MILO: A Journal for Serious Strength Athletes, December 2011, Vol. 19, No. 3

Cover: Dan McKim capped off the 2011 season with wins at two of the most prestigious Highland Games: the U.S. national championships and the IHGF world championships. People Wilbur Miller: Lifting Perfection by Thom Van Vleck Training Abdominal Training: Back to Basics, Part II by George A. James Let's Talk Football, Let's Talk Neck by Dr. Ken E. Leistner The Art and Science of Recovery by Brian Mangravite How to Back Squat 'Enough,' Part 2: The Schmitz Squat System by Jim Schmitz A Stone Lifter's Gauntlet Thrown: 6 x 6 Challenge by Roger Davis Practical Science Applied: Staph Infection and Lifters by Brian Jones, Ph.D. Foundations: Explosive Exercises = Explosive Gains by Jon Bruney Choke Proof: How to Get Peak Performance when It's All on the Line by Ernest Roy, P.T., D.P.T. Yang Breathing and Yin Breathing for Contact Sports by Pavel Taking Sport Specificity Too Far by Oliver Whaley Are Assistance Exercises Necessary? by Karsten Jensen Overhead Lifting: The Sandbag Press by Dave Ostlund Systematic Approach to the Anti-concussion Movement, Part I by Steven Helmicki Muscles, Meds and Mayhem by William L. Crawford, M.D. Weighty Concerns: Is Big Always Big? by Lance Holland-Keen, MBChB Contests 2011 IHGF World Highland Games Championships: Sparks Fly on Loon Mountain by Francis Brebner 2011 USAWA National Championships: Athletes vs. Iron by Thom Van Vleck 2011 IHGF World Team Championships: Team Spirit Takes Charge by Francis Brebner History History of the Neck Lift by Al Myers, D.V.M. Lighter Stars of Weightlifting Before World War I by Gherardo Bonini