Issue
November/December 1988.
23 articles
The November/December 1988 issue of BFS Magazine collects 23 articles, preserved here in full and free to read online or download as the original PDF.
Recurring themes include Football, Speed, Squat, and Bench Press. Coaches and writers featured here include Dr. Greg Shepard, Greg Shepard, and Kim Goss, C.S.C.S., Assistant Strength Coach, U.S. Air Force Academy. Every story is free — read it online or open the original magazine layout as a PDF.
BFS Clinic and Clinician Information
SEVEN BFS CLINICIANS! Bob Rowbotham, Vice Pres. Rick Anderson, Vice Pres. e Strength Coach for the NBA’s Utah Jazz ¢ With BFS since 1979 © Highly successful since 1981 © Training All-Americas since Minnesota high school Football and Wrestling Coach ¢ Utah Jazz flexibility coach ¢
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Total BFS Package
Straight Leg D.L. twice per week. Intensity and Team Unity. other quick lift at least once a week. Explosiveness. Must be done daily—year round. Sprint 10 to 20 yards twice per week, AllYear Round, Stress Technique. Video Tape Format for analysis purposes. help each sport win. Do
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The Great Steroid Myth
women bodybuilders take steroids, in spite of extreme to anabolic steroid use by any athlete, bodybuilder, or dangers. Anabolic Steroids contain testosterone, or the competitive lifter. We applaud the stand taken by the male growth hormone, and thus a woman starts taking on Inter
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Quest for Greatness
L ~ QUEST FOR GREATNESS A Continuing Story by Greg Shepard another. Quest For Greatness is based on true stories. Coach Travis Drake is the new football coach at Hamilton High School. The other major character is Rick Steadman, who is a Junior at Hamilton. A lot of negative thing
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Andrew Goudelock: Perhaps Our Most Inspirational Story Ever
ANDREW GOUDELOCK Andrew told Jim Lofton, his high school football coach, that he wanted to | play football. No other athlete in history may have overcome as much as Andrew | did to play the great American game of football. The bonds of friendship between | | coach and player that
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The Drug Tragedy
It’s hard enough to win on the field. Who needs this? This actually happened last July. as coaches tolerate? and he’s big. This Running Back was caught by police with a revolver, a semiautomatic weapon, and a loaded shotgun with the safety latch unlocked. Also on the table was fi
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Readiness Program
spectacular results in any junior high school. It can be implemented conjunction with other activities or as an entity unto itself. [t can really be surprising just how fast seventh graders can learn and profit from this program. Weight Training: We teach and stress the technique
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Auxiliary Lifts
are done in addition to the BFS Core Lifts. Less emphasis is placed on auxiliaries. Core Lifts are plugged in the one-per-month-cycle BFS Set-Rep-Rotation System while auxiliary lifts are normally done by doing two sets of 10 reps. Ifan athlete is training with a small group, the
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Olympic Lifting
We at BFS strongly recommend that all coaches get Olympic Foundation. All you do is Clean & Jerk during a involved in Olympic Weightlifting. It’s a fun and physical education or weight-training class. You don’t have challenging sport. The Olympic Lifts also help build an to go to
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Core and Quick Lifts
there is no substitute tor intensity. Basic Squat Guidelines: Athletes should have two Squat workouts per week during both off-season and in- Basic Bench Guidelines: Athletes should have two season. Three workouts are too many and one is not Bench workouts per week all-year round
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Flexibility
! ‘e. . had an off-tackle play in his offensive package. He said, “Sure.” However, this poor coach didn’t know what his splits were, or which foot his tackle should step with. He didn’t know there was a differnece betweena 44 defense and a 5-2. He wasn’t aware that sometimes peop
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Speed and Plyos
Carl Lewis: ran 9.92 at the Seoul Olympics for a | new American record for 100 meters. The Gold Medal was awarded to Lewis after Ben Johnson tested positive for Steroids. Lewis stated that he ran as fast as he could. Not true—Lewis made four critical errors and probably could hav
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Sets and Reps
ONE'S. . builds strength | very rapidly base, good for (6-8 weeks) auxiliary lifts. administer. Workouts. _,,teates BitEasy PROGRAM| Intensity. successfully, | physically and move up5 lbs. especially next time. mentally Increase . poundage when | Coach needs to beamaster likely w
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Pro Basketball
adjustments. Nothing is ever free. A lot of so-called studs from my high school are now selling groceries. Work ethic “For those who weren't stars, I'd say to really try to get better every day. I know I'm a is everything.” Eric’s mother is six feet tall and his dad, who died one
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John Godina
By Greg Shepard John Godina is big. He’s certainly big for his young age of 15. He stands 6-4 and currently weighs 230, but he has weighed as much as 237 pounds. John has always been big. As a 12-year-old, he was already 5-10 and 210 pounds. John has produced some big efforts in
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Chad Hennings
OUTLAND TROPHY WINNER SPECIAL REPRINT ARTICLE YChad is now attending pilot training school at Sheppard Air Force base in Wichita Falls, Texas. TM By Kim Goss, C.S.C.S. the Air Force Academy’s Strength Coach, Jack Braley. Assistant Strength Coach, U.S. Air Force Academy Genetics m
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Jerry McCabe
Jerry McCabe, from sixth grade litle league player to New England Patriots Linebacker, with an option to begin medical school at the University of Cincinnati. By Greg Shepard “The game of football teaches you how to handle adversity,” says former New England Patriots Linebacker J
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Tommy Hodson
Heisman Trophy Candidate By Greg Shepard “Why do you want to do a story on me?” Tommy Hodson asked with a subdued tone. He thought Bigger Faster Stronger was interested only in athletes who were incredibly strong. I laughed and assured Tommy that sometimes we do stories on skill
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Barry Sanders
looked at his big brother Byron, who looked up at the stadium stairs at Wichita State. “Let’s do it!” they shouted. They hopped up and up. Their legs pumping and straining, they bounded like kangarvos to the top. Exhausted, they smiled. Mr. Sanders looked at Barry and said, “Son,
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Central Bucks West High School
PCB West High School owns the nation’s longest winning streak at 49 and counting! Sports America” program. With the publicity from “The Streak” comes added pressure. Fans expect the Bucks to win and think itisa disaster if CB West loses one or two games. Opponents Editor’s Note:
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Todd Collins
BES HLS. By Greg Shepard Todd Collins of New Market, Tennessee, is the 1988 the ninth recipient of this most-prestigious annual award since we began in 1980. The award is based on athletic achievement in sports, the ability to overcome obstacles, scholarship, leadership, general
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BFS Clinics
BFS CLINIC RECORDS THE COMPETITION IS FIERCE IN CALIFORNIA Several years ago Greg Shepard did a clinic in Dothan, Alabama. Emery Lotta, an assistant football coach and strength coach at Dothan High School, had his boys ready. The adrenalin was really flowing. Sometimes you're on
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