FINAL ISSUE

May 2012

To those with an interest in POWERLIFTING USA magazine:

After exactly 35 years, and about 1/2 billion pages of printed matter distributed, the May 2012 issue will be the last edition of POWERLIFTING USA magazine produced by Mike Lambert. We have been "bleeding out" financially and the future outlook for print magazines is bleak. We consider the marketplace to be a democracy, and we recognize that consumers vote with their dollars. When financial support for a given venture starts to slip away, it's like an election and--like it or not--you have to "leave office," which I accept. We are making arrangements to fulfill our obligation to our subscribers with another publication in our field. We will maintain our website and Facebook presence for the time being. Someone may come out of the woodwork with a great idea on how to continue POWERLIFTING USA in some way, and we will let you know if that happens.

One of my mentors was the late Peary Rader, who published IRON MAN magazine for 50 years. I am not a fraction of the publisher and man that Peary was, but I used to think if POWERLIFTING USA could at least go for 37.5 years (75%) that would be great. Well, we made it to 70%, and that's still a fair run.

I thank God for blessing me with the best job I could have ever had, and for so long. I thank my wife In Joo and my daughter Laura and my son Curtis, as well as my brother Pat, and my late parents Jean and Wes for their love and encouragement over a span of 5 decades. I thank Kelly Lambert (my amazing new daughter-in-law), Priscilla Ramirez, and Butterfli O'Shea for their recent contributions, which we completely could not have done without, as well as everyone else who ever contributed to and/or worked for the magazine. I recognize and appreciate all the powerlifting organizations, all the advertisers, and … especially… all the powerlifters and fans who actually cracked open their wallets and paid money to read what we had to say in the magazine! (That still seems like a miracle to me!) THANK YOU!

Mike Lambert

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PL USA ARTICLES

STARTIN' OUT

May 2012 - Forced Reps by Doug Daniels

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POWER INTERVIEW

May 2012 - Marty Killion by Curt Dennis Jr.

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HARDCORE GYM

May 2012 - #117 Mana Barbell by Rick Brewer

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WESTSIDE TRAINING

May 2012 - Raw Benching by Louie Simmons

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ASK THE DOCTOR

May 2012 - Ask The Doctor by Dr. Mauro DiPasquale

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COMING EVENTS

APA Arkansas Open Strength Fest (Pocahontas, AR), Scott Taylor, 356 Lakeland Dr. Lot 3, Hot Springs, AR 71913, 941.626.4247, scott@apa-wpa.com

www.apa-wpa.com

USAPL Master Nationals (Denver, CO), Dan Gaudreau, 303.475.3366

www.usapowerlifting.com

SLP Lifetime Natural Powerlifting Nationals (TBA), Dr. Darrell Latch, Son Light Power, 206 South Washington Street, Tuscola, IL 61953, 217.508.9297, sonlightgym@frontier.com

www.sonlightpower.com

NASA Western States Nationals (Mesa, AZ), Rich Peters, sqbpdl@aol.com

www.nasa-sports.com

RPS Championship of the Virginia's (Manassas, VA), Gene Rychlak, Jr., gene@revolutionpowerlifting.com, 610.948.7823, 143 Second Ave., Royersford, PA 19468

www.rychlakpowersystems.com

APF/AAPF Great Lakes Open (PL/BP/Ironman) (Grand Rapids, MI), Andy Briggs, 616.935.2380

www.worldpowerliftingcongress.com

USPA Las Vegas Open and Southwest Regional Championship (Las Vegas, NV), Steve Denison, steve@uspla.org, 661.333.9800

www.uspla.org

RPS Vermont and New Hampshire State Championships (PL/PP/BP/DL) (Fair Haven, VT) at Fair Haven Fitness, James Matta, capejam@hotmail.com, 802.265.3470

www.revolutionpowerlifting.com

IBP 4th Annual NC State Youth/Teen Powerlifting Championships (Statesville, NC), Keith Payne, 336.251.8704, keith@ironboypowerlifting.net

www.ironboypowerlifting.com

WNPF South Carolina PL/BP/DL/PC Championships (Clemson, SC), Troy Ford, wnpf@aol.com, 770.668.4841

www.wnpf.net



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