Issue
Winter 1991.
22 articles
The Winter 1991 issue of BFS Magazine collects 22 articles, preserved here in full and free to read online or download as the original PDF.
Recurring themes include Squat, Bench Press, Football, and Speed. Coaches and writers featured here include Dr. Greg Shepard, Dr. Greg SHepard, and Kim Goss, B.A., C.S.C.S.. Every story is free — read it online or open the original magazine layout as a PDF.
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The Clean
The Power Cle an along with the Parallel Squa t are the two most important lifts for an a thlete. It is supe r as a multi-joint movem ent exercise . Coa ch es and athletes must work hard to perfect superior technique. Once accomplished, dynamic cha nges will occur in expl osiv e
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The Squat
The left photo is an exact duplication of what I witnessed last spring at an NCAA Division I Football University weight room. The head football coach went from player to player congratulating them as they “maxed out.” They struggled with 415 lbs. on squats that were about one foo
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Flexibility and Warm-Up
WARM-UP & FLEXIBILITY prrrect By Dr. Greg Shepard Poplar Bluff H.S. Seconds! Mike Brown For The Boys Got 33.37. Christian Meyers For The Girls Got 37.77. Both Are 3- NATIONAL BFS Mats Are In The Foreground with the BES Dots. Poplar Bluff High School RECORDS! Went From An 8-18 Tot
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Putting It All Together
PLATEAUs EVER! Comments In Review: The same lifts are not repeated. workout and one Dead Lift workout with the Trap Bar. There is great variety. We are consistent but different. This system always leaves the athlete hungry for more. Change is the key word. Workouts are intense bu
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Dead Lift-Trap Bar: No Plateaus
If you wa nt to reach the Stage of Exhaustion in record time, do heavy Dea d Lifts w ithout a spo t three times per week. I guara ntee d isaster. There is a mu ch better way. We use three forms of the Dead Lift movem ent in our Total BFS Pro gram . The Trap Bar Dead Lift is used
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Benching: No Plateaus
The same Selye’ theories discussed on the Squat article Brian Blutreich, History's 400 Pounds. Brian Learned Athletes Should Bench heavy one day and light the next. You should have Only Have Two Bench Workouts Per Week And To Vary Sets. one intense and heavy workout on the regula
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Cleaning: No Plateaus
EVER! By Dr. Greg Shepard The Power Clean is a particularly exhausting exercise not only during a set but from a recoveryto-next-workout standpoint. It is crystal clear that to do heavy Power Cleans 3x per week would be counterproductive and create a quick Stage of Exhaustion pro
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Squatting: No Plateaus
Soren Tallhem Front Squats From A Box. He High Jumped 6-10 And Ran A 4.3 Forty Weighing 250 Pounds. Let's continue to analyze Selye's General Adaption Syndrome as it pertains to squat routines. What would happen if we Parallel Squatted with heavy poundage three times per week? 1£
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In-Season Training
OVER 50% OF HIGH SCHOOL TRACK ATHLETES DON’T WEIGHT TRAIN DURNG THE SEASON! ONLY ABOUT TWO THIRDS OF HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL TEAMS BOTHER TO LIFT IN-SEASON! SEVENTY-FIVE % OF HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL COACHES ARE AFRAID TO TRAIN IN-SEASON! MOST BASEBALL COACHES WON’T WEIGHT TRAIN ANYTI
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Why Others Fail / The BFS Miracle
I don’t mean to imply that other programs can’t make But what about bodybuilders? Don’t they do upper progress or even good progress. However, if you reach a body one day and lower body the next and train six days plateau in six weeks and athletes aren’t psyched up to per week? G
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BFS: It's Perfect
THE BFS PROGRAM IT’S PERFECT! SETS & REPS The BFS Set-Rep System Is Based On The Principles. Understand. The BFS System Is For EVERY Level: High School, College and Pros. It Is SUPERIOR PROGRAM!! Outlined Below: Judge For Yourself. Do You Want To Win? — WHY IT’S PERFECT I. Hans S
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Quest for Greatness
A Continuing Novel by Greg Shepard Chapter 35 “I’m sorry sir, but Lem’s reputation and honor are at Quest For Greatness is based on true stories. Coach Travis Drake is the new football Coach at Hamilton High School. With energy, enthusiasm, charisma and hard work, positive change
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Russ Campbell
TIGHT END! CO-CAPTAIN ALL-BIG 8 CANDIDAT Russ Campbell's career as an athlete has been filled a mediocre 4-5 season and perhaps lack of exposure for not with a number of trials and set backs. The Biblical verse, making the playoffs contributed to scholarship offers from Romans 5:
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Steve Emtman
DEFENSIVE TACKLE . Steve Emtman Power Cleans 347 Pounds With Split Style Technique It's hard to believe but only the Northwest Division I schoo ls recruited Steve Emtman. He was a First Team AllStat e Nose Guard and Offensive Tackle under Coach Tom Oswald a t Doubl e A Ch en ey H
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DT Young
CLEANS 370% Story By Kim Goss, B.A., C.S.C.S. Assistant Strength In an offense dominated by the run, knockdown knockdown blocks last year, with a career-high of 39 against Texas-El Paso. He even carried the ball once, for D.T. Young is the starting center for the Falcons. He play
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Bob Whitfield
By Greg Shepard I wondered if I could find Bob Wh itfield as I first gazed onto the Stanford practice field. I had to chuckle. It took all of two seconds. At 6-6 and 300 pounds, Whitfield wasn't hard to spot. After practice we talked and it was evident that Bob was very special.
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Isaac Austin
Isaac Stretching His Hamstring On BFS 1-2-3-4 Flexibility Program . Isaac Austin comes to the Uta h Jazz th is season from Arizona Sta te. As wi th all ou r big roo kies , we get them sta rted on the BFS program as qu ickly as possible. Isaac was eager to ge t starte d and ma d e
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Casey Weldon
anoipate By Greg Shepard Fifteen months ago, Casey Weldon was sitting on the bench at Florida State reading the headlines of the prodigious exploits of Ty Detmer and Dave Klingler. He watched Heisman-to-be Detmer beat Miami, something Florida State couldn’t do in game five last y
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Todd Collins
By Greg Shepard Last Au gust d uring preseason football practice, Todd Collins was instructed to run a forty by his coaches at Carson-Newman College. Veteran coaches Ken Sparks and Bill Mitchell looked at their watches and couldn't believe it. Head Coach Sparks exclaimed, "He ran
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Ryker Labbee
BFS H.S. Ryker Labbee is our twelfth annual Athlete-of-the- Yea r a w ard . It is our most prestigi ous a wa rd. Selection is based on athletic achievement in sports, the a b i l it y to ov ercome obstacles, scholar ship, lead ership, general character and th e ability to put thi
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