Issue
September/October 2009.
10 articles
The September/October 2009 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 Power Clean, Safety, Squat, and Speed. Coaches and writers featured here include Kim Goss, Dr. Marc Rabinoff, and Jeff Scurran, BFS Clinician. Every story is free — read it online or open the original magazine layout as a PDF.
The Dark Side of Sports: Troubling Trends in Coaching Youth
BY DR. MARC RABINOFF Istarted teaching physical education in 1969, at a time when the fields of physical education and coaching had status, value and parental support. But over the past four decades I’ve seen a decline in popularity and status within these fields, with a steadily
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For Women Only: Hard-Core Fat Loss
TRAINING & EQUIPMENT Baylie Divino (left) and Makayla Betz (right) are Level 10 gymnasts posing in front of a hard-core training tool that can help make serious athletes lean, a BFS Push/Pull Sled. Alternative views on the fastest ways athletes can improve body composition BY KIM
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Preventing ACL Injuries in Women Athletes
Women athletes in sports such as soccer, basketball and volleyball are up to eight times more likely than men to suffer ACL injuries. Preventing ACL Injuries in Women Athletes Valuable advice for reducing the risk of incurring this devastating injury BY KIM GOSS Although virtuall
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Saving Big Bucks with Plate-Loaded Equipment
The 3-Way Hip Sled is a plate-loaded machine that enables the user to perform the leg press, hip thrust and squat. Year after year, it has been a consistent bestseller for BFS. Saving Big Bucks with Plate-Loaded Equipment How to get the quality weightroom equipment you want for l
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What's New at Utah State
This BFS 3-D rendering of the Elite Half Rack stations at Utah State shows this is a weightroom for serious athletes. at Utah State A weightroom makeover inspires a winning attitude. Function dictates design is the best way to describe the recent makeover of the Utah State varsit
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Meet the Clinician: Bob Bozied
Meet the Clinician: A look at one of our most experienced clinicians One word that is often used to describe a BFS clinician is loyalty. Our clinicians are dedicated to the sound training concepts of the BFS Total Program workout and to the ideals of the character education progr
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The BFS Five-Day Workout for Basketball
How to fine-tune the BFS program for basketball ILogan Aronhalt started the BFS program in the sixth grade and became the all-time leading scorer at Zanesville High School in Zanesville, Ohio. He now attends the University of Albany, where he plays guard and forward. f you just we
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BFS Position Paper: Strength Training for Women
Team BFS member Maegan Snodgrass teaches the squat-style clean to Voinnie Pataialii from Hunter High School in Salt Lake City. Strength Training for Women Guidelines for helping women fulfill their athletic potential With all the information available about strength and conditioni
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American Football, Italian Style
Italian Style The making of an overachiever: Brock Olivo Brock Olivo has always been an overachiever. Olivo attended St. Francis Borgia Regional High School in Washington, Missouri. From the first time he stepped onto a high school football field, Olivo realized he had neither th
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