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. 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
