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USAWA Strength Journal

The USAWA Strength Journal published its last issue (Volume XX, No 6) on October 19, 2009.  This was produced by Bill Clark, the founder of USAWA and a driving force of strength sports in the Midwest.  The notes in the journal include correspondence with Tommy Kono, Vic Boff, Bill Starr and many others. I received a treasure trove of back issues from a friend 2009 Volume XX (6 issues)  2008 Volume XIX (7 issues) 2007 Volume XVIII (7 issues) 2006 Volume XVII (8 issues) 2005 Volume XVI (9 issues) 2004 Volume XV (8 issues) 2003 Volume XIV (9 issues) 2002 Volume XIII (8 issues) As I perused this decade of All-Round Weightlifting history, I was immediately impressed by the discipline and effort required to collect content, compile results (typed or handwritten), add commentary and finally copy and distribute.  Coming up with a thoughtful, curated update today is hard enough. The content is primarily: Meet results Personal tidbits on athletes Upcoming evnets Calls for memb...