Issue
July/August 2010.
11 articles
The July/August 2010 issue of BFS Magazine collects 11 articles, preserved here in full and free to read online or download as the original PDF.
Recurring themes include Power Clean, Safety, Bench Press, and Squat. Coaches and writers featured here include Kim Goss, MS, Dr. Marc Rabinoff, and Val Balison. Every story is free — read it online or open the original magazine layout as a PDF.
The Dark Side of Sports - Justice Prevails (Part 2)
Justice Prevails (Part 2) More insight into a lawsuit that took 19 years to settle believe this settlement will n the previous issue I talked affect, at least in the state of about a lawsuit I worked Illinois, how the legal system on in Chicago that resulted looks at sport-relate
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Enter the Octagon!
n the ’70s some of the most popular types of equipment were called “jungle gyms,” multistation units that looked like…well, a jungle. A typical unit might combine a leg press with a military press with a bench press with a chin-up bar and dip handles. For its time, the jungle gym
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Lifting Chains Revisited
Lifting Chains REVISTED A look at the ever increasing value of lifting chains in helping athletes achieve their physical potential BY KIM GOSS, MS f something works, there is really no reason to change it. The BFS program has been used to help create successful athletic programs
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Structural Balance and Auxiliary Exercises
TRAINING & EQUIPMENT 3KRWRFRXUWHV\8QLYHUVLW\RI/RXLVYLOOH6SRUWV,QIRUPDWLRQ Structural balance training is required in sports such as field hockey, which requires exceptional levels of lateral quickness to reach the highest levels. Demonstrating her skills is Janelle Avila, w
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2010 National High School Power Clean Championships
Power Clean Championships Records continued to fall in this annual lifting competition at Bonanza High School BY VAL BALISON very year the National High School Power Clean Championships has been held, records have been broken, and on May 15 two more national standards fell and fi
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Meet the Clinician: Steve Price
Meet the Clinician: Price first heard about BFS by times, but Price found the team willing teve Price is the strength reading magazines that were sent to to work and accept the BFS program. coach, track coach and defenhis father, who is a football coach at In Price’s six years in
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A Closer Look at Absolute #2
To achieve maximum sprinting speed, athletes need to be tall, as shown here by this Santa Rita High School athlete. Absolute #2 Why this absolute is the key to good posture and athletic performance arents often tell their children that good posture involves standing or sitting up
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BFS Position Paper - Straight-Leg Dead Lift
Straight-Leg Deadlift The BFS perspective on a valuable stretching exercise long with the box squat, one of the most controversial exercises in the BFS program is the straightleg deadlift. And as with the box squat, the opposition to the straight-leg deadlift is not based upon fa
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Staying Strong at Schalmont High
3KRWRE\7LPHV8QLRQ$OEDQ\1< Belief in the BFS Total Program has paid off for these New York athletes t’s been said “You can’t go home again,” but someone forgot to tell that to Michael DiCocco. In 1993 DiCocco graduated from Schalmont High School in Schenectady, New York. No
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2010 BFS High School Female Athlete of the Year
Female Athlete of the Year Amy Elizabeth Medina is a winner in all aspects of life here are many exceptional high school athletes in this country, and there are many exceptional students. The BFS Female High School Athlete of the Year is presented to a young woman who combines ex
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