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High School Football Power Clean Record Breakers Because the power clean is one of the best total-body core lifts for football, BFS has developed a keen interest in those schools that have achieved the highest standards in this exercise. We look at the number of players on a team who can clean 225, 250, 275 and even 300 pounds. BFS clinician Rick Tomberlin, now the head football coach at Valdosta High School in Valdosta, Georgia, has always managed to dominate all these categories. Until this year.
Paul Dick, head football coach at Churchville-Chili High School in Churchville, New York, has achieved the highest number of football players cleaning 300 pounds – with eight athletes to Valdosta’s five. However, Tomberlin still has the lead in the other categories – with 20 players at 275, 20 at 250, and 77 at 225. Great work at both schools!
Strong from the Start BFS clinician Jeff Sellers is starting kids young with a BFS Youth Football Club in Fort Branch, Indiana. Boys range from second grade to fourth grade, and pictured is the original core team. The club has grown to 23 boys. “We meet once per week and follow BFS training for youth and the Be an 11 program,” says Sellers, who originated the club. “The club’s dream is to win the Indiana State Championship in football when they eventually play high school football for Gibson Southern High School.
Disruption of the Iron Game Steel prices increased by more than 85 percent in the past year, and as a result many of our competitors closed down their US factories and moved their manufacturing to China. For some of them this strategy provided a quick fix, as they were able to provide products below the cost of most US manufacturers, but often that strategy backfired: The quality of these products often left much to be desired, and China started buying more steel from the US. And with the increasing fuel prices, the cost of shipping these products from China has eaten up much of their profits.
BFS president Bob Rowbotham says that by purchasing large quantities of steel and creating a large inventory of products in our 70,000-square-foot warehouse, BFS has always been able to offer high-quality, American-made products at the best prices. However, because steel prices will continue to climb and necessitate upcoming price increases, BFS president Bob Rowbotham with warehouse manager Martin Colunga.
Rowbotham is encouraging BFS customers to consider this fact in their buying decisions.
BFS Going Japanese…Again This year BFS was an official sponsor of the GD Global Challenge Bowl held March 22 in Kawasaki, Japan. Team USA consisted of 40 players selected from 12 states and 27 high schools, and the event attracted 5,000 fans. Next year BFS will be fully sponsoring one athlete to travel to Japan to participate in this exciting event. The selection process will be conducted by BFS clinician Jeff Scurran, who can be reached at coachscurran@yahoo.com. We will provide more details about this event in upcoming issues of BFS magazine. For more information on how to apply for this sponsorship, contact BFS at 800-628-9737 BOOK REVIEW:
Muscle, Smoke & Mirrors Randy Roach has written one of the most extensive and objective histories of bodybuilding with his book Muscle, Smoke & Mirrors, Volume 1. A 562-page, extensively referenced text that took the visually impaired Roach five years to write, this volume is part of a 400,000-word, two-volume collection that will set the record straight on how bodybuilding has evolved into a worldwide phenomenon. What is also unique about Muscle, Smoke & Mirrors is that it presents a history of bodybuilding nutrition with specific attention to the sports supplement industry.
Although this is a self-published book, it is available through major booksellers such as Amazon.com and BarnesandNoble.com.
BFS National Convention 2008: Two Decades Strong On July 24–26 BFS held its annual convention for our staff of more than 50 BFS clinicians. In addition to discussing
From BFS Magazine — September/October 2008. Part of the BFS Magazine Archive (1980–2014).
