Issue
July/August 2006.
9 articles
The July/August 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 Squat, Football, Power Clean, and Safety. Coaches and writers featured here include Kim Goss. Every story is free — read it online or open the original magazine layout as a PDF.
How to Crash Diet Without Getting Burned
BY KIM GOSS ention crash dieting to most health professionals and you can count on plenty of cynicism and warnings about the unhealthy nature of severely restricted-calorie diets. After all, in the 1970s there were 58 deaths associated with one such diet, a low-calorie plan based
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The Evolution of Circuit Training
If your budget is tight and your weightroom is small, BFS has the solution BY RICH ANDERSON, VICE PRESIDENT, BFS Austin (left) and Chase Taylor show how to double your weightroom potential with the BFS 2-in-1 Selectorized Machines. The twins are exceptional mulit-sport athletes f
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Rediscover Dips
Gymnasts from the Olympus School of Gymnastics in Sandy, Utah, know the importance of dips. Shown left to right are Kylie Sharp, Summer Raymond, Stormy Julius, Annie Butterfield, and Madison Tueller. Rediscover Dips Get back to the basics with this super auxiliary exercise Powerl
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2006 National High School Power Clean Champoinships
Power Clean Championships A novel event is strengthening our young athletes’ pursuit of power hose in the sport of weightlifting know Val Balison as one of our most accomplished athletes, a former American record holder who competed in several world championships. This year, he s
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The Positive Life of Brett Marsaln
Brett Marsaln Defying the odds has become a habit for this amazing young athlete Brett weighed only two pounds, four ounces, when he was born and suffered numerous medical problems. Kelly and Frank Marsaln have raised two amazing athletes in Beau and Brett. Frank Marsaln started
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The Patience to Win
hen Tim Baechler became the head football coach of Canton High School, he inherited a team that had won only two games in its previous two seasons. The positive aspect of this situation was that the program could only get better. The negative side was that athletes who are accust
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2006 BFS High School of the Year
nited we stand, divided we fall.” is an expression that dates back to as early as Aesop’s Fables from sixth century BC. Its emotional appeal has been used in countless speeches to inspire the populace to work as a team to achieve common goals. “United we stand, divided we fall” i
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Badminton and Beyond: Irvington High
ever let it be said that Irvington High School lacks athletic excellence: the student body can point with pride to seven championship banners displayed in the gym. Of course, four of the seven banners are for badminton (no offense to shuttlecock aficionados), but hey, pride is pr
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