A Necessity in All Sports
IN ALL SPORTS.
Lunges are a highly regarded BFS Auxiliary exercise. We do them on Wednesdays during the off-season while they are optional during the in-season. Lunges develop power balance. Each leg is forced to work independently Building or Body Toning Lunge. from each other. Also, there is no stress on the lower back especially when dumbbells are used. Advanced lifters may use a regular bar placed behind the neck as ina squat. Lunges are wonderful for the hamstrings, quadriceps and in sports like football, basketball, volleyball, baseball, soccer, wrestling and the following events in track: hurdles, high jump, long jump, pole vault, discus, shot put, javelin and the hammer throw.
Whenever an athlete needs to Stride.
2x 10 Reps. lunges. bells. If you get in trouble balOnce an athlete masters stride, then dumbbells can be used. dumbbells and not a barbell. dumbbells to the barbell. that purpose.
We begin junior high and high school athletes on lunges would certainly be fine. get the correct movement down. As in all lifts, technique is vitally Do two sets of ten reps for the basic off-season workout.
Roberts Doing a Barbell Lunge. tion smoothly without any false what if Fred did not have good steps.
Keep Upper Body Straight: wanted to do a third set often, you could, but no more. We normally do not record how much we do on our record card, partially because we don’t max out on this lift. Just put on enough to get a great workout with perfect tech- MIQUC....
THIS SIMPLE POSTER HAS THE POTENTIAL OF SAVING MINCLUDE 1.
3. Squat and Box Squat 4. Clean and Dead Lift 5. Auxiliary Lifts ¢Contains All of the Basic Lifting Information as Found in the BFS Total Program Book ¢Makes Weightroom and Gyms More Attractive. ¢Each Poster Has Spotting Techiniques for Saftey and Legal Considerations.
5. Dead Lift ¢Five Super Thick 28" x 22° Charts, New Improved Two Color Format. Room Enough to Record up to 70 Athletes.
¢Contains the Complete BFS Power Standards. «Complete with Adjustments for Age, Tall, Thin, and Smaller Athletes. eSpace Provided for Yearly and School Records for Your Top 10 Athletes.
From BFS Magazine — Fall 1993. Part of the BFS Magazine Archive (1980–2014).
