Issue
May/June 2011.
10 articles
The May/June 2011 issue of BFS Magazine collects 10 articles, preserved here in full and free to read online or download as the original PDF.
Recurring themes include Squat, Power Clean, Safety, and Basketball. Coaches and writers featured here include Kim Goss, MS, DR. MARC RABINOFF, and BOB ROWBOTHAM, PRESIDENT, BFS. Every story is free — read it online or open the original magazine layout as a PDF.
The Dark Side of Sports
Sports/liability consultant Dr. Marc Rabinoff has testified in two litigations involving rhabdomyolysis, one of which concerned an individual who had died. BY DR. MARC RABINOFF lthough sporting events happen through the efforts of numerous people, it’s the athletes and head coache
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The Consumers Guide to Bumper Plates
$OLVH/DUVRQ+XQWHU+LJK6FKRRO3KRWRE\6WHYH.LQVORZ Bumper Plates A brief history of these essential training tools BY BOB ROWBOTHAM, PRESIDENT, BFS trength coaches are always looking for the next big thing in exercise equipment – that special apparatus that will give their
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How to Develop Powerful Athletes
BY KIM GOSS, MS n comedian Eddie Izzard’s standup routine on martial arts, he notes that tai chi is not very effective for self-defense because it is “a little too slow.” Likewise, one of the reasons for Bruce Lee’s popularity was his incredible speed, and it was reported that fo
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Can Cell Phones Make You Sick?
Make You Sick? A look at the health dangers of cell phone radiation t seems just about everything will give you cancer. What other conclusion could we make based on what we read in the papers and watch on the news? We’ve heard that dental X-rays, deodorants, grilled meat and even
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A Closer Look at Power Balance Drills
Power Balance Drills Unique exercises that develop dynamic flexibility Marilou Dozois-Prevost, a 2008 Olympian from Canada, shows exceptional strength, balance and flexibility. e admire Olympic lifters for their exceptional strength and speed, for sure, but also for their flexibil
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A Brief History of the Be an 11 Program
Be an 11 Program An inside look at a revolutionary character education program hampions are not born but made. Only after a lot of hard work and hard choices does an athlete earn the title of champion. Think about Lance Armstrong overcoming testicular cancer and going on to win t
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Training to Win at River Ridge High
River Ridge High It was a banner season for these young women with the help of BFS iver Ridge High School is in Patch Grove, Wisconsin, and serves 210 students. This may not seem noteworthy until you understand that the student/teacher ratio is 13 to 1 and the school has a 98 per
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Hear the Tigers Roar
ne of the unique qualities of the BFS program is that once a coach starts it, they tend to stick with it. The reason: It helps them win – just ask Eldon Marshall. In 2003 Coach Marshall took over as head coach at White River High School in White River, South Dakota. In 2004 he at
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Breathing Easy at Sibley East High School
BY CHUCK HARTMAN, HEAD VARSITY FOOTBALL COACH When you want to win as badly as you need to take that next breath, you will win.” That was the moral of the story I told the Sibley East Wolverines football team on the first day of practice in August. But in truth, it was back in Ja
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