Issue
Summer 1989.
13 articles
The Summer 1989 issue of BFS Magazine collects 13 articles, preserved here in full and free to read online or download as the original PDF.
Recurring themes include Football, Squat, Speed, and Bench Press. Coaches and writers featured here include Dr. Greg Shepard, Greg Shepard, and Jim DiCicco, Football, Track, Strength Coach. Every story is free — read it online or open the original magazine layout as a PDF.
Jason Wisner
By Greg Shepard We feel at BFS that Jason Wisner is America’s Strongest High School Athlete. He is a junior at South Natchez-Adams High School in Natchez, Mississippi. Chris Calcote, the head football coach at Jason’s High School, reports that his amazing strongman is also outsta
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Quest for Greatness
Tuesdays and Thursdays, we will concentrate on plyometrics, speed training, and technique. Our core Chapters 1-18 Quest For Greatness is based on true stories. Coach Travis Drake is the new football coach at Hamilton High School. Lift. And on Fridays, we will do the Parallel Squa
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Jon Knutson
is only 15 years old and he’s the most gifted | athlete we've had in my 16 years here at C.M. School. He has many qualities that make him an exceptional young man. Jon plays basketball, football and soccer. He is also a sprinter on the track team. Jon maintains a 3.0 GPA. [n addi
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The Comanche Club
TOUGH ENOUGH? Editor's Note: The Comanche Club was the brainchild of the University of Utah Strength Coach Sam Varner. Sam does clinics for Bigger Faster Stronger and is a Regional Representative of the NSCA. Several high schools have instituted their own version of the Comanche
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Motivation in the Weightroom
MOTIVATION WEIGHT ROOM Part One: By Jim DiCicco Football, Track, Strength Coach Chamberlin High School: Twinsburg, Ohio Motivating your athletes to “pump iron” is not an easy task. If you have tried to get off-season athletes into your weight room you can appreciate that statemen
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Utah Jazz Comment on Drug Use
THE UTAH JAZZ COMMENT ON DRUGS Mike Brown: Mike grew up ina ghetto in Newark, New Jersey with only his mother. Mike had plenty of opportunities to get involved with drugs and states, “You don’t have to be a product of your environment.” I asked Mike, “But what about peer pressure
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Utah Jazz: A Pioneering Effort
THE UTAH JAZZ By Dr. Greg Shepard The strength and conditioning program instituted in 1981 by the Utah Jazz was an NBA first. It was a real pioneering effort. The Phoenix Suns had a program several years earlier which lasted several months before disbanding but the Utah Jazz have
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Utah Jazz on Education
ON EDUCATION Mike Brown: Graduated in 3 1/2 years from George Washington University. Degree in Criminal Justice. Had a 2.9 GPA. Jim Les: Received degree from academically tough Bradley in Finance with a 3.0 GPA. Jim’s goal is to be a currency trader at the Chicago Mercantile Exch
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Utah Jazz on Touch
WEIGHTS vs. TOUCH John Stockton: If | were to lift and not shoot it would screw me up but I don’t do that. I’m always shooting and doing skill work as | lift. Then, it works out great. Jose Ortiz: Lifting does not affect your touch at all. Eric Leckner: Weights don’t affect your
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Meet the Utah Jazz
6th year with Utah. Made All-Rookie Team First year with Jazz, 3rd year as a pro. Award this year. 1988-89 stats: 19.5 points University. Earned college degree in 3 1/2 most blocked shots in one game (14) this per game, 91 blocked shots. #1 draft pick in year in NBA. Played in 89
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Utah Jazz: Mark Eaton
By Greg Shepard Utah Jazz Strength Coach remarkable in the history of the NBA. When Mark was a sophomore in high school, he was 6-6 and sat on the sophomore team’s bench. As a 6-9 junior, he sat on the JV bench. The same result was achieved as a 6-11 senior with the varsity. Obvi
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Rubidoux High School
33 Rubidoux Falcon Football Players Dead Lifted 500 Or More At BFS Clinic! By Wayne Cochrun Editor’s Note: On July, 1988, BFS Clinician Bob Rowbotham arrived at Rubidoux High School with head football coach, Wayne Cochrun. Rubidoux is about 55 miles east of Los Angeles in Riversi
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