Issue
January/February 2006.
9 articles
The January/February 2006 issue of BFS Magazine collects 9 articles, preserved here in full and free to read online or download as the original PDF.
Recurring themes include Safety, Squat, Speed, and Football. Coaches and writers featured here include Kim Goss and Bruce Wilhelm. Every story is free — read it online or open the original magazine layout as a PDF.
Is Strongman Training for You?
PHOTOS COURTESY ALLEN HEDRICK, US AIR FORCE ACADEMY You? A look at the benefits and pitfalls of one of the latest fads by Kim Goss “Win or get fired!” is a motto that seems to have taken over the coaching profession. In the pros and in college a losing season is forgivable, but i
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The Evolution of the Hex Bar
of the Hex Bar The story of how a great piece of gym equipment got even better The hexagonal shape of the Hex bar allows the lifter to perform exercises from inside the encompassing bar. Josh Bryant performed an 840-pound Hex bar deadlift in a recent strongman competition, which
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Short-Circuit Your Training
BY RICK ANDERSON, VICE PRESIDENT, BFS Circuit training set-ups, such as the one shown here at Saline High School in Saline, Michigan, are popular in many school fitness programs. A station training set-up, such as the one shown in this 3-D rendering, entails performing all the se
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Brian Wilhelm: Rising Shot Put Star
FEATURE STORY As a freshman in college, Brian has thrown 53 feet in the shot put and 170 feet in the discus. There’s a legacy of strength in the Wilhelm family Bruce Wilhelm was the first American to snatch 400 than never.” To date, Brian’s best throws as a freshman in colpounds,
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Old School Football at Augusta High
A return to the basics led this Kansas school from 1-17 to 10-2 n the 2002-2003 seasons, the Orioles from Augusta, Kansas, had a combined record of 1-17. Head Coach Steve Pazzie recalls that, judging by the attendance at games, the team was pretty much ignored by the community an
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2005 BFS High School of the Year: Whitmore Lake
Coach Brian Lemons’ commitment to “classic” BFS has produced great improvements for football players and cheer athletes alike A few years ago I was having dinner with Dr. Greg Shepard and we found ourselves discussing the way some coaches have modified the BFS program to fit thei
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Success at Last: Newark High School
A high school football program can recover from a couple of losing seasons; but if success evades them for too long, sometimes the athletes and even the coaches begin to believe they just don’t have the talent to win. Newark High School in Newark, Ohio, seemed destined for such a
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Power and Focus at Trigg County High
County High A recommitment to conditioning, along with a little fun, has helped turn around this school’s football program High school football is such a serious business that it makes you wonder if it should still be called a game. Csome fun and compete against each other.” One
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