Issue
November/December 1981.
11 articles
The November/December 1981 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 Football, Bench Press, Squat, and Basketball. Coaches and writers featured here include Bob Rowbotham. Every story is free — read it online or open the original magazine layout as a PDF.
World's Strongest Teenager?
Stats Body WI.: Height: Squat: Bench: D. Lift Clean: Incline: Arms: Thighs: Neck: 380 pounds 5'9" 920 pounds 605 pounds 740 pounds 315 pounds 475 pounds 26" 42" 29" Gary Aprahamian is a mountain of a man from Queens, New York. The reported lifts are those done in training. At thi
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The Dead Lift: Doing It Right
SPOlfillR Technique: Place one hand 011 IOIl'er hack. Push in s/ightlr to keep it in Rood position. The dead lift is the most misunderstood lift in America. Most strength coaches are unnecessarily afraid of it. All you need to do is use this spotting technique and your kids can l
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Fundraising
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Jim McMahon
Jim weighed 120 pou,nds in the 9th grade and his coach in California started him out on free weights, He got up to 120 pounds on the bench and did a lot of tricep work (dips, french presses and tricep pushdowns), This tricep work really helped his throwing, When asked what a youn
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Box Squats
Spoiling Technique: Use two men, since the average High School Athlete will use 400 plus pounds. A third spoiler can be used in the middle behind the lifter. Proper Position: Head Level, Lower Back In; Chest Out. Box Squats are one of the greatest exercises for developing strengt
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Scott Runyan
BFS High School Athlete of the Year Scott has paced his team to a 11/ ranking sofar this season up to press time. Scott. a wishbone QB. ran for /369 yards as a sophomore We had many coaches tell us about outstanding athletes in their areas. It was a touch decision. We are proud t
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The Paul Kendrick Story
by Rick Anderson Bob Rowbotham BFS Midwest Reps. PAUL KENDRICK Paul was a skinny 165Ib.. 5'11" sophomore football playcr who wasn't even sure if he wanted to play. He did make the decision, however. and began a good solid power weight training program. He began bench pressing 125
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How to Run a Weight Meet
How To Run AWeight Meet Many schools are now becoming involved in weight lifting meets. More states .having state tournaments. I think it's a great thing and should provide extra motivation and incentive. However, some problems have come about. During some meets, I've heard from
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In-Season Training
In seaon training should be done for two reasons. First, your players will lose a lot of precious strength during season if they don't train. Second, in high school, your players will gain strength for the next sport season. That way football can help basketball or wrestling and
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Trends and Ideas
This past year I had the unique opportunity through 30 BFS clinics to travel extensively throughout the nation. Having met and worked with hundreds of coaches and thousands of athletes from every section of the United States, I would like to share my observations. Attendance Gene
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