Issue
January/February 2009.
12 articles
The January/February 2009 issue of BFS Magazine collects 12 articles, preserved here in full and free to read online or download as the original PDF.
Recurring themes include Safety, Squat, Football, and Bench Press. Coaches and writers featured here include Kim Goss, Mike Borden, and Lance Neven, BFS Clinician. Every story is free — read it online or open the original magazine layout as a PDF.
Championship Weightrooms
A look at a progressive rehab and training facility for athletes In the past, talented athletes could often reach the highest levels of performance by just practicing their sport a few times a week – and throwing in some calisthenics and a bit of running at the end of practice. B
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BFS Position Paper: Safety and Liability
PHYSICAL EDUCATION B F S P O S I T I O N PA P E R Safety and Liability BFS guidelines on how to keep your athletes safe and minimize the risk of legal trouble There is a common but unfortunate belief that when it comes to the possibility of getting sued, coaches have little to wo
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The Next Step in Functional Training
With the help of some Photoshop magic, here are a few of the numerous exercises that can be performed on the BFS 4-Stack Functional Trainer. Functional Training How a revolutionary multi-use station can provide a solution to crowded weightrooms pace: the Final Frontier…” These wo
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A Closer Look at the BFS 8-Foot Power Rack with Platform
BFS 8FOOT POWER RACK WITH PLATFORM The evolution of two great pieces of weight training equipment The barbell is the basic tool of resistance training. With just this single piece of equipment, athletes can make significant physical transformations. Two additional pieces of equi
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How to Armor-Plate Your Lower Back
A strong lower back is needed to make great tackles, such as this one of Joe Cerrone of Wayland High School in Wayland, Massachusetts. Wayland went 13-0 in 2006 and 10-2 in 2007. ow much can you deadlift?” is a question not commonly heard in the sports media when it comes to inqu
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Meet the Clinician: Wade McGee
Wade McGee A look at a remarkable coach of young athletes Coach Wade McGee (left) receiving Coeur d’Alene Tribe Chairmans Award of Excellence from Chief Allen. Wade McGee is one of those rare individuals who enrich the lives of everyone they meet. One of our newest clinicians, he
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The AB Block Schedule Solution
When the BFS program was first implemented in high schools 32 years ago, classes were primarily set up in block scheduling. A typical class would last 45-55 minutes, three times a week, for the duration of a quarter or semester schedule. The BFS program was set up to fit into suc
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BFS Position Paper: Unification
Unification BFS guidelines on why and how to implement this important training concept Unification is the concept that all high school and middle school athletes, and even some college athletes, will follow the same basic training philosophy. This means that regardless of the spo
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Revolutionary Weight Training at South High
The Rebel weightroom is comparable to what you’d expect to find in a college facility. It’s over 6,000 square feet and includes eight squat stations, six lifting platforms, five glute-ham developers, three plyo ramps and 12 dot drill pads. Wow! Revolutionary Weight Training at Sout
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2008 BFS High School of the Year
BFS High School of the Year Photo: Bil Bowden, York Daily Record/York Sunday News Susquehannock High School earns BFS’s most prestigious honor Susquehannock High School is a great place for young men and women to get an education. Along with its challenging academic program and c
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Alabama Goes BFS!
How this Southern state is leading the field in coaching certification Strength and conditioning certifications are a relatively new educational offering in the United States that grew out of the demand for more specialized training in this field. While the college educational syst
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