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.</br></br>People</br>Meet Khadjimourad Akkaev by Randall J. Strossen, Ph.D.</br>Karo Whitfield: Weightlifting in the South by Thom Van Vleck</br>Slim the Hammer Man: Modern-Day Superhero by Mike Corlett</br></br>Training</br>Five Exercises to Increase Your Olympic Weightlifting Total by Karsten Jensen, MSc</br>The Big Picture: Colon and Rectal Cancer by William L. Crawford, M.D.</br>A Minimalist Workout by Richard Moores</br>Book Review:The Flexible Periodization Method by Karsten Jensen, reviewed by Brian Jones, Ph.D.</br>Building the Body for the Work Ahead by Dr. Ken E. Leistner</br>Strength First! By Ken Best</br>Neuro-muscular Efficiency:Implications for Training by Brian Mangravite</br>Goal Setting:Get SMART by Ernest Roy, P.T., D.P.T.</br>The Earth then Produced Mightier Men by Steve Jeck</br>Practical Science Applied:Velocity Specificity: How Best to Train for Power by Brian Jones, Ph.D.</br>How to Back Squat 'Enough,' Part I by Jim Schmitz</br>Inverted Postures Can Jump Start Your Training by Col. (Ret.) Joseph H. Wolfenberger</br>Foundations:The Gift of Resistance by Jon Bruney.
Getting More from Less by Gerard Matthew</br></br>Contests</br>2011 Senior European Weightlifting Championships: Russian Display of Strength by Randall J. Strossen, Ph. D.</br>NAHA Season Openers by Thom Van Vleck</br>2011 Junior World Weightlifting Championships: Who's Up and Coming by Per Mattingsdal</br>48 Hours in Finland by Randall J. Strossen, Ph. D.</br></br>History</br>Russian Men of Might: Three Stars of Strength by Josef Svub</br>The Continental Press by Gherardo Bonini