Maryland High School Football Power

ROOSEVELT H. S. FOOTBALL JOE DeVANE. 10th - 5'8" 11th - 5'9" 12th - 5'10" Bench 215 275 350 Head FB Coach As Written to Coach Shepard aT and DT 170 195 212 ALAN BROWN C and LB 9th - 5'6" 126 10th - 5'10" 170 11th - 6'1" 192 Bench 155 235 300 Alan Brown #55 Kieth Donovan #32 ROOSEVELT H.S. FOOTBALL I would like to introduce myself to you and tell you about a few of our athletes that through weight training have made some very fine gains. My name is Ben Wright and I am the head football coach at Eleanor Roosevelt Senior High School. Our school is in Greenbelt, Maryland which is about 10 minutes away from the campus of the University of Maryland.

Our school is seven years old and I have been the head football coach all seven years. Five years ago we instituted a mandatory weight program for our football players. Since then we haven't had a knee or shoulder injury to anyone that has participated in our year-round weight program. We follow a similar program such as yours emphasizing squats, benchpress, dead lifts and power cleans as the core program. We also require all returning players to pass a weight-lifting and running test in August before they are allowed to receive a practice uniform. There are four young men that I would like to introduce to you. One is a senior named Joe DeVane.

The other three are juniors named Alan Brown, Keith Donovan and John Merna. These four young men have dedicated themselves to weight lifting for improvement in football. All four of these young men have been lifting weights for three years. They have followed the set-rep program you recommend and they have certainly gotten stronger. I would like to list their lift totals for each year and give their height and weight KElTH DONOVAN FB and LB/DE 9th - 5'6" 135 10th - 5'8" 145 11th - 5'10" 175 Bench 180 225 320 JOHN MERNA OG and NG 9th - 5'51/2" 135 10th - 5'8" 160 11th - 5'91/2" 185 Bench 185 235 315 Squat P.

Clean 225 115 405 175 510 235 (450) in competition * All dead lifts over 450 spotter used. Continued on next page Joe Devane can Bench Press the BFS All-American Standard of 350 pounds.

ROOSEVELT H.S. FOOTBALL Continued from page 23 All of these young men made most of the AlI- League or All- Region teams this past yea r in footba II. All of these lift totals were what they could do at the end of the grade level indicated except for this year. This years lifts were what they totaled at the start of summer practice, or what they have done within the last month or so in our weight room. I feel that the weight program is the reason we have won 17 out of 20 games the past two years and one league co-championship.

We have found that we are able to give forth more energy and enthusiasm in the 4th quarter than our oponents even though we are always one of the smallest teams in our league. I feel that the weight program that you recommend is worth 1-2 wins a year for us. We have been blessed with young men that are enthusiastic and believe in weight training to make them better football players. These four youngsters have been a constant inspiration to our team and myself and I feel that they are a great advertisement for weight training for athletics.

I have a number of other young men that have the desire to be successful in athletics through weight training and this has been an inspiration to me as a coach. We are proud of these young athletes that have dedicated themselves to becoming Bigger, Faster and Stronger.

Keith Donovan Dead Lifts 550 pounds. The BFS All-American Standard is 600.

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SIbs per Hand: $33.00 for pair 10 lbs per Hand: 38.00 for pair 15 Ibs per Hand: 43.00 for pair 20 lbs per Hand: 49.00 for pair 25 lbs per Hand: 55.00 for pair 30 Ibs per Hand: $60.00 for pair 35 Ibs per Hand: 66.00 for pair 40 Ibs per Hand: 72.00 for pair 45 lbs per Hand: 78.00 for pair 50 lbs per Hand: 84.00 for pair 55 lbs per Hand: $90.00 for pair 60 lbs per Hand: 96.00 for pair Lat Machine Seated Calf Machine Wall Mount Chin Bar Deluxe Abdominal Board with ladder Free Standing Dip Station Dumbbell Racks Holds 5 pair 65 Ibs per Hand: $102.00 for pair 70 Ibs per Hand: 108.00 for pair 75 Ibs per Hand: 114.00 for pair 80 lbs per Hand: 85 Ibs per Hand: 90 Ibs per Hand: 95 Ibs per Hand: 100 Ibs per Hand:

120.00 for pair 12600 for pair 132.00 for pair 138.00 for pair 144.00 for pair 105 lbs per Hand: 110 Ibs per Hand: 115 Ibs per Hand: 120 Ibs per Hand:

150.00 for pair 156.00 for pair 162.00 for pair 168.00 for pair $499.00 $299.00 $ 99.00 $225.00 $149.00 $115.00

From BFS Magazine — November/December 1983. Part of the BFS Magazine Archive (1980–2014).