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FROM THE EDITOR A Message from BFS Editor in Chief Kim Goss, MS That’s Why They Play the Game!
Every summer I head to the local bookstore and pick day this magazine reaches your mailbox, those predictions up several of the college football preview magazines might not hold up. One remarkable athlete I’ll mention in the Heisman that give me the inside scoop on the upcoming race is Case Keenum, the gridiron season. But none of them 3KRWR8QLYHUVLW\RI+RXVWRQ high-scoring quarterback from could have predicted how this Houston. In 2008 and 2009 he football season started, with TSU led the nation in total offense.
falling the first week, followed by His 2010 season was cut short 2010 National Champion Auburn, with an ACL injury, but the Oregon, and perennial powerhouse NCAA granted Keenum a medical Ohio State. Although one loss is hardship waiver that enabled him not necessarily a death sentence for to play in 2011. As for records, a team, it certainly doesn’t help the the NCAA career passing record is cause. Good thing I didn’t make 17,072, and Keenum entered the my predications for the upcoming 2011 season with 13,586 yards, season public!
so he has a shot at this prestigious Unfortunately, BFS does record – such an accomplishment have a tradition of spotlighting should impress the Heisman the potential Heisman candidates. voters. I say “unfortunately” because One training article you our predictions tend to be wildly might find of interest in this issue inaccurate. In fact, the last time we discusses the latest research on picked a winner was in 2005 with the hex bar, specifically how it is Reggie Bush, and that doesn’t really superior to a straight barbell for count, as he gave up his trophy due performing squat jumps. BFS to controversy.
Heisman Trophy candidate Case Keenum discovered the hex bar more than This year it seems the 15 years ago, and we have been sold on it ever since. It’s just frontrunner is Kellen Moore, quarterback of Boise State. nice to know that now there is peer-reviewed research that Others to watch are Robert Griffin, the quarterback who proves it is a superior training tool. led his Baylor Bears to an upset victory over TCU; Marcus Kim Goss, MS Lattimore (RB, South Carolina); Denard Robinson (QB, Editor in Chief, Michigan); Andrew Luck (QB, Stanford); and Trent BFS magazine Richardson (RB, Alabama).
However, because several games kim@bfsmail.com will have been played between the day I write this and the That’s Why They Play the Game!
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30 Q The BFS Football Experience Why the BFS Program has proven to be the choice of champions TRAINING AND EQUIPMENT 34 The Next Level of Athletic Fitness Training Q How OptoJump is helping athletes achieve physical superiority QThe latest scientific research on how to jump higher PHYSICAL EDUCATION 46 The Dark Side of Sports: The Bullying Solution Q Parents and schools must take action now Eileen “The Hawaiian Mongoose” Miyoko Olszewski is the current Women’s International Boxing Association World Champion. She’s a champion who took up the sport long after most professional boxers have retired, with an athletic resume that includes extensive dance training, primarily ballet.
Olszewski began performing the Olympic lifts to help increase her punching power. After six months of training, she wanted to get some advanced coaching, so in September she arranged to have a few training sessions at the Poliquin Strength Institute with BFS Editor-inChief Kim Goss and 2011 BFS scholarship recipient Chloe Van Tussenbroek. Olszewski, who also works as a personal trainer, says she plans to teach the Olympic lifts to young athletes as part of her strength and conditioning programs.
Chloe Van Tussenbroek 2011 BFS Scholarship Recipient One exciting project currently in the works is a BFS Science Lab, which is on schedule to open on November 1, 2011, in Dr. Peter Gorman’s facility in New York. “This will be a great addition to the BFS organization,” says BFS President Bob Rowbotham. Look for more details about this exciting facility in future issues of BFS and on our website, hortly after his victory at the 2011 Senior National Weightlifting Championships, Pat Mendes sought out the help of Charles Poliquin to help him deal with his chronic injuries and to optimize his nutrition.
Among the key medical professionals who are helping Mendes is Nick Liatsos, a licensed physical therapist and the owner of HealthPro Physical Therapy in Lynn, Massachusetts. Liatsos used his own “Liatsos Method,” which combines Frequency Specific Microcurrent, LowLevel Laser therapy, ART™, clinical kinesiology and myofascial release. Shown in these photos is Liatsos working with Mendes on several of these methods. On the nutrition side, coach Poliquin taught Mendes how to eat well and to use food supplements for optimal benefits. The result? In just six weeks Mendes was virtually pain-free, snatched 396 pounds in practice, lost 28 pounds of fat and gained 16 pounds of muscle!
At the Poliquin Strength Institute in East Greenwich, Rhode Island, Nick Liatsos shows champion weightlifter Pat Mendes the latest in portable Frequency Specific Microcurrent units.
One auxiliary exercise that BFS has always promoted is the lunge, and we are always pleased to see research studies that reinforce our endorsement. Among the many benefits of the lunge is that it helps to decrease patellofemoral pain, also known as runner’s knee. A recent study from the University of Plymouth, England, found that a lunge variation called the split squat (in which the trainee simply drops their hips straight down rather than lunging forward) helps decrease pain by correcting muscle imbalances between the vastus medialis oblique and the vastus lateralis, thus increasing knee stability.
For more details, here is the reference: Irish, S., Millward, A., Wride, J., Haas, B., Shum, G. The effect of closed-kinetic chain exercises and open-kinetic chain exercise on the muscle activity of vastus medialis oblique and vastus lateralis. Journal of Strength and Conditioning. 2010. 24(5):1256-1262.
We recently received a great letter from Herb Stinson, the head football and strength coach at Bayfield High School in Bayfield, Colorado. He wanted to share with us the accomplishments of Seth Posey, a senior with a 3.833 GPA who participates in football, basketball and track. Posey’s best lifts include a 370-pound bench press, a 285 power clean and a 405 back squat. Says Stinson, “I have worked as a football coach, strength coach and wrestling coach for 38 seasons, and I have had kids go on to college and pros not having the work ethic that this young man has. Seth Posey is an inspiration to me and [all our Bayfield] kids.”
BOOK REVIEW:
Strength and Conditioning: Biological Principles and Practical Applications established in Section 1, focusing on how strength and conditioning methods create adaptations in the body. Section 3 deals with how to measure and monitor the effects of strength and conditioning programs, including many of the current methods of online data collection. Section 4, which strength coaches will find especially interesting, deals with practical applications of sport science research in the area of strength and conditioning, such as resistance training modes, agility and change of direction, nutrition, flexibility and sensorimotor training.
Section 5 is devoted to special topics in strength coaching, such as rehabilitation and working with special populations, such as children and Paralympic athletes. The editors of Strength and Conditioning: Biological Principles and Practical Applications have put together a great body of work in the field of exercise science. It’s not an easy read, but one well worth your time.
Need hardcore, scientific research in the field of strength and conditioning? Then you want Strength and Conditioning: Biological Principles and Practical Applications by Marco Cardinale, Robert Newton and Kazunori Nosaka (Wiley-Blackwell, 2011). This text not only reviews the practical aspects of developing athletic performance but also looks at the biology of such training. This book is a bit of a monster with its more than 461 pages in a small typeface. However, don’t think you have to read every word, cover to cover. The book is divided into five sections, each with several chapters written by different authors.
Here is an overview: Section 1 is ideal for students in exercise science, as it deals with the biological aspects of strength and conditioning. Among the topics are biomechanics and the physiology of bone, muscles, tendons and the respiratory and cardiovascular systems. Section 2 builds upon the scientific foundation Preston Greene has had a long and successful career as a collegiate strength coach, working at the University of Minnesota, the University of Arizona and Clemson University, and now he is the head strength coach for men’s basketball at the University of Florida. Check out our January/ February 2012 issue for insight into Greene’s success and what is next for the Florida Gators.
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From BFS Magazine — November/December 2011. Part of the BFS Magazine Archive (1980–2014).
