The Total Concept
The Gang at my house: Part of the 7th grade football team. we introduced the theme of “Catch the Vision”. That vision per week to begin the Readiness Program. believed the Readiness Program was good but didn’t realize consisted of starting kids out at an earlier age than school how good until I took these kids through it on a regular and coaches do, generally speaking. We discussed the fact basis. there is no reason NOT to teach elementary age kids how handling an average of 65 pounds on each lift. WHAT ARE YOUR SEVENTH GRADERS DOING? It’s exciting to jump. grade.
The Readiness Program stresses technique and only The average kid has great technique and they are think about what my kids are going to be like when they're seniors in high school Along with the lifting, the kids do the BFS 1-2-3-4 when the prescribed number of sets and reps are done with flexibility program. They sprint, jump and practice. Matt proper technique is the athlete allowed to increase the poundage. involved in the off-season program for nearly 3 months Everyone begins the lifting program with just Drill in 51 seconds. the 45 pound olympic bar on each exercise. Poundage is (October, November, December). increased in five pound increments.
report: Box Squats from 70 to 145 pounds; Towel Bench My son Matt just turned 13 in late November. He plays from 70 to 100 pounds; Hang Clean from 65 to 95 pounds; quarterback on the seventh grade team. We started the Parallel Squat from 70 to 130 pounds and his Bench from 65 to 90 pounds. We've also done some Olympic lifting with a during the season. Matt is 5-5 and weighs 105 pounds. He is 75 pound snatch and a 95 pound Clean and Jerk. really getting into it and I’ve seen great strides in maturity, self concept and creating intensity during workouts.
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From BFS Magazine — January/February 1988. Part of the BFS Magazine Archive (1980–2014).
