| Article | Author | page |
| Editorial | Peary Rader | 5 |
| 1952 National Weight Lifting Championships | Peary Rader | 6 |
| Mr. America for 1952 | Jerry Ross | 12 |
| I Tried The Rader Chest Pull | Bruce Page | 16 |
| How To Clean and Jerk Maximum Poundages | Peary Rader | 18 |
| Super Forearms, The Mark of A Man | John McWilliams | 22 |
| Developing A Strength Show, part 3 | | 24 |
| Training Methods of Hermann Georner | Edgar Mueller | 25 |
| Your Complete Barbell Training Program, part 3 | Peary Rader | 28 |
| A Review of the Role of Protein in Nutrition | Charles Ross | 31 |
| The Jim Park Success Story | Tom Houran | 32 |
| Readers Roundup | | 36 |
| Vivacious Womanhood | | 57 |
| Your Figure Is Your Fortune | Beverly Crowle | 58 |
| Should Women Lift Competitively | Lynne Kendrick | 60 |