MILO: A Journal for Serious Strength Athletes, December 2009, Vol. 17, No. 3

Cover: Aaron Neighbour (Australia) gives the Braemar stone his all, putting himself in a solid position on the opening event as he went on to win the historic 2009 IHGF World Championships, Edinburgh, Scotland.

People

• Steve Schmidt: Old-time Strongman Today by Thom Van Vleck

Training

• So . . . You Wanna Get BIG? by Steve Justa
• Unorthodox Exercises by Bill Starr
• Draft Horse Training by Tim Piper, M.S. and Mike Waller, M.A.
• You Are What You Don't Eat: Organic Food and the Strength Athlete, Part II by Gabriel Josiah
• Basketball Rebounding for Coordination, Quickness, and Agility by Col. (Ret.) Joseph H. Wolfenberger
• Roadrash: Playing Around with the Push Sled--Part II by Matt Shatzkin
• The Push-Pull of Things by John Brookfield
• Pushing (Back at) 40 by Steve Brylski
• Physical Preparedness for PPP--And Anyone in Pursuit of Good Health by Ken Best
• Overtraining: What It Is and How to Avoid It by Jim Schmitz
• The Art and Science of Recovery by Brian Mangravite
• Foundations: The Kettlemill Challenge by Jon Bruney
• Why Systematic Development of Trainees is the Superior Methodology by Steven Helmicki
• Spotlight on Strength and Skill by Dr. Ken E. Leistner
• My Dinnie Stone Quest, or Two Years Within The Brotherhood of Stone by Roger Davis
• Enter the Kettlebell Plus by Pavel
• How to Generate the Greatest Strength at the Lightest Bodyweight by Steve Justa
• Grassroots to Gold Medals: Play Your Role by Paul Doherty

Contests

• 2009 IHGF World Highland Games Championships: A Fight to the Finish by Francis Brebner
• 105-kg World Record Breakers: The King Has Lost His Crown by Jyrki Rantanen
• 2009 Masters' World Championships: Scottish Masters Athletes Gather in the HIghlands by William M. Scruggs, Ph.D.
• 2009 USAF Unified National Armwrestling Championships: Arkansas to Italy--Who's Going? by Denise Wattles
• Canda World Strength Presents Fortissimus 2009: Building on the Tradition of Louis Cyr by William Crawford, M.D.

History

• Helmsman of Russian Heavy Athletics: Count G. I. Ribeaupierre by Joseph Svub
• German Men of Might: Andreas Maier by Gherardo Bonini

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