Issue

September/October 2006.

9 articles

The September/October 2006 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 Squat, Speed, Power Clean, and Safety. Coaches and writers featured here include Kim Goss. Every story is free — read it online or open the original magazine layout as a PDF.

Speed Skating with the Stars
Power Clean·2006

Speed Skating with the Stars

TRAINING & EQUIPMENT Olympic Champion and World Record holder Chris Witty has competed in five Olympics, four in speed skating and one in cycling. Her popularity led her to being selected as the flag bearer for the US Team during the opening ceromonies of the 2006 Games. Speed Sk

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Fat Loss Forever:  The Flexible Diet
Nutrition·2006

Fat Loss Forever: The Flexible Diet

When is it OK to cheat? Never—unless you’re playing the diet game. ere’s a shocker: Most diets will fail. The National Institutes of Health did a 20-year study that concluded that 95 percent of people who lost weight gained all of it back within a few years, and many gained back

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Duck Attack in the PAC-10
Bench Press·2006

Duck Attack in the PAC-10

DuckinAttack the PAC-10 The University of Oregon doesn’t let a low-key image interfere with having one of the best football programs in the country ith the lion’s share of media attention going to USC and other Pac-10 powerhouses such as UCLA, Stanford and California, the Univers

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Look What Computerized Coaching Can Do For You
Bench Press·2006

Look What Computerized Coaching Can Do For You

Computerized C o a c h i n g Can Do For You Make your job as a coach easier with the BFS Beat the Computer and Athletic Achievement Software Our Summer 2004 issue featured the athletic achievements of Portage High School in Portage, Pennsylvania, a school that uses the Beat the C

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The Coach and the Courts:  Weight Training for Kids
Bench Press·2006

The Coach and the Courts: Weight Training for Kids

To ensure proper lifting and spotting techniques that will avoid injuries, BFS clinics involve hands-on training with all participants. These photos were taken last March at a clinic that BFS Clinician Lance Neven gave at Edwardsburg High School in Edwardsburg, Michigan. Weight T

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Business as Usual at Bellport High
Bench Press·2006

Business as Usual at Bellport High

Bellport High ACTION PHOTOS COURTESY RICK BERK, ULTIMATE ATHLETE MAGAZINE 11-0 season and a major is not just a dream, but an expectation for this Long Island Football Team Jeff Cipp (left), Joe Cipp Jr., (center) and Joe Cipp II proudly display their Long Island Championship Tro

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Tradition Never Graduates
Bench Press·2006

Tradition Never Graduates

Never Graduates Augusta Christian High School’s football team finally wins the big one ugust Christian High School is a small school with big team spirit. But it took a long time for that spirit to claim fame on the football field. In the 16 years between 1977 and 1993 the footba

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Taking it to the Next Level at South Hills High
Deadlift·2006

Taking it to the Next Level at South Hills High

t’s been said that the more things change, the more they remain the same. Interesting idea, but one that the South Hills High School football team hasn’t been able to test – things don’t change much for this team in West Covina, California. But in their case, that’s not a bad thi

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