist also, but will cost more per usual.

Thanx

[WillBrink]

Now on Nook Platform FYI:

http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-...sri=will+brink

[chuckman]

Will, is this supplements only, or do you include sports nutrition (akin to Nancy Clark's book)?
Thanks!

[WillBrink]

Will, is this supplements only, or do you include sports nutrition (akin to Nancy Clark's book)?
Thanks!

Supplements only. My book BodyBuilding Revealed (bad name, but seemed like a good idea at the time...) covers nutrition, supplements, and training; geared mostly toward people looking to increase strength and LBM (hence the name) but popular with various athletes, as well as mil/LEO. It's also a far better book then Clark's book, but I'm a tad biased...

See my main fitness site (BrinkZone) for more info there.

[WillBrink]

My New book, THE SPORTS SUPPLEMENT BIBLE, is now in hard copy. You'll get 10% off if buying direct from LuLu.

http://www.lulu.com/product/paperbac...shelf/center/1

[WillBrink]

General FYI: You don't need one of the readers from Amazon (Kindle), Barnes N Noble (Nook) to read these new e-pub books.

There are free apps for allowing you to read them on your comp, various phones (there's a free Kindle app for Iphone for example) and other platforms.

I just learned that myself!

Free Apps from Amazon and B&N for reading their e-pub books, many of which are also free:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.htm...cId=1000493771

http://www.barnesandnoble.com/u/free...pps/379002321/

Rock on

[WillBrink]

General FYI, my book The Sports Supplement Bible, is now available in the Ibooks store of ITunes, so it can be read on your Iphone, Ipad, Comp, etc. via Itunes.

Search by ISBN # if you have any issue finding it: 9780985002411

[WillBrink]

Here's a review I received:

Review: Will Brink’s The Sports Supplement Bible
Review by Dr. Peter Chiang

Author Will Brink’s The Sports Supplement Bible dives into what matters in the vast supplement business and clarifies what really works and what does not, and presents it in an easy to read format. With all the “new” and “improved” supplements available, it’s often overwhelming for anyone who walks into a store or browses online looking for an effective product to enhance performance, or strength, or recoup from tough workouts. Without any knowledge of the products and the ingredients used in these products, it’s easy to buy into the hype, or the bodybuilder posing on the packaging. But will it work? What do the studies reveal? Will Brink breaks down the facts and recommend what works, and what is just a waste of money.

Back in the day, I too was guilty of following some friends’ advice without taking the time needed to research if it was even worth using, or if there were better alternatives that would save time and or money. When a person is training competitively or just working out, we have this competitive drive to be the best; one more rep, few more pounds; I too made the mistake of looking to the top guy as to what I should be taking. It wasn’t until I did my own research and realized that majority of the supplements I had used were just a waste of money. Doing my own research involved too much time and effort going through large databases and stacks of studies, and all the more frustrating was the fact that I either could not find anything, or one study showed promise, and another showed it was irrelevant!

Will took the time and did the research and presented it in his book. The Sports Supplement Bible and set it up in an easy to follow format. Each supplement covered is set up like so:

What is it?
What is it suppose to do?
What does the research have to say?
What about real world athletic performance?
Recommendation

The Sports Supplement Bible is an excellent reference work for both users of sports/performance related supplements, or for clinicians and medical professionals who want a well referenced book on the topic that’s up to date and “real world” oriented. Once you have read it through, it becomes a great book to refer to over and over again. Will’s breakdown of the scientific studies are insightful, his expertise in nutrition really shows through in this book. The Supplement Pyramid is a great tool to get an understanding why foundation supplements are so important to a person’s health and performance. Even-thought not all the supplements are covered; all the common ones you see on the shelves are covered well, and truth be known, most products on the shelves are simply a mixture of what gets covered in this book.

It does not matter if a person is a professional, recreational athlete, or just wants to know what works, The Sports Supplement Bible will benefit anyone and everyone who has thought about taking a supplement to enhance their performance. The result? Less time and money wasted on worthless supplements, which was clearly the goal of this book. Highly recommended.

- Peter Chiang, DC, CCSP®

Dr. Chiang is a Certified Chiropractic Sports Physician (CCSP®), who focuses on working with athletes and sports rehabilitation. He runs Northeastern Chiropractic located in Framingham MA.
www.northeasternchiropractic.com

[WillBrink]

New review I just received:


Book Review: The Sports Supplement Bible for Health and Fitness, by Will Brink

Review by Evan Peck M.D.

The sale of dietary supplements produces over $28 billion annually. In the fitness industry, dietary supplements also represent a large proportion of the marketing effort, as evidenced by brief perusal of most popular exercise magazines or websites. Many training and nutrition articles in the lay press are cleverly-schemed (or thinly-veiled) advertisements for dietary supplements, and essentially all major bodybuilding magazines are owned by dietary supplement companies.

Sports Supplements are used by both athletes, and active populations such as those in the military

Simply put, dietary supplements are big business. And where there’s money to made, integrity is not always found. In The Sports Supplement Bible, Will Brink examines with scrutiny a large collection of popular dietary supplements on the market. Of note, Mr. Brink is a private nutritional and exercise consultant, does not work for any dietary supplement company, and has no conflict of interest with respect to the material contained within this book.

The book organizes dietary supplements into several categories: Amino Acids, Metabolites (e.g., creatine monohydrate), Protein Powders, Essential Elements, Anti-Estrogens, Herbal Testosterone Boosters, Phytochemicals, Adaptogens, and Miscellaneous Compounds. For each supplement, a concise and information-dense chapter is written. The supplement is defined, the purported effects are defined, and then those claims (and any other effects) are examined using the available scientific literature as well as what has been reported anecdotally. The information is then summarized into a general recommendation.

Cont:

http://www.brinkzone.com/supplement-...plement-bible/

[WillBrink]

Below is a recent review of my book The Sports Supplement Bible as seen in Muscle Insider Magazine by Dan Kennedy. Muscle Insider reminds me a bit of old school Muscle Media with some MuscleMag International influences thrown in, two publication I wrote for many times over the years.