By BFS
room ORGANIZATION A. NUMBER OF ATHLETES ~ 3 Take the number of athletes or students and divide by Take the total lifting time available and divide by three. three. You want 3 groups. One for core lift #1, one for Many high school programs are done during school time core lift #2 and the other group for auxiliaries. In our examand dressing — shower time takes away from actual availaple below, you can see we now have 16 people per group. ble time. In our example below, we have only 45 total minutes which gives us 15 minutes per area. Each group would then rotate from area to area every 15 minutes. The Coach can blow a whistle or yell “switch”
to begin this rotation Now take that number and divide by four. We divide by four to give us the number of people per station. We want the lifter plus 3 spotters. This method also helps us process. determine what equipment is needed for our situation. In Finally take the number of auxiliary exercises and divide our example, we need four squat stations, four bench stainto fifteen. This gives us an average of 3 minutes per auxtions plus auxiliaries. On Wednesday, you would replace iliary exercise. In our example, 16 people should be rotating the squats and benches with dead lifts and cleans, if you freely between the five auxiliary exercises. There should be no standing around.
The Coach or teacher’s aid may were following the BFS program. want to inform the auxiliary group at each 3 minute interval.
EXAMPLE: 48 Athletes + 3 = 16 Per Group 16 + 4 = 4 Stations 45 Minutes + 3 = 15 Minutes
From BFS Magazine — November/December 1985. Part of the BFS Magazine Archive (1980–2014).
