Issue
Winter 2002.
12 articles
The Winter 2002 issue of BFS Magazine collects 12 articles, preserved here in full and free to read online or download as the original PDF.
Recurring themes include Squat, Character, Football, and Power Clean. Coaches and writers featured here include Kim Goss, Dr. Greg Shepard, and Bob Rowbothham. Every story is free — read it online or open the original magazine layout as a PDF.
JUNCTION CITY HIGH SCHOOL
Randall Zimmerman is a head football coach with an attitude, a great attitude. He knows it's vital that athletes have a positive outlook, set goals and develop action plans to achieve them. An effective way he found to instill this attitude in his athletes was to hold a Be An Ele
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KNEES ALIGNED
The BFS Six Absolutes 1. Use an Athletic or Jump Stance 2. Be Tall 3. Spread the Chest 4. Toes Aligned 5. Knees Aligned (Knees over toes) 6. Eyes On Target Presidents Note: In past issues, I introduced the Six Absolutes, which illustrated how coaching techniques in the weight ro
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MEET BFS CLINICIAN JIM BROWN
Bigger Faster Stronger is an organization developed by coaches for coaches, and that fact has made all the difference since its founding 26 years ago. One of its pioneer clinicians is Jim Brown. A high school coach at Poplar Bluff Senior High School in Poplar Bluff, Missouri, Bro
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GLUTE-HAM POWER
The glute-ham raise strengthens the hamstrings from origin to insertion, and also exercises the glutes as they coordinate their movement with the hamstrings (See Photo One). High school and college strength coaches should note this exercise is so important that we recommend it be
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PREVENTING INJURIES WITH THE GLUTE-HAM
Time is a critical factor in a young athlete's life. Two hours of daily practice, busy competition schedules, and weight training workouts are now the rule rather than the exception. Then there is school, perhaps a part-time job, and of course lots of time going to practice, game
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BARS 101
After 30 years in the business, we know what to look for. Well start by helping you identify your specific needs. Then well show you how to decide on a bar that has the proper combination of price, strength and function. Sometimes, its just a matter of averaging the features o
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THE MIGHTY AIR FORCE
As this issue goes to press, the Air Force Academy's football season is writing itself into one of the great stories of recent memory. Before the 2002 season began, the Falcons had faced overwhelming obstacles and were predicted to come in fifth in the Mountain West Conference. C
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SPOTTING THE SQUAT
GENERAL SPOTTING RULES 1. Always use three spotters (Photos 1 & 2). 2. Spotters have three important jobs: a. To be a coach b. To be a judge c. To be a teammate 3. Always be focused on your spotting job (Photo 3). The photo above shows the correct spotting positions for the paral
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MR INTENSITY
One of the most respected honors given to Air Force Academy football players is the Mr. Intensity award. The award, which was started by the first Falcon head strength coach, Jack Braley, in 1983, is presented to the player who works hard in the weight room, achieves success and
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MIKE SAFFER OUTLAND TROPHY CANDIDATE
In the last 20 years, UCLA has finished in Associated Press' Top Ten ranking seven times, the most of any Pac-10 school. Also in that time it won nine of its 13 bowl games, a statistic that has been exceeded by only six other schools in the country. It takes an exceptional athlet
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PRESIDENTS MESSAGE WINTER 2002
Want to create a big edge for yourself? Sure you do-who wouldn't? But how much time and effort does it take? The answer is surprisingly, Not much; all it takes is a smart, thoughtful approach. I first discovered the importance of this process in 1976 with SMU's football team. The
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