Author
Reed Sainsbury.
10 articles
Reed Sainsbury contributed 10 articles to BFS Magazine, from 1999 to 2001 — part of the coaching voice that shaped the BFS Total Program.
Recurring themes include Squat, Power Clean, Speed, and Bench Press. Every story is free — read it online or open the original magazine layout as a PDF.
CAPITAL HIGH SCHOOL
When I was in high school I played football for the smallest school in our league. This was considered by many the main reason why we couldnt win. I never allowed myself to really believe this, since our wrestling team dominated the state. After many years of experience and rese
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AC REYNOLDS HIGH SCHOOL
Success is something earned, not merely given to a lucky individual. A.C. Reynolds High School shows an excellent example of this. The main ingredient for success is plain old-fashioned hard work. That doesnt mean just working hard on the practice field, it means all year around
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PIRATE POWER UNLEASHED: San Leandro HS
Dan Calcagno has had a profound impact on northern California football at San Leandro High School. In 1984 Calcagno played quarterback for San Leandro and led that team to a 10-0 season. That young undersized quarterback learned early what it takes to win as he led the state in t
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AMY CHRISTIANSEN-PALMER: American Hammer Throw Record Holder
When Amy was a freshman in high school she was approached by her friend's dad, Reed Thomas, and encouraged to come out for the track team, and try throwing. Amy decided to take his advice, since she was the reigning arm wrestling champion at Grantsville High. Shortly after joinin
ReadTRAINING SMART FOR YOUR SPORT
Pull the bar to you as slow as you can. Good! Take ten seconds to lower it and ten more to push it back up. How many of you have walked in to a gym to see a fitness trainer working with young athletes in this fashion? I spent last summer working with high school football players
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REDFORD UNION PANTHERS: Mega Blue League Champions
The Redford Union Panthers had a tradition of losing. No matter how hard the coaches and players worked they just couldn't seem to win. The Panthers had never made the playoffs and ended this football season with an dismal 0-9 record. Athletic Director, Jim Gibbons, decided somet
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TIFFANY LOT: 55 Meter Hurdles World Record Holder
Tiffany Lott was born in Tucson, Arizona in 1975. She watched her older brothers participate in track and developed an interest in it herself. When she was in the 5th grade, her family moved to American Fork, Utah, where Tiffany began competing in track when she was in the 6th gr
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MARK SHULTZ: World Champion Wrestler
Thirty eight years ago, in Palo Alto, California, one of the world's greatest wrestlers came about. This man was not your ordinary person but a determined, never-say-die athlete. Like most great athletes, Schultz' life was not an easy path to walk. It was filled with disappoint
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POWER OF THE MIND
Come on push it. Suck it up now! I think every serious athlete has heard those words muttered or even screamed by a coach during practice. Hunched over with hands on knees you desperately gasp in another breath of air trying to comfort your pounding heart that feels like it's a
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