Issue
Fall 1998.
18 articles
The Fall 1998 issue of BFS Magazine collects 18 articles, preserved here in full and free to read online or download as the original PDF.
Recurring themes include Speed, Football, Safety, and Bench Press. Coaches and writers featured here include Greg Shepard, Kim Goss, and Matt Shepard. Every story is free — read it online or open the original magazine layout as a PDF.
PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE: How High Do You Want to Rise?
We are all given two precious gifts in life. One is the freedom to choose. The other is an unspecified time in which to make these choices. How we choose determines our success and happiness. We can choose to be successful. We can choose to be happy. How high we rise is not a mat
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AS BASIC AS BLACK & WHITE
The phrase "quality is better than quantity" certainly rings true for a little school in Ash Fork Arizona. With only a student population of 56, Ash Fork High School was able to beat the odds. Back in the fall of 1995 Ash Fork High School's weight lifting/physical education progr
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LIGHTWEIGHT TRAINING EQUIPMENT
Like the Nehru collars and striped stovepipe polyester pants of the 60s, there are some things us old folks remember but just don't like to talk about. For coaches, a period they'd like to forget is when weight training was frowned upon. Hard as it might be to believe today, ther
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FROM GOOD TO GREAT
Rob Castleman has dedicated his life to the learning and mastering of the field of sport-specific strength and conditioning. He coaches football in Oregon, plays on a Semi-Pro team, works as a strength and conditioning coach/personal trainer and is currently a counselor for at ri
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UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING: A Thrower's Paradise
Like most coaches, Larry Judge loves to be part of a team and aspires to head a premiere program that other schools will pattern their own programs after. Also like many coaches, there is a special passion in his heart for his own sport of choice, throwing. Today, as the new trac
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BFS SAIPAN CLINIC
Valrick Welch, has been trying to get a BFS clinic on his island of Saipan for years. He finally succeeded last May. I brought my youngest son, Mark, age 11, along for the ride. Saipan is the capital of the commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands and enjoys the stability of the
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FAST TIMES AT WHITNALL HIGH
With 29-year-old Jana Novotna winning this year's Wimbledon and 34-year-old Michael Jordan being, well, Michael Jordan, many young athletes are confident that they too will enjoy long careers. But in the sport of women's swimming, being competitive beyond the teenage years is the
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CREATINE
Editors Note: Bigger Faster Stronger has officially stopped endorsing and selling Creatine (Please read page 38). However, we will continue publishing information on creatine both pro and con. Dr. Joe Brownholtz has some valid points that may be useful to both coach and athlete.
ReadCARBO LOADING - IS IT OVERRATED?
I believe the training principle of Carbo Loading is overrated. With all our improved tracks, running shoes and training methods, we are running distance races slower than ever. Almost all of our American distance records were set 15 to 30 years ago. (See the table on American hi
ReadNO MORE CREATINE
At our annual BFS Clinic Convention, creatine was discussed at length. A decision was made to stop selling and/or endorsing the use of creatine, especially at the junior high and high school level. We realize many coaches probably allow their athletes to take creatine because BFS
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HUSKIES GET BIGGER, FASTER, STRONGER
Jeff Scurran did a BFS Clinic at South Hills High School in California. They sent us an article from their school newspaper written by Brent Estrada. The following is part of that article: The schools implementation of BFS began when varsity football coach, Steve Bogan, gave the
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JOSH BRYANT: Everything he does is for football
Last May, Josh Bryant decided to enter the U.S. Bench Press Open. He had an idea that he was strong, but exactly how strong he didn't even comprehend. Josh competed in the 220-242 pound class for the 16-17-year-olds. What he accomplished astounded all who witnessed the event. He
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STRETCHING FOR SPEED
A stretching program should never be used solely for a warm-up for other activities. It is an exercise regimen itself like lifting and running. A stretching program should be done to increase flexibility and range of motion. It must be worked daily both in the off-season and the
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THE GREEN, GREEN GRASS OF LOUISVILLE
It took high school football coach Tony Stanford almost 16 years to settle on the perfect job: coaching at a school with talented athletes in a community as passionate about the game as he is. He could have done this quite a bit sooner, except for that old "grass is always greene
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GETTING AN EARLY START
During the month of May, a copy of the 1998 summer edition of the BFS Journal was circulating around Bloomington South High School in Bloomington Indiana. It featured the BFS Football All-American Team. "I was proud," said sophomore, Robbie Shirley, " to find that the Panthers we
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AMY ACUFF: Mail Order High Jumper
When Amy Acuff decided to take high jumping seriously, she knew she needed a qualified coach. Amy lived in Corpus Christi, Texas, and after a few inquiries she learned the best local coach was Sue Humphrey. Of course, everything is big in Texas, so "local" turned out to be severa
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PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE: Fall 1998
Unification of all athletic strength programs and physical education weight training programs will give any school a big edge. Unification is the first item on our BFS Clinic agenda. We believe in training all athletes involved in power sports in virtually the same way. We do not
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