| Article | Author | page |
| Editorial - Starting Our Eighteenth Year | Bob Hoffman | 3 |
| Your Training Problems | John C Grimek | 7 |
| Letters From Readers | | 8 |
| Acrobatiasis | Bob Harris | 9 |
| Something Old, Something New | Eric W Askew | 10 |
| S. & H. Calendar - Tony Terlazzo | | 12 |
| A Greater Grip For You | Walter Ressler | 13 |
| Check Development, Part II | Jack Delinger | 14 |
| So You Can't Gain Weight ? | Howard Eastman | 15 |
| 1949 World's Championships | Bob Hoffman | 16 |
| Behind The Scenes | Harry B Paschall | 19 |
| The Story of Fritz Huenenberger | Bob Hasse | 20 |
| Self Improvement Heroes | Steve Stanko | 22 |
| Strongmen The World Over | Ray Van Cleef | 24 |
| What is Your Physical Ideal ? | Bob Hoffman | 26 |
| Saxon Remembers | Kurt Saxon | 28 |
| Coming Events | | 49 |