Cover: Ivane Grikurovi, quiet but potent grandmaster weightlifting coach behind two Olympic gold medalists.
Departments
- Water your Lawn by Randall J. Strossen, Ph.D.
- Letters to the Editor
- From the Trenches: Sharing an "Awesome" Design by Richard Moores & The Boys from the Rock
- Iron Filings by Randall J. Strossen, Ph.D.
- Captains of Crush Grippers: Who's New
- Calendar
- The Iron Mine
People
- MILO Talks With Ivane Grikurovi: The Coach Who Conducts a Weightlifting Symphony by Randall J. Strossen, Ph.D
- The Georgian Phenomenon by Ivane Grikurovi
Training
- The Odd Lifts at a USAWA Meet by Mike Waller, MA and Tim Piper, MS
- Test Your Fortitude Non-Stop by John Brookfield
- Obsolete or Absolute? by Steve Jeck
- Be Aware of Sequence by Bill Starr
- Lest We Forget by David Shaw, MA
- Balancing Variety and Consistency by Brian Jones
- Detention Training, Lane County, Oregon by Tom Hirtz
- Walk-about Training by Steve Justa
- 21 and 7, or 3 and 1 by Charles Fraser
- The Perspective of Modern Powerlifting by Steven Helmicki
- A Back That Could be Mistaken for a Manta Ray by Steven Helmicki
- Foundations: Moving Upward by Jon Bruney
- The Old Rusty Bar by Keith Wassung
- The Effects of Loaded Stretching on Pull-Up Performance by Brad Johnson
- The Leap by H. S. Noe
- Right or Left Foot, Belt, Wraps, Yes or No? by Jim Schmitz
- Questions and Answers--Part 1 by John McCallum
- Stiff-Legged Deadlifts for Lower Back Health by Steve Angell
- Training to Carry the Husafell Stone: Kviahellan Calls on The Brotherhood of Stone by William Crawford, MD
- In Case of Emergency, Pull! by Dr. Ken E. Leistner
Contests
- 2006 European Weightlifting Championships: New Records, New Champions by Per Mattingsdal
- No Fourth Attempts by Randall J. Strossen, Ph.D.
- 2006 "Brawl for It All" Pro-Am Arm Wrestling Championships by Denise Wattles
- The Braemer Games: None Other Like It by Francis Brebner
- 2006 Mohegan Sun World's Strongest Man Super Series: Hugo's Big Bang by Lene Alexandra Karlsen
History
- Strength and Elegance: Pierre Bonnes by Gherardo Bonini
- Jim Pedley: A Forgotten King of Strength by Ron Tyrrell
- The Fingalians by Peter Martin
128 pp.
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