Cover: Showing his consistency and durability, in 1978 Al Feuerbach won his fourth U.S. National Outdoor Championships and in 1979 he was the runner-up.
"Do you believe in miracles? Yes!!!" It was the last lift of the contest and in a fairy-tale ending, Matthias Steiner cleaned and jerked 258 kg for the gold medal at the 2008 Olympic Games.
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.
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.).