Issue
May/June 2010.
11 articles
The May/June 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 Safety, Football, Squat, and Basketball. Coaches and writers featured here include Dr. Marc Rabinoff and Kim Goss, MS. Every story is free — read it online or open the original magazine layout as a PDF.
The Dark Side of Sports: Justice Prevails (Part 1)
Justice Prevails (Part 1) A look at a lawsuit that took 19 years to settle hat is particularly aggravating about law shows on television is they are seldom realistic about the time it takes to litigate cases. They give the impression that after an accident occurs, a lawsuit can b
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A New Look at Flexibility Training
TRAINING & EQUIPMENT 3KRWR 7LPHOHVV,PDJHV3KRWRJUDSK\ Flexibility Training A look at what’s inside the new BFS Flexibility Manual fter giving thousands of BFS clinics over the past three decades, we’ve found that stretching is the one component most often missing in an athlete’
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A Primer on Ground-Based Training
Ground-Based Training BFS UNILATERAL POWER PRESS How to select the power press to fit your goals and budget n strength and conditioning, there are often two camps: those that prefer free weights and those that prefer machines. Generally, for liability reasons, health clubs prefer
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The BFS Weightroom Makeover
A great way to make over a weightroom is with new bars, bumpers, platforms, vertical bar holders and horizontal bumper plate racks. Weightroom Makeover How to make big improvements in your weightroom on a small budget ne of the popular themes in reality television is the makeover
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Certification: A Strength Coach's Perspective
FEATURE STORY A multimedia classroom presentation is one part of the BFS certification program. Certification: A Strength Coach’s Perspective One coach’s journey through the maze of certification programs he number of certifications in the fields of athletic and physical fitness i
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Meet the Clinician: Mike Glennie
ike Glennie is living a coach’s dream. He runs a great program as the head football coach of Saline High School in Saline, Michigan. His weightroom is one of the largest in the country. His athletes have earned division 1 college scholarships. And he is a BFS clinician, traveling
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A Closer Look at Absolute #1
Absolute 1 Selecting the best stance; an athletic stance or a jump stance t’s the shoes!” is a popular advertising slogan that suggests there must be some special quality in a pair of athletic shoes that makes one athlete superior to another. It’s an effective slogan, no doubt, a
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BFS Position Paper: Squat Variations
The front squat is a great squat variation and is a key exercise for Olympic lifters. Shown here with great form is Lusia Angilau, a volleyball player from Hunter High School in Salt Lake City, Utah. Lucia has cleaned 150 pounds and vertical jumped 27.1 inches. The BFS perspectiv
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A Tradition of Excellence at Cary-Grove High School
#8 Tyler Krebs #36 Steve Hapanovich #25 Eric Chandler #34 Alex Hembrey #53 Rich Kersten #43 Cole Connington #55 Matt Leinbforth #65 Hayden Baker #67 Ben Luedtke #7 Chad McCarron #24 Trent Sorenson #6 Alex Lyons This Illinois high school knows how to stay on top he athletes at Car
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2010 BFS High School of the Year
High School of the Year Alexander High School excels in athleticism and physical fitness hen Coach Sean Arno transferred to Alexander High School five years ago, he had what can best be described as a rude awakening. The football team had not seen a winning season since the 1990s
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