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IronMind Enterprises Highlights Timeline


 
2004

  • our website and on-line store get a complete make-over
  • MILO goes to Almaty, Kazakhstan and Kiev, Ukraine to cover the Asian and the European Weightlifting Championships respectively
  • MILO three-peats as the only Iron Game publication receiving accreditation to cover weightlifting at the 2004 Olympic Games, Athens, Greece
  • publish Winning Ways: How to Succeed In the Gym and Out by Randall J Strossen, Ph. D.
  • introduce the first of its kind, the Expand-Your-Hand Bands™ for hand health
  • introduce the Hand Gripper Helper, revolutionary “plate-loading” device for progressing on the Captains of Crush Grippers
  • introduce the Captains of Crush ID Card
  • publish The Complete Sandbag Training Course by Brian Jones
  • the IronMind News (www.IronMind.com) cements its position around the world for its "fast, accurate, and objective" coverage of top strength stories
  • five people are now certified on the No. 4 Captains of Crush Gripper
2005

  • IronMind hosts 2004 Olympic gold medal winners in weightlifting from China, Zhang Guozheng and Shi Zhiyong, at the 2005 Arnold Fitness Expo
  • MILO goes to Sofia, Bulgaria to cover the European W/L Championships
  • introduce new line of performance wear
  • MILO travels to Dubai, UAE, and Doha, Qatar to cover the 2005 Asian W/L Championships and 2005 World W/L Championships
  • introduce the revolutionary IMTUG™: The Tune-up Gripper
  • publish Bodyweight Exercises for Extraordinary Strength by Brad Johnson
  • introduce the Z1500 Belt and the Quarter-Ton Trucker Tote
  • produce John Brookfield's Blueprint for Grip Strength DVD
  • continue to make corporate donations to the Paul Anderson Youth Home and Doctors Without Borders (Medecins Sans Frontieres)
2006

  • IronMind sponsors an international weightlifting exhibition at the 2006 Arnold Sports Festival, hosting Olympians from China, Bulgaria, and Georgia
  • extend our line of performance wear for head-to-toe coverage
  • MILO goes to Poland to cover the 2006 European W/L Championships
  • MILO 14.2 predicts Phil Pfister to win WSM 2006 — he does!
  • MILO attends the premiere of the Jon Pall documentary in Rjekyavik, Iceland
  • MILO goes to China for the 2006 World's Strongest Man contest
  • introduce Captains of Crush Grippers No. 1.5, No. 2.5, and No. 3.5
  • expand our Vulcan Rack II+ System to include chinning bar and wrist roller axle set-ups
  • publish The Conditioning Handbook: Getting in Top Shape by Brian Jones
  • MILO covers the 2006 Worlds in Santo Domingo and the 2006 Asian Games in Doha, Qatar
2007

  • MILO covers the 2007 Men’s Shot Put at both the Indoor and the Outdoor Track & Field Championships
  • introduce 4-color in MILO
  • our website gets a whole new look
  • MILO covers weightlifting at the 2007 Europeans in Strasbourg, France and the 2007 Worlds in Chiang Mai, Thailand
  • MILO returns to Scotland after 10 years to cover the 2007 World Highland Games Championships in Inverness
  • MILO goes to Austria to cover the IPF Worlds—a first
  • Richard Sorin, the first-ever Captains of Crush, recertifies on the No. 3 CoC Gripper
  • our Headstrap Fit for Hercules gets a new frame
2008

  • Mark Felix sets a new world record on the Rolling Thunder® with his 301-lb. lift at the Super Series Mohegan Sun Grand Prix
  • IronMind launches the website for hand health – www.strongandhealthyhands.com
  • IronMind’s Randall Strossen receives a Certificate of Merit from the European Weightlifting Federation, the first non-European ever to win this award
  • IronMind’s president, Randall Strossen, and Captains of Crush Grippers are featured in a story in The Sacramento Bee
  • IronMind’s Draft Horse Pulling Harness is shown on CBS’s The Early Show, as Derek Poundstone pulls a bus down New York’s 5th Avenue. Later,Phil Pfister pulls the same bus down 7th Avenue in front of Madison Square Garden—kicking off the Super Series Grand Prix
  • MILO covers the groundbreaking FORTISSIMUS 2008 event, in honor of Louis Cyr
  • IronMind’s Randall Strossen is inducted into the Louis Cyr Hall of Fame at FORTISSIMUS 2008 for his work as a journalist and photographer
  • MILO is again—for the fourth time!—the only U.S. Iron Game publication to receive accreditation to cover weightlifting at the Olympics . . . watch for our daily reports from Beijing
  • IronMind launches a specialty website for Captains of Crush Grippers – www.captainsofcrushgrippers.com
  • IronMind adds closing the No. 3.5 Captains of Crush Grippers to its world-renowned certification program
1988

  • launch monthly IronMind sports psychology column in IRONMAN magazine, will run continuously for over 12 years
1989

  • publish SUPER SQUATS ®: How to Gain 30 Pounds of Muscle in 6 Weeks
1990

  • introduce SUPER SQUATS Hip Belt™
1991

  • first IronMind catalog, featuring cambered squat bars and a multitude of grip equipment, including our world-famous Captains of Crush® Grippers
  • certify Richard Sorin as the first Captain of Crush for closing the No. 3
1992

  • introduce Pillars of Power™, Heavy Hammer II ™ and Olympic Husky Handle Dumbbell Bars™, among other new products
  • introduce the concept that grip strength comprises three major elements: crushing, pinching, and supporting
  • John Brookfield becomes the second person certified on the No. 3 Captains of Crush Gripper
1993

  • launch MILO®: A Journal For Serious Strength Athletes
  • make first-ever weightlifting training hall video and introduce the concept of the “no-no-no” squat
  • develop Just Protein®
1994

  • MILO covers World MusclePower Championships in Scotland, sparking US interest in strongman competitions
  • introduce our Apollon’s Axle™ among other new products
1995

  • our Elephant Steps™ and Bulldog II™ collars are launched
  • publish IronMind: Stronger Minds, Stronger Bodies
  • Steve Jeck and the Inver Stone make a major splash via MILO
1996

  • MILO is the only American Iron Game publication credentialed to photograph weightlifting at the Atlanta Olympics
  • offer the Snowball™
  • publish Paul Kelso’s Powerlifting Basics, Texas- Style: The Adventures of Lope Delk
  • recognize John Brookfield as having bent a Red Nail™
1997

  • publish Steve Justa’s cult classic, "The Barrel Lift"
  • introduce the Hardy Handshake™
  • publish Of Stones and Strength by Steve Jeck and Peter Martin
1998

  • launch www.ironmind.com
  • publish David Webster’s Sons of Samson, Vol. 2
  • publish Rock, Iron, Steel: The Book of Strength by Steve Justa
  • Joe Kinney becomes the first to close the No. 4 Captains of Crush® Gripper
  • the Buffalo Bar™ bulks up to 1-3/8” in diameter
1999

  • publish Paul Anderson: The Mightiest Minister by Randall J. Strossen, Ph. D.
  • create our Draft Horse Pulling Harness™
2000

  • MILO gets a face-lift in the March 2000 issue
  • Randall Strossen covers weightlifting at the Sydney Olympics as the IWF photographer
  • the premiere Rolling Thunder™ World Championship is held at the Beauty and the Beast contest
  • publish Louis Cyr: Amazing Canadian by Ben Weider
2001

  • on-line store opens for business
  • publish Training with Cables for Strength by John Brookfield
  • introduce the Outer Limits Loops™
2002

  • the Draft Horse Pulling Harness™ is used at the World’s Strongest Man contest, and MILO covers the event
  • MILO covers weightlifting at the Asian Games
  • introduce the Go-Really Grip™ Machine, the Close-the-Gap Straps™ and the Claw Curl™
  • publish The Grip Master’s Manual by John Brookfield
  • publish the “Dexterity Ball Training for Hands” course by John Brookfield
2003

  • introduce the Twist Yo’ Wrist™, the Holle-It-Up™ Dumbbell, and the Captains of Crush Grippers Shield of Arms
  • go over the one hundred mark on those certified as having closed the No. 3 Captains of Crush Gripper
  • Nathan Holle is the second person to close the No. 4, and soon others follow
  • publish Captains of Crush Grippers®: What They Are and How To Close Them by Randall J. Strossen, Ph.D., J.B. Kinney, and Nathan Holle
  • include new insert “Training with IronMind’s Crushed-to-Dust!™ Grip Tools” by John Brookfield in our 2004 catalog
  • MILO celebrates its tenth anniversary