For years I have been recommending Bill Pearl's Getting Stronger to beginners. Well, it's time to add another book to my beginners' list. If you are an absolute beginner to weight training, Weight Training for Dummies is the book you will want to check out. The obvious answer is exercises, proper form, sets and reps, and a bit about nutrition. There's more to weight training than just lifting weights and eating right, though.
Gyms have their own culture, which can be intimidating to the neophyte.
Weight Training for Dummies seeks to properly prepare beginners to enter the whole world of weight training. I honestly did not know what to expect from this book. As soon as I turned the cover my expectations turned around 180 degrees. Inside the cover is a quick reference card and the first thing I saw was a guide to gym etiquette. In fact, the reader has about 100 pages to go through before getting to exercise descriptions.