MILO: A Journal For Serious Strength Athletes is a quarterly journal dedicated to strength sports, published by IronMind

IronMind

IronMind Enterprises, Inc. is a niche market business based in Nevada City, California, that specializes in “tools of the trade for serious strength athletes.” Though many of its products include strength-training equipment and accessories, IronMind also publishes books, DVDs and the quarterly...

. The magazine is named after Milo of Croton

Milo of Croton

Milo of Croton was a 6th century BC wrestler from the Magna Graecian city of Croton in southern Italy who enjoyed a brilliant wrestling career and won many victories in the most important athletic festivals of ancient Greece...

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MILO has been published continually since April 1993, and 71 issues have been published to date. Randall J. Strossen

Randall J. Strossen

Dr. Randall J. Strossen is the founder and president of IronMind Enterprises, Inc. and the editor-in-chief and publisher of MILO journal. He wrote a monthly column called "IronMind" in IRONMAN magazine for over 12 years, starting in 1988 and has authored several books on strength training...

 is the publisher and editor-in-chief. The journal covers topics such as Olympic-style weightlifting, strongman

Strongman (strength athlete)

In the 19th century, the term strongman referred to an exhibitor of strength or circus performers of similar ilk who displayed feats of strength such as the bent press , supporting large amounts of...

, Highland Games

Highland games

Highland games are events held throughout the &Highland games are events held throughout the &Highland games are events held throughout the &(-è_çà in Scotland and other countries as a way of celebrating Scottish and Celtic culture and heritage, especially that of the Scottish Highlands. Certain...

, powerlifting, general weight training

Weight training

Weight training is a common type of strength training for developing the strength and size of skeletal muscles. It uses the weight force of gravity to oppose the force generated by muscle through concentric or eccentric contraction...

, and fitness, arm wrestling

Arm wrestling

Arm wrestling is a sport with two participants. Each participant places one arm on a surface with their elbows bent and touching the surface, and they grip each other's hand...

, grip strength

Grip strength

Grip strength is the force applied by the hand to pull on or suspend from objects and is a specific part of hand strength. Optimum-sized objects permit the hand to wrap around a cylindrical shape with a diameter from one to three inches. Stair rails are an example of where shape and diameter are...

, stones and stonelifting, and similar subjects. Each issue of MILO is organized into five sections: Departments, People, Training, Contests and History, with the most coverage devoted to training.

MILO is the only U.S. iron game publication to receive accreditation to cover weightlifting at the last four Olympic Games; 1996, 2000, 2004, and 2008. MILO also covers top strength contests like the European and World Weightlifting Championships

World Weightlifting Championships

World Weightlifting Championships is an event organised by International Weightlifting Federation .It has been held since 1891. In March 1891, competing against champions from Brussels, Hamburg, England, Vienna, Italy, and Berlin in a three-day event, Edward Lawrence Levy of England won the first...

 (since 1993); World's Strongest Man

World's Strongest Man

The World's Strongest Man is a well recognised event in strength athletics and has been described by a number of highly respected authorities in the sport as the premier event in strongman. Organized by TWI, an IMG Media company, it is broadcast around the end of December each year...

; IHGF Heavy Events World Championships (the World Highland Games Championships

World Highland Games Championships

The World Highland Games Championships is a well recognised event in both strength athletics and Highland Games. The championships are also known as the IHGF Official World Heavy Events Championships, being organised by the International Highland Games Federation...

); the Arnold Classic

Arnold Classic

The Arnold Classic, renamed Arnold Fitness Weekend, is an annual bodybuilding competition, named after Arnold Schwarzenegger. It takes place in late February or early March in Columbus, Ohio, United States.-History:...

 Arm Wrestling Challenge; GNC Grip Gauntlet

GNC Grip Gauntlet

The GNC Grip Gauntlet is a strength athletics contest that tests the grip strength of competing individuals over three disciplines, each designed to test one of the three recognised facets of hand strength: crushing; pinching; and supporting. It was developed by Wade Gillingham and Randall J...

; and the like.

Regular authors in MILO have included John McCallum (republished), John Brookfield, Steve Justa, Ken Leistner

Ken Leistner

Ken Leistner is an American strength training writer, personal trainer, strength consultant for the National Football League, and chiropractor. He is often known as "Dr. Ken"....

, Jim Schmitz, Bill Starr, and Pavel Tsatsouline

Pavel Tsatsouline

Pavel Tsatsouline is a fitness instructor from the former Soviet Union. He is involved with the evolving field of martial arts fitness and is a major proponent of the traditional Russian fitness tool, the kettlebell, as an exercise and strengthening tool...

. Several world-class competitors such as Jim McGoldrick and Francis Brebner have contributed articles on Highland Games heavy events. Several of these contributors are mentioned by Ned Beaumont in Savage Science of Streetfighting as writers whose work is "especially valuable."

Some of the most notable strength athletes in history have been profiled in the pages of MILO. Included in this group are Bill Anderson, Paul Anderson

Paul Anderson

- Politics and public figures :* Paul Anderson , member of the Minnesota House of Representatives* Paul H. Anderson , U.S. judge* Paul Francis Anderson , U.S...

, John Brzenk

John Brzenk

John Brzenk is a professional armwrestler from the United States. He competes in the Professional Armwrestling League, and as of 2009 is the number-one armwrestler in the world...

, Geoff Capes

Geoff Capes

Geoffrey Lewis Capes is a former athlete, strongman and professional Highland Games competitor...

, Pyrros Dimas

Pyrros Dimas

TotalTotalPyrros Dimas , born on 13 October 1971) is a retired Greek weightlifter, considered as one of the greatest of all time, having been three times Olympic champion and three times World Champion.- Background :...

, Clyde Emrich

Clyde Emrich

Clyde Emrich was an Olympic weightlifter for the United States. He was also a long-time strength coach for the Chicago Bears, who in 2008 named their weight room for him.-Weightlifting achievements:* Olympic Games team member...

, Al Feuerbach

Al Feuerbach

Allan Dean Feuerbach is a former track and field athlete from the United States, who competed for his native country in the men's shot put event at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1972. On...

, Doug Hepburn

Doug Hepburn

Doug Ivan Hepburn was a Canadian world-champion weightlifter.Born in Vancouver with a club foot and cross-eyed, Hepburn overcame these handicaps, setting a Canadian record for weightlifting in 1950 and winning gold medals at the 1953 world championships in Stockholm and the 1954 British Empire and...

, Bill Kazmaier

Bill Kazmaier

Bill Kazmaier is a former powerlifter, strongman and professional wrestler from the United States. He is widely considered to be one of the all-time greatest competitors in strength competitions...

, Tommy Kono

Tommy Kono

Tamio "Tommy" Kono was a U.S. weightlifter in the 1950s and 1960s.Kono is the only lifter to have set world records in four different weightlifting classes: lightweight , middleweight , light-heavyweight , and middle-heavyweight .He won...

, Father Bernard Lange, Jud Logan

Jud Logan

Judson Campbell Logan is a former American athlete who won a gold medal in the hammer throw at the 1987 Pan American Games in Indianapolis. He competed in four Summer Olympics, starting in 1984...

, Jim McGoldrick, Al Oerter

Al Oerter

Alfred Adolf Oerter, Jr. was an American athlete, and a four-time Olympic Champion in the discus throw....

, Ken Patera

Ken Patera

Ken Patera is a former professional wrestler, Olympic weightlifter, and Strongman competitor.-Weightlifting/Strongman career:Patera is a former Olympic weightlifter and American powerlifter...

, Magnus Samuelsson

Magnus Samuelsson

Magnus Samuelsson , is a Swedish strongman and winner of the 1998 World's Strongest Man contest in Morocco...

, Magnus Ver Magnusson

Magnús Ver Magnússon

Magnús Ver Magnússon is a former powerlifter and strongman competitor from Egilsstaðir, Iceland. Magnus won the title of World's Strongest Man four times ....

, Naim Süleymanoğlu

Naim Süleymanoglu

Naim Süleymanoğlu , formerly known as Naim Suleimanov , is a Turkish World and Olympic Champion in weightlifting...

 and Bruce Wilhelm

Bruce Wilhelm

Bruce Wilhelm is a weightlifter and strongman from the United States. He is a two-time winner of the World's Strongest Man competition in 1977 and 1978 and the author of numerous strength-related articles and books. He was a member of the executive board of the United States Olympic Committee...

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In the book Dinosaur Training

Dinosaur Training

Dinosaur training is a philosophy of weight training / physical culture promoting a return to traditional strongman types of exercises and training, including:*A repudiation of drugs and supplements*High weights for low reps, including singles...

, Brooks Kubik recommended MILO as a publication to which readers should subscribe, including it as one of a few "excellent sources of information about productive weight training".