Marty Gallagher's Purposefully Primitive Fitness WHO IS MARTY GALLAGHER? Writer & Author Published articles * Washington Post.com: 232 weekly and bi-weekly columns * Muscle & Fitness, Flex: 54 feature and training articles * Powerlifting USA : 34 articles on training & personalities * Muscle Media: 14 articles including the 2003 training edition * Parrillo Performance Press: 84 feature articles and interviews, co-editor * Milo Magazine: 10 articles on training and athlete profiles * Strength Review: 26 articles on all aspects of athletic training Joe Weider called Gallagher's book, Coan: The Man, The Myth, The Method ?the best book on Powerlifting ever written.? Athlete DCAAU Senior Men's weightlifting champion, National Junior Olympic weightlifting champion, national junior Olympic weightlifting record holder, seven-time national master powerlifting champion, five-time world master powerlifting champion, runner-up and third place winner IPF world masters championships. Coach * Black's Gym ? coach (along with Bob Fortenbaugh) for five time national powerlifting team champions, twice runner-up national powerlifting team champions * United States of America ? co-coach, 1991 world powerlifting team champions Marty Gallagher lives in a small powerlifting village in south central Pensylvania at the foot of the Catoctin Mountains.