Cover: +105-kg Ronny Weller (GER) locks up all the gold medals at the 1998 European W/L Championships.
Departments
- Letters to the Editor
- Welcome by Randall J. Strossen, Ph.D.
- Iron Filings
- Calendar
- The Iron Mine
Contests
- Well, Er...What Can We Say? 1998 European Weightlifting Championships by Randall J. Strossen, Ph.D.
- Deanna Remembered in All-Round Meet by Lee Gesbeck
- 1998 British MusclePower Championships by Jockie Reeves
- NASS Metroplex Strongest Man and Woman Championships by Bill Holland
- Ryan Vierra Dominates Costa Mesa by Bill Rothschild
- Arm Benders Sparkle at Crystal Bay: 1998 National Pro-Am Arm Wrestling by Merle Meeter
- 1998 U. S. National Weightlifting Championships by Jim Schmitz
History
- Thomas Topham: The Strong Man of Islington by Lee Morrison
- In Search of Cyr by Eric J. Murray
- Holy Strongman: The Life and Lifts of Bernard Lange, CSC by Ned Beaumont
- Memories of Father Lange by Mike Burgener
Training
- Strength Into Maturity by David Shaw
- LIfe in the Loft--To Eat or Not to Eat by Dr. Ken E. Leistner
- Self-Esteem Engine by Steve Jeck
- Self-Deception: Can You Afford It? by David Elkins
- Real Coaching: It Ain't Attaboy, Academic, or Arm's-length by Tom Hirtz
- Bale Rolling 101 by John Brookfield
- Knowing When to Make Changes by Bill Starr
- The Three Musketeers of Lifting by J. V. Askem
- Me and My Barrel by David Trainor
- Specialization of the Calves by John McCallum
- Comeback King by Dale Clark
- The Clean & Jerk, "the King of Lifts": Assistance Exercises and Training by Jim Schmitz
- The Intensity Factor for Building Size by Anthony Ditillo
People
- Shane Hamman: Is There Life After Powerlifting? by Marty Gallagher
- A New Batch of Captains of Crush
- Ken Brown: The Secret's Out by Randall J. Strossen, Ph.D.
- Lads Go A' Lifting by David Webster
- Stone Lifting in Scotland--Notes from Lee Morrison's Diary by Lee Morrison
128 pp.
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