Issue
January/February 1985.
8 articles
The January/February 1985 issue of BFS Magazine collects 8 articles, preserved here in full and free to read online or download as the original PDF.
Recurring themes include Basketball, Football, Speed, and Squat. Coaches and writers featured here include Dr. Greg Shepard, Dr. Keith Henschen, and Bill Foran, Strength and Conditioning Coach. Every story is free — read it online or open the original magazine layout as a PDF.
Sport Psychology
By Dr. Kieth Henschen University of Utah SPORT PSYCHOLOGY The Missing Ingredient in Your Program? You can condition your athletes; closely supervise their diets, strengthen their muscles through weight training. teach them proper techniques and strategies, provide the most modern
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Phases in Athletic Strength Training
is a new creative condition themselves throughout their careers they will pass through various phases of development It is important for both coach and athlete to understand these different phases. A college strength coach, for example, should not prescribe the same training prog
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Lady Topper Basketball
ILADY TOPPER BASKETBALL LADY TOPPER BASKETBALL Editors Note: We believe women athletes should do the same BFS program that the male athletes do for becoming better athletes. Some women athletes especially at the high school level may want to start with our Readiness Program Women
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The Power Quotient
Dan Lynch 1st Team All-American Guard: Power Quotient: 87.9 Dan Lynch came to Washington State University as a very average freshman. Through proper weight training, Dan made himself into an AllAmerican. As a 211 pound lineman with a squat of only 385, he was not exactly awesome.
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Overcoming Adversity
Coach Edwards turned adversity into prosperity. He encouraged the Mormon players to go on those missions. He figured they would be more mature and better organized and committed to play when they returned. Today over 50 players are returned missionaries and over half the players
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History of Athletic Strength Training
RANDY MATSON 1960's Shot Putter World Record Holder: Olympic Champion Matson's training methods were way ahead of football Randy Matson was a superior athlete caught up in revolutionary training methods which propelled him to an unheard-of 7151f, World Record in the shot put Let
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Mike Ruth
is the most dominatin~ player I've ever coached." Jack Bicknell Head Football Coach, Boston College. Mike Ruth Benches 540 Pounds! I guess anybody would smile with that kind of Max. Nose Guard Boston College By Dr. Greg Shepard One Saturday in October I sat down to watch Penn Sta
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