Cover: Super Hossein Rezazadeh (IRI) makes this 212.5-kg world record at the Sydney Olympics.
Departments
- Letters to the Editor
- Welcome: U. S. Weightlifting Moving on Up by Randall J. Strossen, Ph.D.
- Iron Filings by Randall J. Strossen, Ph.D.
- Calendar
- The Iron Mine
Contests
- 2000 Olympic Games: Sparks Fly, Supers Sensational, Rezazadeh Dazzles by Jim Schmitz
- Stong-mania
- Surprises in Pleasanton: U.S. Heavy Events Championships by David Webster
- Valhalla by Steve Jeck
People
- Moe Baker: The First Great Top Roller in Arm Wrestling by Merle Meeter
- Janne Virtanen by Jyrki Rantanen
- G and G Trio by Lee Gesbeck
Training
- From the Trenches: Stone Lifting Honeymoon by Joe Maccarrone
- Dynamic Dumbbell Duo for Olympic (or Any!) Lifters by Charles Fraser
- Home of the Braves: Physical Culture Lessons from the First Americans by Fred Hutchinson
- Abbreviated Training by J. V. Askem
- The Half Squat by Steve Justa
- Simplify Your Lifting for Lifelong Size and Strength: Advanced Routine by David Shaw
- The Ladder: How to Grease the Groove on a Tight Schedule by Pavel Tsatsouline
- On Correcting Your Balance by Mike Brown
- Get the Right Start by Bill Starr
- Hand Balancing (Part IV): Putting It All Together by Jeff Gothard, CSCS
- Life in the Loft: More Size for Thighs by Dr. Ken E. Leistner
- Basque Stone Lifting Technique and Equipment by Lucio Doncel
- About Basque Stone Lifting by Fernando Vallejo Torrecilla
- The Caber by Robert Patrick Boylan
- When You're Good, You're Good--When You're Big, You're Better by Steve Brylski
- Stretching for Strength by Jim Schmitz
- Special Strength Exercises Revisited by Marc Cavigioli, M. Ed.
- Health, Endurance and Definition by John McCallum
- Undefeatable by Brian Mangravite
History
- The Searcher: Two Stories, Two Stones by Peter Martin
- Napoleon by Steven Helmicki
- Russian Men of Might: Peter Krylov by Josef Svub
- Zbyszko: Passing the Baton by Thomas E. Van Vleck
- Athlete Statues by Wolfram Parge
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