MILO: A Journal for Serious Strength Athletes, September 2011, Vol. 19, No. 2

Khadjimourad Akkaev (Russia) put together six good lifts to end the day with all three gold medals in the 105-kg class and a very impressive 425-kg total at the 2011 European Weightlifting Championships.

People
Meet Khadjimourad Akkaev by Randall J. Strossen, Ph.D.
Karo Whitfield: Weightlifting in the South by Thom Van Vleck
Slim the Hammer Man: Modern-Day Superhero by Mike Corlett

Training
Five Exercises to Increase Your Olympic Weightlifting Total by Karsten Jensen, MSc
The Big Picture: Colon and Rectal Cancer by William L. Crawford, M.D.
A Minimalist Workout by Richard Moores
Book Review:The Flexible Periodization Method by Karsten Jensen, reviewed by Brian Jones, Ph.D.
Building the Body for the Work Ahead by Dr. Ken E. Leistner
Strength First! By Ken Best
Neuro-muscular Efficiency:Implications for Training by Brian Mangravite
Goal Setting:Get SMART by Ernest Roy, P.T., D.P.T.
The Earth then Produced Mightier Men by Steve Jeck
Practical Science Applied:Velocity Specificity: How Best to Train for Power by Brian Jones, Ph.D.
How to Back Squat 'Enough,' Part I by Jim Schmitz
Inverted Postures Can Jump Start Your Training by Col. (Ret.) Joseph H. Wolfenberger
Foundations:The Gift of Resistance by Jon Bruney.

Getting More from Less by Gerard Matthew

Contests
2011 Senior European Weightlifting Championships: Russian Display of Strength by Randall J. Strossen, Ph. D.
NAHA Season Openers by Thom Van Vleck
2011 Junior World Weightlifting Championships: Who's Up and Coming by Per Mattingsdal
48 Hours in Finland by Randall J. Strossen, Ph. D.

History
Russian Men of Might: Three Stars of Strength by Josef Svub
The Continental Press by Gherardo Bonini