Issue
November/December 2012.
9 articles
The November/December 2012 issue of BFS Magazine collects 9 articles, preserved here in full and free to read online or download as the original PDF.
Recurring themes include Bench Press, Football, Power Clean, and Safety. Coaches and writers featured here include Kim Goss, MS, Laanna Carrasco, MA, and Dr. Greg Shepard, CEO/Founder BFS. Every story is free — read it online or open the original magazine layout as a PDF.
Body Image and the Female Athlete
BY LAANNA CARRASCO, MA leaner athlete is a better athlete.” Do you agree with this statement? It’s a common belief that is certainly true from a biomechanical perspective: The less mass an athlete has to move, the less force is required to move it at a given speed, meaning that e
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The Science of Strength Curves
Strength Curves The evolution of variable resistance training Kristel Ngariem shows how to vary resistance in squats by using lifting chains. Ngariem represented Canada in the 2012 Junior World Championships, where she placed 12th with an 83-kilo snatch and 104-kilo clean and jer
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Monitoring Athletes for Physical Superiority
n weightlifting and powerlifting it’s natural to assume that the athletes who lift the most weight have the best training program. At the last two Olympics in weightlifting, the Chinese lifters dominated both men’s and women’s lifting, so obviously they know what they are doing.
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Heisman Fever
ne of the most predictable aspects of college football is its unpredictability. Take for example, Utah State and the University of Utah. Twice in recent years the Utes had undefeated seasons and yet were kept out of the national championship game due to the peculiarities of the c
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Stopping Bullying Now!
hen celebrities speak, the public listens. Often the message is merely their current pet peeve and hardly worth our attention, but sometimes what they say sheds light on a serious social issue. At such times their fame is useful because it can rally the public to do something pos
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The Evolution of Athletic Training Programs
Editor’s note: Although this article on the origins of Coach Shepard’s training methods was written 16 years ago, the ideas are still relevant today.) op coaches who desire state-ofthe-art strength and conditioning programs must be acutely aware of the importance of a total progr
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Girl Power at Leesburg High
Sydney McWilliams and Kendra Young have turned themselves into legitimate state-level weightlifters – and have the medals to prove it! Girl Power at Leesburg High A powerful program for strong women BY COACH JOSH BOYER t Leesburg High School I teach weight training and also coach
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2012 BFS High School Male Athlete of the Year
Male Athlete of the Year Nick Benhoff is part of a new generation of lacrosse players n the past most of the recipients of our annual award for exceptional high school male student athletes were multi-sport athletes who excelled in football. This year, our selection for this pres
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