Issue
November/December 2011.
10 articles
The November/December 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 Safety, Football, Deadlift, and Character. Coaches and writers featured here include Kim Goss, 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
Why parents and schools must take action now about this serious issue n the animal kingdom, predators go after the weakest prey. When stalking a band of gorillas, lions don’t face off against the alpha male who could put up a good fight; they are more likely to go after the babie
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Hex Bar Squat Jumps for Ultimate Power
Jumping with a hex bar is biomechanically more specific than jumping with a barbell resting on the shoulders. Shown performing a squat jump is Lusia Angilau, a member of the women’s volleyball team at Southern Utah. Angilau appeared on our Sep/Oct 2009 cover, and had a 27.1 inch v
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The Next Level of Athletic Fitness Training
TRAINING & EQUIPMENT 3KRWR 7KRPDV$QGHUVVRQ The true test of an athletic program is in competition. Shown here is game-day action from the Arlanda Jets, a football program in Sweden that will be featured in our next issue. The Next Level of Athletic Fitness Training How OptoJump
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The BFS Football Experience
Football Experience Why the BFS program has proven to be the choice of champions Heritage High School won its first-ever state championship in 2009 after adopting the BFS program. y the time this magazine gets into the hands of most high school football coaches, their seasons will
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Heisman Fever 2011
FEATURE STORY 3KRWR 7UDYLV%HOO6LGHOLQH&DUROLQD South Carolina running back Marcus Lattimore has been an early favorite for the Heisman. A look at another unpredictable Heisman Trophy race lthough it’s always fun to try to predict the winner of the Heisman Trophy, it’s a much
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Rediscover the Overhead Press
Overhead Press Why you should take a stand with upper body strength training with these important exercises ne of the events in strongman competitions is the log press, which involves hoisting a log-shaped cylinder to the shoulders and then pressing it to extended arms. The world
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A Closer Look at the 10-8-6 Program
10-8-6 Program Understanding the fourth week of the set-rep system BFS clinician Paula Davis double-checks the workout log of one of her athletes. he BFS Set-Rep System is designed to provide the optimal balance of structure and variety to ensure that athletes continue to break p
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How Good is Good?
BFS PROGRAM (Editor’s note: Having been involved with BFS for nearly a quarter of a century, I find it interesting that a lot of coaches I’ve talked to have kept every issue of BFS magazine. The reason is that much of the information, particularly the training physiology and idea
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Speaking Up About BFS
BFS clinician Jeff Scurran has developed a reputation for turning around high school football programs. very issue of BFS magazine contains success stories from high school football programs that have won with BFS. For some, adopting the BFS program completely turned around their
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