Cover: The last man to go, Derek Poundstone would win 2008 Fortissimus if he loaded this 517-lb. stone, which had eluded everyone else. Poundstone proved himself fully worthy of his name.

1282-16.2 (.5 lb.) $20.00

Cover: Richard Lupkes (l.) decided to start pulling again after 20 years--blowing through John Brzenk in a memorable re-match and taking the 2008 Arnold (shown here in his final match with Tim Bresnan (r.).

1282-16.1 (.5 lb.) $20.00

Cover:Brad Gillingham was eyeball to eyeball with 390 kg, which would tie his lifetime personal record (2007 IPF Worlds).

1282-15.4 (.5 lb.) $20.00

Cover:Gregor Edmunds warms up on the Braemar ("Inverness") stone at the 2007 World Heavy Events Championships.

1282-15.3 (.5 lb.) $20.00

Cover:Stefan Botev, on his way to a bronze medal at the 1996 Olympics, while lifting for Australia: the first installment of the story of the Australian-Bulgarian relationship.

1282-15.2 (.5 lb.) $20.00

Cover:Ilya Ilin (Kazakhstan) chalks up and eyes the bar loaded to 226 kg for his third attempt in the clean and jerk at the 2006 Asian Games.

1282-15.1 (.5 lb.) $20.00

Cover:Turkey's Taner Sagir was more than good enough to win the 2006 World W/L Championships and continue his march toward Beijing.

1282-14.4 (.5 lb.) $20.00

Cover:Phil Pfister is the first American in amost a quarter-century to win the World's Strongest Man contest.

1282-14.3 (.5 lb.) $15.00