Issue
Fall 1997.
15 articles
The Fall 1997 issue of BFS Magazine collects 15 articles, preserved here in full and free to read online or download as the original PDF.
Recurring themes include Football, Basketball, Squat, and Power Clean. Coaches and writers featured here include Dr. Greg Shepard, Len Walencikowski, and Jeffery C. Hill, Head Power Lifting Coach. Every story is free — read it online or open the original magazine layout as a PDF.
NATIONAL POWER ZANESVILLE BLUE DEVIL BASKETBALL
Dear Dr. Shepard, I really enjoyed your visit to Zanesville High School. We were really impressed with your ability to teach and enthusiasm for improving athletic performance. We are doing the Power Snatches and Jerk Presses that you showed us. Our players think they are great. O
ReadWESTMINSTER CHRISTIAN HIGH SCHOOL
Two years ago Westminster Christian High School in Southwest Miami had a Bigger Faster Stronger clinic put on by BFS clinician, Len Walencikowski. The next spring Westminster Christian finished with a sparkling 36-win undefeated National Championship season and their coach Rich H
ReadBASEBALL STRENGTH TRAINING THE LAST FRONTIER
We call baseball the last frontier of strength training among men's major team sports. The first sport to catch on to the importance of weight training and to really learn the secret was Track and Field, specifically the throwers. They learned "the secret" in the 1960's. A decade
ReadPOPLAR BLUFF GIRLS EXCEL
Editor's Note: Jim Brown trains between 125 and 150 varsity girl athletes daily at Poplar Bluff High School in Missouri. They all do the entire BFS Program. Coach Brown has done a magnificent job. The performance of his girls may stand alone in the nation as far as strength devel
ReadMIAMI SOUTHRIDGE - FLORIDA SOFTBALL
Miami Southridge's Principal, faculty and staff since 1976 have always selected a theme for the upcoming school year. For the 1996-1997 school year that theme was "The Year of the Family United Toward Excellence." The Spartans of Southridge truly worked as a family united and ach
ReadP.J. BROWN
Editor's Note: P.J. Brown just completed his freshman year at Poplar Bluff High School in Missouri. His father, Jim Brown has been a BFS Clinician for over 10 years. As a result, P.J. has been on the BFS Program even before his 7th grade year. He knows the program backwards and f
ReadWE GOT NEXT! THE UTAH STARZZ
"We got next" slogans have been proliferated in the media. The Women's National Basketball Association is upon us. The initials WNBA are becoming recognized as the ultimate in women's sports and the Utah Starzz are part of this pioneering effort. Valerie Ackerman, president of th
ReadGLENN MILLS SCHOOL
The Glen Mills Power lifting team had a most successful season. The Bulls chose "Strength thru Character" as their official slogan. Maurice Bond and Ahmaud McDonald were the only two returning lifters on this years team. However, there was a lot of enthusiasm as ninety-two Glen M
ReadOREGON CITY HIGH SCHOOL THREE-TIME NATIONAL CHAMPIONS
Special repeat article from the Fall 1996 Journal Oregon City High School dominates in girl's basketball. Oregon City is located just outside Portland with a population of nearly 18,000 people. Last year I was impressed with the first two national championships and wondered if th
ReadCHARDON
Bob Doyle is the Head Football Coach for the Chardon High School Hilltoppers in Chardon, Ohio. He is also a BFS Clinician and by definition that means they do the BFS Program. This means you normally lift weights on Monday, Wednesday and Fridays during the off-season. Then on Tue
ReadTHE UTAH JAZZ
KARL MALONE 1997 NBA MVP BFS ON KARL MALONE: On one of the Jazz' road trips, I had breakfast with Karl. I commented on his even more than "monster workouts" and it looked like he was carrying about five to ten pounds more muscle than in the past. Karl looked at me and said, Rick,
ReadEDEN PRAIRIE WINS STATE WITH BFS!
In 1992 we took over a program that had won five games in three years in one of the top leagues in Minnesota football. Since 1992, Eden Prairie has won three conference championships, one state title, in 1996, and accumulated a 44-9 record over those five years. Many people ask w
ReadMARTINSVILLE DOMINATES INDIANA
I must admit I was a skeptic. I had read the success stories in the Bigger Faster Stronger magazine for many years. I had even attended a few BFS Clinics. Each time, I came away more and more impressed, but still maintained that my old computerized program of periodization was su
ReadCOLUMBIA'S REMARKABLE EFFORT!
Editors Note: Bob Spaite is the Head Football Coach at Columbiana High School, a Division 6 school in Ohio. The community of Columbiana has a population of 5,000 and the school's enrollment of slightly less than 400 students in the top four grades. Their success story reaches bey
ReadATHLETIC DIRECTORS
This special fall edition of the BFS Journal is presented for the first time to athletic directors. Many of you may have read our journal but I know also that many athletic directors are not that familiar with our organization. Bigger Faster Stronger is dedicated to helping athle
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