Cover: Aaron Neighbour (Australia) gives the Braemar stone his all, putting himself in a solid position on the opening event as he went on to win the historic 2009 IHGF World Championships, Edinburgh, Scotland.
Departments
- Giving Credit Where It's Due by Randall J. Strossen, Ph.D.
- Letters to the Editor
- Calendar
- Iron Filings by Randall J. Strossen, Ph.D.
- Captains of Crush Grippers: Who's New
- The Iron Mine
People
- Steve Schmidt: Old-time Strongman Today by Thom Van Vleck
Training
- So . . . You Wanna Get BIG? by Steve Justa
- Unorthodox Exercises by Bill Starr
- Draft Horse Training by Tim Piper, M.S. and Mike Waller, M.A.
- You Are What You Don't Eat: Organic Food and the Strength Athlete, Part II by Gabriel Josiah
- Basketball Rebounding for Coordination, Quickness, and Agility by Col. (Ret.) Joseph H. Wolfenberger
- Roadrash: Playing Around with the Push Sled--Part II by Matt Shatzkin
- The Push-Pull of Things by John Brookfield
- Pushing (Back at) 40 by Steve Brylski
- Physical Preparedness for PPP--And Anyone in Pursuit of Good Health by Ken Best
- Overtraining: What It Is and How to Avoid It by Jim Schmitz
- The Art and Science of Recovery by Brian Mangravite
- Foundations: The Kettlemill Challenge by Jon Bruney
- Why Systematic Development of Trainees is the Superior Methodology by Steven Helmicki
- Spotlight on Strength and Skill by Dr. Ken E. Leistner
- My Dinnie Stone Quest, or Two Years Within The Brotherhood of Stone by Roger Davis
- Enter the Kettlebell Plus by Pavel
- How to Generate the Greatest Strength at the Lightest Bodyweight by Steve Justa
- Grassroots to Gold Medals: Play Your Role by Paul Doherty
Contests
- 2009 IHGF World Highland Games Championships: A Fight to the Finish by Francis Brebner
- 105-kg World Record Breakers: The King Has Lost His Crown by Jyrki Rantanen
- 2009 Masters' World Championships: Scottish Masters Athletes Gather in the Highlands by William M. Scruggs, Ph.D.
- 2009 USAF Unified National Armwrestling Championships: Arkansas to Italy--Who's Going? by Denise Wattles
- Canda World Strength Presents Fortissimus 2009: Building on the Tradition of Louis Cyr by William Crawford, M.D.
History
- Helmsman of Russian Heavy Athletics: Count G. I. Ribeaupierre by Joseph Svub
- German Men of Might: Andreas Maier by Gherardo Bonini
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