Issue
Fall 1996.
7 articles
The Fall 1996 issue of BFS Magazine collects 7 articles, preserved here in full and free to read online or download as the original PDF.
Recurring themes include Squat, Bench Press, Safety, and Speed. Coaches and writers featured here include Dr. Greg Shepard, Coach Paul Sacco, and Coach Karl Walters. Every story is free — read it online or open the original magazine layout as a PDF.
TRAINING CREED
The human body is a marvel created with wondrous intricacies and unfathomable complexities. When your body is overloaded, as in weight training exercises, it adapts, builds, and grows to make itself ready for tomorrow. After another workout, this process of adapting, building and
ReadOregon City High School
Oregon City High School dominates in girl's basketball. Last spring they again won the Oregon State 4-A Basketball Championship by defeating Glencoe High School by a wide 51-29 margin. That victory was their 41st in a row and propelled them to their second consecutive USA Today n
ReadRELENTLESS
Editor's Note: Paul Sacco is the head football coach at St. Joseph High School in Hammonton, New Jersey. Coach Sacco and his Wildcats really get after it in the weight room. Coach Sacco practices what he preaches by being an active powerlifting competitor himself. Recently, he se
ReadTHE POWER CLEAN
How do you teach the Power Clean most effectively in the first week of a Physical Education Class or to a group of athletes learning this lift for the first time? What equipment and teaching tools should you have? Can you teach junior high students? Should the same procedures be
ReadDANIEL ARRHENIUS
Daniel Arrhenius is just starting his senior year at Mountain View High School in Orem, Utah and he has already made a name for himself. Daniel threw the Discus, as a junior 189-1 and the shot a prodigious 62-9 feet. Those marks may be the best double for a junior in the nation.
ReadWisconsin State Champs!
Editor's note: We never know exactly how many schools are on the BFS program throughout the United States. We are always surprised when we get a letter like the one from Karl Walters, strength coach for Stanley-Boyd High School in Wisconsin. Jim Brinker is the head football coach
ReadAl Oerter
Al Oerter is one of only two athletes to win gold in the same event in four consecutive olympic games. I would like to thank the NSCA for inviting Al Oerter as keynote speaker to the NSCA convention last June in Atlanta. The following article includes excerpts from his speech. Ne
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