Issue
July/August 2012.
9 articles
The July/August 2012 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, Speed, Basketball, and Bench Press. Coaches and writers featured here include Laanna Carrasco, MA, Ernie Rimer, BS, MED, and Kim Goss, MS. Every story is free — read it online or open the original magazine layout as a PDF.
Breaking Barriers: Women in Strength Coaching
Breaking Barriers: Strength Coaching Strength coach Nikki Gnozzio is changing perceptions in her profession BY LAANNA CARRASCO, MA Nikki Gnozzio has worked hard to earn a position as a college strength coach. ou could call them your secret weapon. Or your quiet iron. They are str
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The ABC's of Box Jumping
TRAINING & EQUIPMENT /XVLD$QJLODXSKRWRE\6WHYH.LQVORZ Box Jumping The safest and most effective ways to perform this great exercise FS has been saying it for nearly four decades, and finally the message is going mainstream: “Box jumps work!” Not just a way to make athletes m
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Upper-Level Testing and Training with Optojump
FEATURE STORY 3KRWR 0DOFROP&DUPLFKDHO$OSLQH&DQDGD Alice McKennis rips to 8th in her first World Cup race since breaking her knee in December 2010. Optojump How technology is improving the way we train Olympic athletes BY ERNIE RIMER, BS, MED ptojump Next is a timing and measu
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Why Endurance Athletes need BFS
E C N A R U D N WHY E S F B D E E N S E T E L H AT Mountain View High School in Utah excels in distance running and was featured in our March 2011 issue. A different perspective on training for distance BY KIM GOSS, MS a 45-minute time trial and in their rate check out YouTube, y
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The Right Track
BFS PROGRAM BFS Vice President John Rowbotham is carrying on Coach Shepard’s vision of teaching young athletes the right way to lift for physical superiority. The Right Track Timeless insight into the most effective way to train young athletes BY DR. GREG SHEPARD, BFS FOUNDER/CEO
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Girls Lacrosse Steps Up at VVS High School
wo years ago Duey Weimer took over the girls lacrosse program at Vernon-Verona-Sherrill High School in central New York. This area of the country is considered a hotbed of lacrosse, and unfortunately the school’s first season three years ago ended with zero wins. But with a posit
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Conway Springs High Training with the Best
3KRWR 1DWH-RQHV:HOOLQJWRQ'DLO\1HZV n 1999 BFS published an article about the success of the football program at Conway Springs High School in Conway, Kansas. It was an amazing turnaround story, because when Mark Bliss stepped in as head coach, he inherited a program that ha
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2012 BFS High School Female Athlete of the Year
Female Athlete of the Year Jessica Marie Staggs is one powerful young woman 3KRWR -LP(OOLV0LDPL1HZV5HFRUG 2NODKRPD hat do cheerleading, track and field, basketball, powerlifting and academic excellence have in common? Answer: Jessica Marie Staggs, the recipient of our annu
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