Cover: World-class in three Olympic sports (wrestling, track, and weightlifting), Bruce Wilhelm also won the first two World's Strongest Man contests. Here, Bruce freezes out the competition in the refrigerator race at the inaugural WSM competition, 1977.
Departments
- Letters to the Editor
- From the Trenches: How to Promote Olympic Lifting, Texas-style by Tim Swords
- The Mouse with the Mouth by Randall J. Strossen, Ph.D.
- Iron Filings
- Calendar
- Captains of Crush Grippers: Who's New
- The Iron Mine
People
- Bruce Wilhelm: World's Strongest Man...World's Strongest Fan by Jim Schmitz
- Carry On: 19th Annual Reunion Oldtime Barbell and Strongmen by Steve Jeck
- Pablo Lara: A Little Homage to the Best Spanish-Speaking Weightlifter Ever by Lucio Doncel
Training
- Log Logic by J. V. Askem
- More on PHA by John McCallum
- Life in the Loft: A New Mix by Dr. Ken E. Leistner
- McCallum's Defense by Steven Helmicki
- The Split Snatch by Bill Starr
- The Zen of Weightlifting by Ashley Jones
- Formula for Success by John Brookfield
- Wake and Ache by Steve Brylski
- The Cure for What Ails You: Medicine Balls by Rob Haan
- Tackling the Sphere by Patrick Povilaitis
- Standing Barbell Pullover: It Abs-solutely Works! by Steve Justa
- Strength Training for Olympic Lifters by Charles Fraser
Contests
- Newcomer Almost Pulls Upset in All-Round Meet by Lee Gesbeck
- John Brzenk Takes Five at Lake Tahoe by Merle Meeter
- 2002 Strongman Vantaa Challenge by Jyrki Rantanen
- USA Weightlifting's 2002 National Championships by Jim Schmitz
- 2002 European Senior Weightlifting Championships by Per Mattingsdal
- Masters in Motion: 2002 Scottish Masters World Championships by William M. Scruggs, Ph.D.
History
- Apollo, the Scottish Hercules by Ron Tyrrell
- Feats in Leg Pressing by Joseph Svub
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