Decade
The 1980s.
499 articles
Where it began — the founding era of the BFS Total Program. 499 BFS Magazine articles were published during the The 1980s, capturing how the BFS Total Program was taught and applied across 1980–1989.
Recurring themes include Football, Squat, Bench Press, and Speed. Coaches and writers featured here include Dr. Greg Shepard, Greg Shepard, and Bob Rowbotham. Every story is free — read it online or open the original magazine layout as a PDF.
BFS All-Americas
JSCHOOL YR. POS. |RCD.| TM. HONORS | COACH |HT. WT, : SMontgomery |Okolona,MS Durdan Douglas R. John C. Rosenberg, Jr. | Morehead, KY St. Albert A;. an DT,NG 12-1 \No. St. Runner-up | Faulkner 6-3 a OR i: A: V5.1/3.97| 550 | 345 | 650 | 275 | All-State -14.67/2.96| 625 | 365 | 65
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Quest for Greatness
Mrs. Atkinson, will you please contact Coach Drake, and ask him to meet me during his preparation period,” said Donaldson in an ofÏcious tone. “And ask him to Quest For Greatness is based on true stories. Coach Travis Drake is the new football coach at Hamilton High School. bring
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Olympic Lifting for Athletes?
By Ollie Whaley, C.S.C.S. Editor’s Note: Ollie Whaley coaches football and weightlifting at Monument Valley High School in Utah. He is an excellent Olympic lifter and a Master Upper Limit teacher and coach. We are fortunate to present this series of articles by Coach Whaley. The
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The Core Lifts
* Do a Box Squat, Front Squat or other Squat Variation ** Do a Towel Bench or some other Bench Variation —= 3. Class Contains Multi-Sport Athletes 4, Highest Upper-Limit Results Wanted THE BFS WAY Team Effort: At the end of this energy-filled 45-minute period, you should come tog
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Speed and Plyos
Speed and Plyometrics should be done on Tuesdays and Thursdays during the off-season with the BFS System. PLYOMETRIC TRAINING The BFS Plyometric Program also takes ten minutes. When athletes are in-season, Speed and Plyometric Begin by taking ten quality vertical jumps. Do the wo
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Flexibility
The BFS 1-2-3-4 Flexibility program is perfect for the high school situation. It’s a state-of-the-art method especially designed for speed. And because it’s designed for speed, it is perfect for all high school sports. The whole school should use the same program; that’s what mak
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About BFS Clinics
Jim Brown on left at Super Clinics at Eau Claire, Wisconsin. Four awesome, intensive days! high school athlete jumped 50 Ibs. Clinic. toa 300 Ib. Clean. Coach Anderson (left), Coach Rowbotham (middle) and Coach Shepard (right) demanding, challenging and motivating kids to do thei
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Eric Dickey: Steriod Myth
IN-DEPTH ANALYSIS OF EDITOR’S COMMENTS We ERIC DICKEY: TRAGIC / HAPPY Story By Dr. Greg Shepard unalterably opposed to anabolic steroid use by any athlete, bodybuilder or competitive lifter. The story of Eric Dickey is both tragic and happy. It is his true story of Anabolic stero
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How to Fight Peer Pressure
I. BE READY!!! Just as sure as the sun will rise tomorrow, every person and every athlete will be asked to use drugs and/or alcohol. Get an answer now! Be ready! Don’t wait! Saturday night is a bad time to make a decision. II. ANTICIPATE!!! Know the lines: Hey, one won’t hurt—Eve
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Auxiliary Lifts
Straight-Leg D.L. BASIC ASSUMPTIONS 1. High School Situation bar upward. As this is done, split your feet super quickly as you would do in a Olympic style Clean and Jerk. The bar will end up overhead in a locked position. Then stand upright. Do two sets of 5-10 reps. Jerk Presses
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Readiness Program
i . IAt National Youth 1988 Track Championships in California: — Shot Put 1st, Javelin 2nd, Discus 2nd, High Jump 8th (7th grade) Kevin Robinson is a gifted 9th grader who has been receiving the BFS Journal since the 6th grade. He began lifting at home at that time. The results h
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Jeroy Robinson
call it Upper Limit! Jeroy has been at it a long time. He started lifting in Editor’s Comments: Bert Hill, Texas A&M strength the 6th grade on a universal gym and then graduated to coach is shown spotting in all photos. Jeroy does a free weights. Jeroy states, “Free weights are m
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Sets and Reps: Periodization or BFS?
PERIODIZATION OR BFS? FOR HIGH SCHOOLS, IT’S The Total Program: Sets & Reps 3. The 2-3 sport athlete: Universities and Russian / Europeans normally deal with only one sport athletes. The BFS Set-Rep System is perfect for the high school situation. A periodization program done hal
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Just Like Practice
PROGRAM By Coach Rowbotham, Anderson and Shepard to discuss subjects such as nutrition, rest and strategy. A WHAT IS BFS? BFS is an organization dedicated to helping athletes succeed, especially at the high school level. ideal way to give a motivational story is to show our Fanta
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Arizona State Running Backs
Kelvin Fisher, a Blend of Power and Speed As Arizona State coaches learned after signing David, most of his five foot four inches is heart. With that heart, he has exceeded all expectations. It’s his physical training that The day was Wednesday August 16,1989. The location, Arizo
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Anthony Lawrence
a Anthony Lawrence: Bridgewater College's Division II] All-American . miles from home, Anthony did visit his mother quite often. However, his mother has never seen him play a Anthony “Ant” Lawrence grew up in the “boonies” college football game and Anthony rarely sees his dad. I
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BFS Summer Program for the Utah Jazz
BFS SUMMER PROGRAM By Coaches Shepard, Anderson and Rowbotham Utah Jazz Strength Coaches “Move it up a notch,” they said after being upset in the NBA playoffs last spring. The Utah Jazz had their best regular season ever by winning 52 games. Many individual honors came to Karl Ma
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Todd Sandroni
OLE MISS By Greg Shepard Todd Sandroni is very deserving of any recognition BFS may provide. I feel confident that kids throughout the country would do well to use Todd as an example and role model. The only thing that overshadows Todd’s: athletic achievements is his attitude. As
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Dee Dowis
is the best wishbone quarterback I’ve had the pleasure to coach. He is a Four-Star Field General.” Fisher DeBerry: Head Coach, Air Force Falcons Story by Kim Goss, C.S.C.S. Assistant Strength Coach U.S. Air Force Academy football players in the country, you better expect to bust
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Chad Thorson
Chad is an outstanding young man in every sense of the word. He has proved everybody wrong. Every NFL team has expressed an interest in Chad. This young man will not let you down. Chad has an awesome work ethic. Nobody will ever outwork him. He is tough and hard nosed — “Eats nai
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Ross McQuivey
BFS HS. By Greg Shepard Ross McQuivey of Salt Lake City, Utah is the 1989 the tenth recipient of this most award. Selections are based on athletic achievement in sports, the ability to overcome obstacles, scholarship, leadership, general character and the ability to put things in
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DeSales High School Wins State
Editor’s Note: Last fall I did a BFS Clinic for We had made it to the state championship game in 1986 football-baseball coach Kim Cox of DeSales High School and 1987. Both years we were favored. Both years we lost in Walla Walla, Washington. They worked hard and won to good teams
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BFS Olympic Record Board
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John Nichols
incorporates the 16 pound Overhead Back Throw in his training routine. John has thrown nearly 60 feet while at Louisiana State University. By Dr. Greg Shepard Brigham Young University hosted the NCAA Track and Field Championships this year and in addition, held a free clinic for
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The Power Snatch
BFS Clinician and Olympic Discus Thrower Stefan Fernholm Power Snatching 275 Pounds. By Dr. Greg Shepard The Power Snatch is an excellent lift. In fact, it is so excellent, you can use it as a BFS Core Lift inplace of Power Cleans. I’m not saying it is better than Cleans but you
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Winning Concepts
By Dixie Jones, C.S.C.S. Head Football Coach, Trigg County High School Cadiz, Kentucky Part One: Give Your Team The Winning Edge Coaches in high schools nationwide are searching for a winning edge over their opponents and many have turned to strength development in search of this
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Football: In-Season Training
What do you do with the weights? If you said, “Wait until the off-season,” you get a dandelion. You've just got to find time to weight train. Okay, you are now beginning the football season. Let’s say you Benched 250 pounds right before you put the pads on in August. If you don’t
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Training Room Tips
by Michael G. Popson, A.T., C. Since the time of the Ancient Greeks and the introduction of Athletics through the Olympic Games, there has evolved five primary factors of Athletics; 1) Sports, 2) Athletics, 3) Coaches, 4) Physicians and 5) Athletic Trainers. The Athletic Trainer
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Quest for Greatness
QUICK REVIEW Chapters 1-20 Quest For Greatness is based on true stories. Coach Travis Drake is the new football coach at Hamilton High School. The major character is Rick Steadman, who is a Junior at Hamilton. A lot of negative things are happening in Rick’s life. He comes from a
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Elijah Austin
one of our High School BFS All-Americas. Players are individuals we select will be successful and produce in By Greg Shepard Every year we honor some 200 high school football players on our BFS All-America team. Elijah Austin who is from Bainbridge High School in Georgia made our
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Plyometric Box Jumping
By Dr. Greg Shepard Box Jumping for height can be a great part of your plyometric program and total conditioning program. The concept is similar in going for a max in the weight room with the same benefits. Box Jumping is great to do as it bridges the gap between strength and exp
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John Hinson
Spotters L - R: Ben Clemens and Ed Grimes By Roy Dale, Jr. Power Cleans 295, Inclines 385, Dead Lifts 610, Parallel Squats 605 — and this was before our summer session of workouts started. John also started on offensive line for us at Guard John Hinson came to Bainbridge, Georgia
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Gerald Hudson
touchdown on only four carries. Gerald watched and “T chose Oklahoma State University because of the tailback tradition and type of offense that is run, I also learned from the sideline but when he got a chance, he made the most of it. liked the coaches and the weight room,” stat
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Olympic Lifting for Athletes
By Ollie Whaley, C.S.C.S. Editor’s Note: Ollie Whaley coaches football and weightlifting at Monument Valley High School in Utah. He is an excellent Olympic lifter and a Master Upper Limit teacher and coach. We are fortunate to present this series of | articles by Coach Whaley. “
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Meets: Fun and Challenge
Baron Zachary from San Clemente High School Squatting 480 Ed Diaz Squatting 440 pounds in the 11th Annual South Orange pounds being spotted by Head Football Coach David Elecciri. County Weight Lifting Championships. Ed, only a sophomore Baron won his weight class (175-199) which
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Poppy Moronta
ag s —' POPPY MORONTA | ALL SOUTH - PRO PROSPECT You can't grow as a person when it's always easy. As far On April 3, 1989, TIME magazine featured an as I'm concerned, we're placed on this earth to progress alarming report on how athletes and especially minority and when we do, b
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Jason Wisner
By Greg Shepard We feel at BFS that Jason Wisner is America’s Strongest High School Athlete. He is a junior at South Natchez-Adams High School in Natchez, Mississippi. Chris Calcote, the head football coach at Jason’s High School, reports that his amazing strongman is also outsta
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Quest for Greatness
Tuesdays and Thursdays, we will concentrate on plyometrics, speed training, and technique. Our core Chapters 1-18 Quest For Greatness is based on true stories. Coach Travis Drake is the new football coach at Hamilton High School. Lift. And on Fridays, we will do the Parallel Squa
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Jon Knutson
is only 15 years old and he’s the most gifted | athlete we've had in my 16 years here at C.M. School. He has many qualities that make him an exceptional young man. Jon plays basketball, football and soccer. He is also a sprinter on the track team. Jon maintains a 3.0 GPA. [n addi
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The Comanche Club
TOUGH ENOUGH? Editor's Note: The Comanche Club was the brainchild of the University of Utah Strength Coach Sam Varner. Sam does clinics for Bigger Faster Stronger and is a Regional Representative of the NSCA. Several high schools have instituted their own version of the Comanche
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Motivation in the Weightroom
MOTIVATION WEIGHT ROOM Part One: By Jim DiCicco Football, Track, Strength Coach Chamberlin High School: Twinsburg, Ohio Motivating your athletes to “pump iron” is not an easy task. If you have tried to get off-season athletes into your weight room you can appreciate that statemen
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Utah Jazz Comment on Drug Use
THE UTAH JAZZ COMMENT ON DRUGS Mike Brown: Mike grew up ina ghetto in Newark, New Jersey with only his mother. Mike had plenty of opportunities to get involved with drugs and states, “You don’t have to be a product of your environment.” I asked Mike, “But what about peer pressure
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Utah Jazz: A Pioneering Effort
THE UTAH JAZZ By Dr. Greg Shepard The strength and conditioning program instituted in 1981 by the Utah Jazz was an NBA first. It was a real pioneering effort. The Phoenix Suns had a program several years earlier which lasted several months before disbanding but the Utah Jazz have
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Utah Jazz on Education
ON EDUCATION Mike Brown: Graduated in 3 1/2 years from George Washington University. Degree in Criminal Justice. Had a 2.9 GPA. Jim Les: Received degree from academically tough Bradley in Finance with a 3.0 GPA. Jim’s goal is to be a currency trader at the Chicago Mercantile Exch
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Utah Jazz on Touch
WEIGHTS vs. TOUCH John Stockton: If | were to lift and not shoot it would screw me up but I don’t do that. I’m always shooting and doing skill work as | lift. Then, it works out great. Jose Ortiz: Lifting does not affect your touch at all. Eric Leckner: Weights don’t affect your
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Meet the Utah Jazz
6th year with Utah. Made All-Rookie Team First year with Jazz, 3rd year as a pro. Award this year. 1988-89 stats: 19.5 points University. Earned college degree in 3 1/2 most blocked shots in one game (14) this per game, 91 blocked shots. #1 draft pick in year in NBA. Played in 89
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Utah Jazz: Mark Eaton
By Greg Shepard Utah Jazz Strength Coach remarkable in the history of the NBA. When Mark was a sophomore in high school, he was 6-6 and sat on the sophomore team’s bench. As a 6-9 junior, he sat on the JV bench. The same result was achieved as a 6-11 senior with the varsity. Obvi
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Rubidoux High School
33 Rubidoux Falcon Football Players Dead Lifted 500 Or More At BFS Clinic! By Wayne Cochrun Editor’s Note: On July, 1988, BFS Clinician Bob Rowbotham arrived at Rubidoux High School with head football coach, Wayne Cochrun. Rubidoux is about 55 miles east of Los Angeles in Riversi
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BFS Olympic Record Board
s | WEIGHT . 1110 May ur 100 121 won vat ur [126 'werayur 145: $100 : |110monvaur)120 : |150 : 160 : : : : : : I—} a =: eae 145) —: On 1237 we cer ur (200 °C ‘198 Shcconeur (Qmeeeceemy 200 «| Bega] S=: : O: ? W: (eeeeel65. : : The above poundages are qualifying marks to be eligib
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On The Verge
. BFS First Team All-American Tony Grant Box Squatting with Seven Big Plates on each side — 700 Pounds On The Bar! By Greg Shepard Coach Steve Brooks was in his fourth footbal! season at Statesboro High School last fall. He took time to write me a note during that busy season. Co
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Helpful Hints
can create great intensity for a set. My son Matt, who is in the 8th grade, has broken at least five records every workout since December. Your kids should do the same. The BFS Readiness Program has been tremendously [t is the fourth week of our four week BFS Set—Rep successful a
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A Dream Fulfilled
= . FIRTH H .S. IDAHO STATE CHAMP: 5! By Mitch Buck to 12, 53 to 6, 48 to 0. Losing became easy, yet even in those losses I felt we were fractions away from being successful. | really began to understand that football is The summer of 1985 was very exciting for me “A game of inch
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Success at Glen Mills
1988 High School Powerlifting Champions at Glen Mills Schools in Pennsylvania. Sitting (L-R) Vince Carter, Paul Oakes, Nate Taylor, Dennis Dixon. Second Row (L-R) Terrance Maxwell, Austaniel Brown, Dontay Webb, Ty Mahan, Cornelius lvy. Third Row (L-R) Ron Praither (manager), ferr
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Quest for Greatness
A Continuing Story by Greg Shepard Travis was excited as he stepped to the microphone. Sam Carter’s exuberance had really ignited the crowd. As he cleared his throat, everyone became quiet and waited for Travis’ first words. Quest For Greatness is based on true stories. Coach “Ta
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BFS All-Sectional Special Mention
SPECIAL MENTION BFS HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL ALL-SECTIONAL SELECTIONS WESTERN STATES Richard Fitzimonds, Weiser, ID iON WORKER AL Wide & Pry he pee Dave Schmitt AIT BEEPS AT PARALLEL NO MORE GUESSWORK NO MORE ARGUMENTS LESS SUPERVISION REQUIRED When the thigh reaches parallel, the Sa
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BFS All-Americas Honorable Mention
1988-89 BFS HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL ALL-AMERICA HONORABLE MENTION TEAM SCHOOL _ POS. HT. wr 40 GPA So BCH DL CL FB Honors | IssacDavis = Malvern, AR. OTDTNG 6-3 "305 | 5.0 3.0 405 | 345 |X 305 | All-County: Chad Patton Grand Rapids, MI_ OT, DE 6-2 | 218 4.87 “331| 470 | 340500 225 A
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BFS All-Americas Third Team
1988-89 BFS HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL ALL-AMERICA THIRD TEAM SCHOOL POS. COACH HT. WT. 40 GPA|SQ CH DL CL FBHNRS Lowery {ST} 265 [522 | 31 eee 405 | 560 | 240 |All-County ety 222 aes 265 440 335 |425 | 220 | all-state hayme 5:10 210 | 48 2.95 | 500.310 | 605 | 270 |All-County bubba |
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BFS All-Americas Second Team
|.&! |. MVP All-Conf. = All-Conf. {>1! Athens. qe. |. |. | >? DaleA. All-Amer. All-Ohio. |! Elyria West OG SR Chris Elyria, Ohio DE,PK Washington SR_ Hobgood Acad. | QB Chuck Hobgood, NC | DE Hasty Jim Loscalzo | ©? BFS PROGRAM CASSETTES THE BFS CORE PROGRAM NEW VIDEO: explained
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BFS All-Americas First Team
SCHOOL YR. POS. RCD. TM.HONORS COACH HT. WT, IMinneapolis MN [oR Kicker (ae4_| Cheyenne Central Rosenberg, Jr. Robbins — Stanford, KY y «| 9X i: XDT, NG eed No. St. Runner-up _ Faulkner 3 John C. Douglas R. : -4 St.4-AR 3 _ Kicker een es | Blair | 6-0 cE Rams ae si semifinalist |
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BFS All-Americas
1988-89 BFS FOOTBALL ALL-AMERICAS SECOND TEAM — THIRD TEAM READINESS PROGRAM RECORD BOOK AND VIDEO THE BFS READINESS PROGRAM Our BFS Readiness Program has met with great success for four full years. This pioneering program emphasizes the importance of Great Technique. In fact, yo
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The Winning Streak
The Nation's Longest Current High School in New Mexico. Coach Billy Henson’s teams have pionships! News Flash—Just before Easter, Coach Henson resigned at Animas HS to coach at Springerville, Arizona's Round Valley High School. 50 AND COUNTING ANIMAS HIGH SCHOOL We featured C.B.
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BFS Olympic Record Board
. L: LThe above poundages are qualifying marks to be eligible for the BFS Record Board. Lifts must be done in an intramural meet, against another school or in an ofÏcially sanctioned meet. Athletes must have a 2.0 minimum GPA and be a member of a high school team sport. Results m
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Tyrone Thurman
YARDAGE A RECORD 3,492 YARDS College Football's Smallest Player: Tyrone Thurman The story of Tyrone Thurman is one of the great Tyrone made a big splash, especially for a Smurf, in stories in college football. The Texas Tech program 1985 as a freshman at Texas Tech. He was sixth
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Acuvision Training System
ACUVISION 1000 VISION TRAINING SYSTEM IMPROVES VISUAL SKILLS AND OVERALL PERFORMANCE The AcuVision provides a coordinated workout which detects strengths and weaknesses in eye-hand coordination, reaction time, peripheral awareness and tracking ability. More importantly, the AcuVi
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Sets and Reps: Breaking Records
low power position. The athlete has his feet close to the The lower left photo on page 18 shows the perfect This new series on Breaking Records is designed to help the many coaches and athletes who are using our BFS Set-Rep System. The critical aspect in making the system work wi
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Ted Barrett
Story By Greg Shepard I was all set to introduce Ted Barrett as comebackplayer-of-the-year. He overcame a great deal and was at the peak of his football career. Ted was running a 4.42 forty and under a fine and caring strength coach Ian Pyka, Ted Parallel Squatted 450, Benched 37
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Trap Bar: Alternative BFS Core Lift
THE TRAP BAR A NEW BES CORE LIFT ALTERNATIVE TRAP BAR WORKOUTS ARE BFS SPOTTING TECHNIQUE By Dr. Greg Shepard We just keep getting more and more impressed with the Trap Bar. We would now like to recommend the Trap Bar as a BFS Core Lift alternative. Here’s how you could plug it i
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Craig Hodges
Story By Michael F. Jelick, Milwaukee Bucks Strength and Conditioning Consultant NBA‘S GENERAL OF LONG RANGE ARTILLERY As he steps behind the line, sets up, and launches a basketball with deadly accuracy, the wide-eyed crowd has already started to utter the word “three” in unison
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Quest for Greatness
way, he was always there for the students and seemed to be uniquely understanding in critical situations. The day was very interesting and inspiring for Coach Drake. A steady stream of students came to see Quest For Greatness is based on true stories. what was going on in the new
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Squat Correctly
SPart 17 In a Series By Dr. Greg Shepard Many coaches have remarked after our BFS Clinics that it’s amazing how we get young athletes to Squat perfect in just a minute or two even with no previous Squatting experience. The trick is to get each athlete into a perfect low power pos
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Plyometric Box Jumping
By Dr. Greg Shepard Plyometric Box Jumping can help your athletes become more explosive, quicker and faster. We recommend a 10 minute training session twice per week during the off-season and in-season. In the offseason, when weight training is done on Monday, Wednesday and Frida
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Bill Brooks
By Michael Boyle Strength and Conditioning Coach Greg Shepard loves to find and meet what he terms “Upper-Limit” athletes, those athletes that have paid the price and reached the highest level of potential. Bill Brooks, currently a starting wide receiver for the Indianapolis Colt
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Modifications -- Readiness Program
adjustments that can make the BFS Readiness Program flow more smoothly. One of the great strengths of our Readiness Program is that graduation depends on performance not age. The goal for graduation is to Parallel Squat 145 x 10, Hang Clean 105 x 5 and Bench 105 x 10. Obviously,
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Steve Durdan
GREATNESS LIES IN IT’S PEOPLE! THAT SPIRIT The Durdan farm consists of 500 acres of corn and beans with some livestock. so Steve and his older brother, Greg made a gym out of their Grain Storage facility. In the winter, the grain is stored and the weights are moved to the family’
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Pecatonica Football
On March 26th 1988, head football coach, Nick Moses, of | Pecatonica High School, in Illinois had a BFS Clinic. Coach Moses was tackling his first head coaching assignment. Friends had told him to stay away from Pecatonica and that it was a no-win situation. Indeed, things didn’t
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BFS All-Americas
: Conf. Conf. : 6-0 Ra: XConf. : Conf. McMinn Co. .. CRiverdale Bptst. _ Dalrymple _|Ohio : “Conf. baad Champs | Burnham| hs ! : XAir Force Nom. X28 A.C.T. Pres. F.C.A. Hon. Men. 350.
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BFS Clinic and Clinician Information
SEVEN BFS CLINICIANS! Bob Rowbotham, Vice Pres. Rick Anderson, Vice Pres. e Strength Coach for the NBA’s Utah Jazz ¢ With BFS since 1979 © Highly successful since 1981 © Training All-Americas since Minnesota high school Football and Wrestling Coach ¢ Utah Jazz flexibility coach ¢
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Total BFS Package
Straight Leg D.L. twice per week. Intensity and Team Unity. other quick lift at least once a week. Explosiveness. Must be done daily—year round. Sprint 10 to 20 yards twice per week, AllYear Round, Stress Technique. Video Tape Format for analysis purposes. help each sport win. Do
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The Great Steroid Myth
women bodybuilders take steroids, in spite of extreme to anabolic steroid use by any athlete, bodybuilder, or dangers. Anabolic Steroids contain testosterone, or the competitive lifter. We applaud the stand taken by the male growth hormone, and thus a woman starts taking on Inter
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Quest for Greatness
L ~ QUEST FOR GREATNESS A Continuing Story by Greg Shepard another. Quest For Greatness is based on true stories. Coach Travis Drake is the new football coach at Hamilton High School. The other major character is Rick Steadman, who is a Junior at Hamilton. A lot of negative thing
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Andrew Goudelock: Perhaps Our Most Inspirational Story Ever
ANDREW GOUDELOCK Andrew told Jim Lofton, his high school football coach, that he wanted to | play football. No other athlete in history may have overcome as much as Andrew | did to play the great American game of football. The bonds of friendship between | | coach and player that
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The Drug Tragedy
It’s hard enough to win on the field. Who needs this? This actually happened last July. as coaches tolerate? and he’s big. This Running Back was caught by police with a revolver, a semiautomatic weapon, and a loaded shotgun with the safety latch unlocked. Also on the table was fi
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Readiness Program
spectacular results in any junior high school. It can be implemented conjunction with other activities or as an entity unto itself. [t can really be surprising just how fast seventh graders can learn and profit from this program. Weight Training: We teach and stress the technique
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Auxiliary Lifts
are done in addition to the BFS Core Lifts. Less emphasis is placed on auxiliaries. Core Lifts are plugged in the one-per-month-cycle BFS Set-Rep-Rotation System while auxiliary lifts are normally done by doing two sets of 10 reps. Ifan athlete is training with a small group, the
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Olympic Lifting
We at BFS strongly recommend that all coaches get Olympic Foundation. All you do is Clean & Jerk during a involved in Olympic Weightlifting. It’s a fun and physical education or weight-training class. You don’t have challenging sport. The Olympic Lifts also help build an to go to
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Core and Quick Lifts
there is no substitute tor intensity. Basic Squat Guidelines: Athletes should have two Squat workouts per week during both off-season and in- Basic Bench Guidelines: Athletes should have two season. Three workouts are too many and one is not Bench workouts per week all-year round
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Flexibility
! ‘e. . had an off-tackle play in his offensive package. He said, “Sure.” However, this poor coach didn’t know what his splits were, or which foot his tackle should step with. He didn’t know there was a differnece betweena 44 defense and a 5-2. He wasn’t aware that sometimes peop
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Speed and Plyos
Carl Lewis: ran 9.92 at the Seoul Olympics for a | new American record for 100 meters. The Gold Medal was awarded to Lewis after Ben Johnson tested positive for Steroids. Lewis stated that he ran as fast as he could. Not true—Lewis made four critical errors and probably could hav
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Sets and Reps
ONE'S. . builds strength | very rapidly base, good for (6-8 weeks) auxiliary lifts. administer. Workouts. _,,teates BitEasy PROGRAM| Intensity. successfully, | physically and move up5 lbs. especially next time. mentally Increase . poundage when | Coach needs to beamaster likely w
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Pro Basketball
adjustments. Nothing is ever free. A lot of so-called studs from my high school are now selling groceries. Work ethic “For those who weren't stars, I'd say to really try to get better every day. I know I'm a is everything.” Eric’s mother is six feet tall and his dad, who died one
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John Godina
By Greg Shepard John Godina is big. He’s certainly big for his young age of 15. He stands 6-4 and currently weighs 230, but he has weighed as much as 237 pounds. John has always been big. As a 12-year-old, he was already 5-10 and 210 pounds. John has produced some big efforts in
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Chad Hennings
OUTLAND TROPHY WINNER SPECIAL REPRINT ARTICLE YChad is now attending pilot training school at Sheppard Air Force base in Wichita Falls, Texas. TM By Kim Goss, C.S.C.S. the Air Force Academy’s Strength Coach, Jack Braley. Assistant Strength Coach, U.S. Air Force Academy Genetics m
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Jerry McCabe
Jerry McCabe, from sixth grade litle league player to New England Patriots Linebacker, with an option to begin medical school at the University of Cincinnati. By Greg Shepard “The game of football teaches you how to handle adversity,” says former New England Patriots Linebacker J
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Tommy Hodson
Heisman Trophy Candidate By Greg Shepard “Why do you want to do a story on me?” Tommy Hodson asked with a subdued tone. He thought Bigger Faster Stronger was interested only in athletes who were incredibly strong. I laughed and assured Tommy that sometimes we do stories on skill
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Barry Sanders
looked at his big brother Byron, who looked up at the stadium stairs at Wichita State. “Let’s do it!” they shouted. They hopped up and up. Their legs pumping and straining, they bounded like kangarvos to the top. Exhausted, they smiled. Mr. Sanders looked at Barry and said, “Son,
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Central Bucks West High School
PCB West High School owns the nation’s longest winning streak at 49 and counting! Sports America” program. With the publicity from “The Streak” comes added pressure. Fans expect the Bucks to win and think itisa disaster if CB West loses one or two games. Opponents Editor’s Note:
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Todd Collins
BES HLS. By Greg Shepard Todd Collins of New Market, Tennessee, is the 1988 the ninth recipient of this most-prestigious annual award since we began in 1980. The award is based on athletic achievement in sports, the ability to overcome obstacles, scholarship, leadership, general
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BFS Clinics
BFS CLINIC RECORDS THE COMPETITION IS FIERCE IN CALIFORNIA Several years ago Greg Shepard did a clinic in Dothan, Alabama. Emery Lotta, an assistant football coach and strength coach at Dothan High School, had his boys ready. The adrenalin was really flowing. Sometimes you're on
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Christie Green: National Champ
JUNIOR OLYMPIC NATIONAL WEIGHTLIFTING CHAMPIONSHIPS SARASOTA HIGH SCHOOL Coach Smithers likes to have his football players compete to keep intensity at a high level in the off-season. He stated, “We really push it during the school year and work a lot on technique. We also lift i
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Stephanie Armitage: Olympic Lifter
STEPHANIE ARMITAGE: Olympic Lifting only three months, Stephanie Armitage can Snatch 170 pounds! will compete in the 75-kilogram (165-pound) class in Stephanie Armitage is the assistant strength coach at what I can do yet. Olympic lifting is really fun. You can future meets. Step
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High School Olympic Lifting Team
SARASOTA H.S. TEAM AT THE JUNIOR OLYMPIC NATIONAL WEIGHTLIFTING CHAMPIONSHIPS Sarasota’s Team, kneeling, from left: George Lockett, Preston Last minute instructions from Coach Smithers to George Smithers, Jon Rissler, Paul Short. serves as an assistant football and strength coach
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The BFS 1-2-3-4 Flexibility Program
after the workout. “The package will work if you do it,” Coach Rowbotham said. “You should work on flexibility 10 to 15 minutes, six or seven days a week, particularly if you’re an athlete. An athlete has no excuse not to do flexibility training daily. It you’re going to be an up
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Clean and Jerk: College
By Kim Goss, C.S.C.S. seldom able to recruit any exceptionally large players Assistant Strength Coach « Air Force Academy (our average varsity football player last year weighed something like 205 pounds!), having 23 athletes Cleaning 250-plus was, we felt, a respectable number. a
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John Creek
OHN CREEK oo ncctince Life is filled with obstacles. Winners accept that challenge and set out to overcome whatever gets in their way. John Creek is a winner. Ten years ago, John Creek nearly died in a house fire that claimed the life of an older brother. Despite severe burns ove
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Squat Correctly
2c%.... $400.00-plus for a squat machine that has a bar moving up and down on a cylinder. A hook attached to the bar on each side is secured on pegs about four inches apart on a vertical shaft. So when | got ready to do the clinic, here was this squat machine. In our last issue,
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Peak Performance
PERFORMANCE About Protein Athletes and coaches have debated for years Editors Note: We are fortunate to have Dr. Fred. Hatfield share some of his insightful training ideas performance. Some athletes, especially weight lifters on achieving peak athletic performance without drugs.
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Clean and Jerk: High School
CLEAN & JERK CONTESTS! IN HIGH SCHOOL? YOU BET!! By Ollie Whaley M.A., C.S.C.S. Football Coach, Monument Valley H.S., Utah Last fall the BFS Journal article entitled “The Clean & Jerk in Track & Field, Why Not?” really caught my attention. At Monument Valley, on the Navajo Indian
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Quest for Greatness
by Greg Shepard everybody’s really fired up. We had a super meeting. QUICK REVIEW Chapters 1 ~ 12° Quest For Greatness is based on true stories. Coach Travis Drake is the new football coach at Hamilton High School. He has just assembled his staff of assistant coaches. The other m
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Olympic Meets: A Great Idea
A GREAT IDEA! BFS Clinician Jim Brown coaching Matt Shepard on the Power Snatch movements. We at BFS strongly recommend that all coaches get involved in Olympic Weightlifting. It's a fun and challenging sport. The Olympic Lifts also help build an athlete’s explosive power. The va
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Transition -- Readiness Program
MAKING THE TRANSITION GRADUATING FROM THE BFS READINESS PROGRAM By Dr. Greg Shepard My thirteen-year-old son Matt was on the BFS Readiness Program for about nine months during his 7th grade year. He began last fall with just the 45-pound bar. Matt benched, squatted, and cleaned w
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Anabolic Steriods and the USOC Drug Control Program
4. Give a urine sample. 5. Pour your sample into two bottles for sealing and sending to the lab. 6. Sign a statement that the test was done properly. 7. Then you can leave. 10. DOES “UNDER CONSTANT OBSERVATION” MEAN THAT SOMEONE WILL BE WATCHING ME EVEN WHEN GIVING MY URINE SAMPL
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Championship Power Volleyball
Marlo Stanley, of BYU-Hawaii Box Squats 505 and Parallel Squats 315. She is a member of the 1987-88 NAIA National Collegiate Volleyball Championship Team. Marlo is being spotted by BYU-Hawaii Campus Strength Coach John Farley, Jr. Editor’s Note: Last summer (1987) I took my wife
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BFS Clinic Brings Success to E.E. Smith
Visit E.E. Smith High School in Fayetteville, North Carolina, today and you'll see students infected with football fever. Golden Bulls players have pride—pride in what they do on the field and pride in a football program that has compiled a 27-13 record and one league cochampions
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Morrow High School
Morrow High School in Morrow, Georgia, has enjoyed a fine winning tradition in football. Coach Bud Theodocion has guided his Mustangs to the region playoffs eight out of the last ten years. In his years at MORROW SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL “Home of the Mustangs 1987 AAAA STATE FOOTBALL M
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Dan Santhouse: BFS Dot Drill Record Holder
DAN SANTHOUSE UNIVERSITY athletes do the Dot Drill and are timed consistently and I can tell you this: When you can do the Dot Drill in 36 seconds, your feet are a blur. Therefore, Dan Santhouse, we at BFS ofÏcially proclaim you the American Dot Drill Champ! Pennsylvania which is
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Training Aids: Using them Correctly
AIDS correcriy Part Two by Stefan Fernholm WRIST STRAPS Wrist straps should always be used in the Power Clean and Dead Lift or any heavy type pulling exercises. These exercises are not designed to develop wrist and hand strength. Therefore it would be a big mistake to allow weakn
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The BFS 1-2-3-4 Flexibility Program
ABDOMINAL STRETCH The BFS 1-2-3-4 Flexibility Program is an easy way for athletes to remember a sequence of flexibility elbows. Relax! Relax the lower back and especially relax the buttocks, arch as deep as possible. exercises to stretch ALL major areas. We say ONE on the This co
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Catch the Vision
CATCHING THE VISION Editor’s Note: Polly Meredith teaches weight training at both the Junior High and High School levels in Traverse City, Michigan. She is the strength and ‘conditioning coach for the football team as well as the 'Head Girls Track Coach at the high school. Coach
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Quest for Greatness
by Greg Shepard “Heck no,” laughed Travis affably. “Don’t ever let administrators get you down. You read the latest nationwide survey on administrators, didn’t you?” championship at an exciting motivational first meeting. The other major character is Rick Steadman who is a “No co
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Steriods and the USOC Drug Control Program
angioedema, and to stimulate the bone marrow in patients with unusual and rare animals. 3. IF ANABOLIC STEROIDS BUILD MUSCLE, ISN’T THAT ENDURANCE? Even though use of Anabolic Steroids causes weight gain and enlargement of muscle, most scientific evidence does not show that stren
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