After the agreement with the International Federation of Sport Medicine, FIM Europe started a advantageous collaboration with the European Weightlifting Federation, to develop a joint study on the application of training systems among weightlifting athletes and motorcycling riders. The first step of this unusual collaboration was a Weight Training Workshop, which was held successfully in Austria seeing the participation of 15 national coaches of national motorcycling Federations in Europe. This FIM Europe Mag issue will cover some of the following topics: What is the role of strength in the performance of the rider? What are the differences that characterize the use of strength in the various disciplines of Motorcycling? What means should be used for the development of strength? What can be the role of weight training? It is better to use fixed weights or free weights for strength training of the riders? Download here the FIM Europe Mag 01/2014