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FROM THE EDITOR A Message from BFS Editor in Chief Kim Goss, MS The Public’s Right to Know f you’ve ever watched TMZ or visited their website, you players who had to be hospitalized after a workout. Because of this latter incident, Chris Doyle, the may wonder how these people can get away with harassstrength and conditioning coach at the University of Iowa, ing celebrities. The TMZ people follow them around has been thrust into the public spotlight.
to their homes, often coordinating their Although technically Coach Doyle already efforts with other paparazzi, and take could be considered a public figure – there are photos and often provoke the celebriYouTube videos of him that try to promote ties with embarrassing questions – with his strength and conditioning program in a the hope of getting an angry response positive light – his program is now the subject that they can post on their website and of national attention and is reflecting negatively possibly television. They get away with it upon the school. And the story apparently won’t because celebrities are considered public go away.
I just read an article in which one figures, and as such the laws of privacy of those Iowa players told ESPN reporter Joe apply to them differently from the rest of Schad that he is still experiencing the symptoms us. of the kidney illness related to this issue, and has One of the first discussions in any requested to be released from his scholarship. journalism class is the topic of who is And the president of the board of the National and who is not a public figure.
A public Amy Elizabeth Medina won the Strength and Conditioning Association has figure may be defined as anyone who 2010 BFS High School Female released a statement that the workout “…has willingly puts themselves in the public Athlete of the Year. Do you have no scientific basis to be used to train college eye or is involved in matters that are in a nominee for the 2011 award? athletes.” What happened at Iowa is the subject the public interest, such as movie stars, of this issue’s installment of Dr. Marc Rabinoff’s regular sports figures and politicians. (In effect, this means that the column, The Dark Side of Sports.
reporters at TMZ could also be considered public figures In this column Dr. Rabinoff focuses not on what and thus could be followed around and harassed by other happened with the players that caused them to be reporters.) This discussion brings me to the main subject hospitalized but on the manner in which the University’s of this editorial, which is “Are strength coaches public public relations people handled the situation. This article is figures?” a must-read. As a former Division I strength coach, I can assure Every year we award the BFS High School Athlete of you that the paparazzi, and pretty much any type of news the Year, both male and female.
Right now we are looking reporter, have had no interest in strength coaches – except for nominations, so if you know a qualified young athlete maybe the occasional college football reporter who wants who is deserving of this award, drop us an email and tell us to find out what a particular player can bench press or how about them. fast he can run a 40.
But strength coaches are now in the Kim Goss, MS news, with events such as the bench press accident at USC Editor in Chief, BFS magazine that seriously injured a star running back and more recently kim@bfsmail.com the incident involving 13 University of Iowa football INews and highlights from the world of athletic fitness How BFS helped turn around a 0-9 football team QBreathing Easy at Sibley East High School How White River High School developed its winning basketball tradition 18 Training to Win at River Ridge High Q It was a banner season for these young women with the help of BFS Lucas Herd Sibley East High School COVER INSET PHOTO QAn inside look at a revolutionary character education program 26 A Closer Look at Power Balance Drills QUnique exercises that develop dynamic flexibility Salt Lake City, Utah 84119 info@bfsmail.com This is an official publication of Bigger Faster Stronger, Inc.
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A look at the health dangers of cell phone radiation TRAINING AND EQUIPMENT 34 How to Develop Powerful Athletes Q Key exercises that enable athletes to run faster and jump higher QA brief history of these essential training tools PHYSICAL EDUCATION 46 The Dark Side of Sports Q Vanessa Hudgens, Ashley Tisdale and Haylie Duff are former Disney stars who have appeared in hit movies, and all three have been stunt-doubled by stuntwoman Mary-Pier Gaudet. Born in the small town of Ville-Marie in Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Quebec, Gaudet has done stunt work in 17 movies, including the recent romantic drama Beastly.
A competitive figure skater for 12 years, Gaudet then turned to figure competition, placing in the top 10 in the 2009 Figure Universe competition and, subsequently, to stunt work. Working with personal trainer Christian Maurice, Gaudet has trained in martial arts to enable her to perform a variety of stunts and therefore increase her marketability. If you’re in the market for a stuntwoman, Gaudet can do falls, acrobatic reactions, gun shooting, precision driving (including motorcycles), martial arts fighting, parkour and sword- and stick fighting. She is also extremely strong and can perform chin-ups with an additional 40 pounds attached to her hips.
Besides entertaining movie fans with her stunts, Gaudet wants to inspire others with her fight against cystic fibrosis, a chronic degenerative disease of the lungs and digestive system, and diabetes. Gaudet says that her condition has improved tremendously thanks to the advice on diet and supplements from her personal trainer, Christian Maurice, and Charles Poliquin. She says, “With the help of Charles Poliquin and Christian Maurice, my life started to change. My energy level improved, my breathing comes much better, my daily stomachaches stopped, my pulmonary function improved – and I have not been hospitalized for over three years.
The future is brighter than I ever could imagine – I am really blessed.”
Two coaches who are starting kids off right in weight training are Paul Dick and C.J. Stockel. Dick coaches at Churchville-Chili High School in New York, and Stockel coaches at Flowery Branch High School in Flowery Branch, Georgia. Several of Dick’s athletes have won the National High School Power Clean Championships, including three-time winner Dustin Dillard. Now Dick has expanded his program to include middle school and grade school athletes. Stockel is an experienced weightlifting coach, and his school will send three of its athletes to compete this year in the Youth World Championship Team in Lima, Peru.
Says Stockel, “The three athletes competing are junior Ellen Kercher (48 kilos bodyweight class) and sophomores Jimmy McIntyre (62 kilos) and Hope Stockel (58 kilos). Ellen is active as a youth leader in her church and has a 4.1 GPA. Jimmy is a varsity football letterman and has a 3.7 GPA. Hope is active as a youth leader in her church, is a two-time varsity softball letterman, has a 3.66 GPA and will be representing Flowery Branch High School at the Hugh O’Brian Youth Leadership Seminar this summer. She will be competing in the 58 kg weight class. We’re looking forward to hearing more about the successes of these future champions.
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We are excited to introduce a biomechanical measurement tool that we believe will not only revolutionize the way symmetrical development is measured in all school students but also take the training of athletes to the next level. After months of study and research, BFS is endorsing and adding this groundbreaking performance evaluation tool to our product line. OptoJump, a product created by Microgate™, is the only objective, dynamic device that quickly and easily assesses body mechanics while the athlete is in motion.
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One of the most serious health concerns we have today is the increase of concussion in sports and the incidence of “second impact syndrome.” We are confident OptoJump will play a major role in minimizing the danger of this life-threatening condition, and future articles in BFS will detail the implications of this device for return-to-play protocols. As a performance and training tool, OptoJump is one of the best possible means of developing bigger, faster and stronger athletes who are efficient and effective in their movement for their sport. OptoJump is backed by a company firmly committed to the principle that every child has the right to symmetrical development and biomechanical health.
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May 14 is the date, and once again Bonanza High School in Las Vegas is the place for the seventh annual National High School Power Clean Championships. Entries close May 5, so if you know an athlete who wants to lift, they need to contact meet director Val Balison at vjbalison@cox.net. Among the competitors this year are C. J. Fort of Global High School in Las Vegas, who this year cleaned 305 pounds at a bodyweight of just 165 pounds; Alec Walker of Las Vegas High School, who power cleaned 340 pounds at 209 pounds; and Chloe Van Tussenbroek, recipient of the 2011 BFS Weightlifting Scholarship.
BOOK REVIEW:
Testing is critical in any physical or athletic fitness program – after all, if you don’t test, how do you know if what you are doing works? For this reason, the book Functional Testing in Human Performance should be on hand in the athletic department of every school in the country. Written by Michael P. Reiman and Robert C. Manske and published by Human Kinetics (humankinetics.com), this valuable resource covers 139 functional tests. Each test is explained in great detail, and 40 of the advanced tests are featured in live-action demonstrations on a companion DVD. Normative data are also provided along with details on how to interpret the results of each test.
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From BFS Magazine — May/June 2011. Part of the BFS Magazine Archive (1980–2014).
