Issue
Summer 2002.
14 articles
The Summer 2002 issue of BFS Magazine collects 14 articles, preserved here in full and free to read online or download as the original PDF.
Recurring themes include Power Clean, Squat, Speed, and Football. Coaches and writers featured here include Dr. Greg Shepard, Kim Goss, and Matt Shepard. Every story is free — read it online or open the original magazine layout as a PDF.
WHY WOMEN NEED BFS
In 1972 when Title IX began to change scholastic sports, coaches and administrators grappled with a new set of problems. Weight rooms with 20-pound-increment stacks, benches and lever positions for athletes 5-foot-10 and over, dumbbells that started from 20 pounds---such faciliti
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HOMETOWN SCHOOL MAKES GOOD
We live in a society in which bigger is often seen as better. Movie theaters have at least a dozen screens, department stores cover entire city blocks, and a combo meal simply isnt good enough---you have to have it supersized. This attitude is also prevalent in our school system
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BFS CLINICIAN RICK TOMBERLIN DOES IT AGAIN!
In March 16th, BFS Clinician Rick Tomberlin repeated history. Just two weeks after winning the Regional Weightlifting Competition for the third straight year, Tomberlin took his Washington County Golden Hawks to Macon, Georgia to match them up against the states best. At this gu
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KACEY MCCALLISTER UNSTOPPABLE!
A couple is enjoying breakfast at a coffee shop in Salem, Oregon, while reading the local paper. The husband, who is reading the sports page, looks up at his wife and asks, Remember that kid Kacey, over in Keizer? Sure, he was the one doing so well in track, the 3000 meters I b
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UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND A BALANCE OF POWER
Its rare that you find a college that is nationally ranked in both football and basketball. And until recently, the University of Maryland was no exception. Known for its outstanding basketball team (the Terrapins recently captured the coveted NCAA Tournament), the school also s
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SPREAD THE CHEST
Presidents Note: In past issues, I introduced the Six Absolutes, which illustrated how coaching techniques in the weight room can be easy and amazingly effective in teaching and learning perfect technique. All coaches and athletes should use the Six Absolutes when coaching or sp
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FOCUSING ON SUCCESS AT SOUTHERN OREGON UNIVERSITY
In a perfect world a head strength coach will be able to delegate most of the hands-on coaching to his or her assistants, who in turn will delegate many of their lesser responsibilities to student assistants. Such focus enables the individual players to achieve high levels of suc
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BIGGER FASTER STRONGER LIFTING CHAINS
As you start an upward movement on a bench or squat without chains, the weight will get easier and easier to lift becuase your strength increases as your arms or legs straighten. Lifting chains create variable resistance. Variable resistance gradually adds weight as the bar moves
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CHISAGO LAKES WILDCATS
At the end of the 2000 football season, the Chisago Lakes coaches knew that if they did not want a repeat of their 2-7 win-loss record, work had to start immediately. They designed a master plan and set it in motion early in the off-season. By sticking to their plan and, of cours
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MASSEY MAKES THE GRADE
In Eastern Bloc countries the most promising young athletes are sent to sport schools. There they are given the best coaching to nurture their talent, with the hope that they will be able to represent their country in international competition. To determine which athletes warrant
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THE BFS STRAIGHT-LEG DEAD LIFT
The BFS Straight-Leg Dead Lift is a high-priority auxiliary lift. We think of this lift as a stretching exercise. Therefore, our recommended technique is to use a very light weight and do every rep slowly, controlled and deep. Some have questioned the BFS position for the lower b
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MAKING A CHANGE
In 1998 Ron Hamamoto became head football coach at Rancho Bernardo, a Division 1 high school in San Diego, California. Up through the 2000 season, the Broncos struggled to maintain a .500 win-loss average. Then Hamamoto made a call to BFS. A clinic was scheduled, and BFS Vice Pre
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STOP SWEARING NOW!
Its been said that first impressions are always the strongest and most lasting. If you want your first encounters to be positive, you can stay ahead of the game by learning what James V. OConnor has to say about talking dirty. OConnor is the founder of the Cuss Control Academy
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