Training Brief -- The Key to Building the Most Explosive Athlete -- The Power Clean

Join other coaches in your area to learn the best ways to train your athletes with the proven BFS Program. Not only will this Certification ensure that you know how to improve athletic performance, you will learn techniques that will significantly improve the safety of every sports program. THIS IS A HANDS ON LEARN-BY-DOING CERTIFICATION Includes 1 year of Online Video Training Support through the BFS Online Learning Center Upcoming BFS Regional Certification Events UT Salt Lake City 1/16/2010 MN Shakopee 2/13/2010 MD Timonium 2/27/2010 OH Louisville   3/6/2010 CA San Diego 3/13/2010 MI Saline 3/20/2010 IL Rockford 3/20/2010 IN Fort Branch 3/27/2010 MS Jackson 3/27/2010 MA Fitchburg   5/1/2010 BFS has more clinics planned for 2010, including KY, CO, and GA. Check the BFS Calendar Online for dates! Have Questions? Click Here Request More Information Ready to Register? Click Here	A survey involving 137 Division I coaches found that 85 percent used Olympic lifting movements such as the power clean to train their athletes. In the NFL, that percentage was 88 percent. When BFS Editor in Chief Kim Goss was a strength coach for the Air Force Academy (1987-1994), he enlisted the help of the university’s math department to conduct an experiment to determine which strength training exercises had the highest correlation to the ability to play football. He compiled the results of the top three athletes on the depth chart for each position, as well as their maxes on numerous core and auxiliary exercises, for a three-year period. For defensive and offensive linemen, and in fact for almost all positions, the exercise that had the highest correlation to playing ability was the power clean. The reason is simple. Linemen need to be able to express a high level of strength quickly. Because the power clean allows you to accelerate your limbs over a large range of motion, it’s one of the best exercises for improving what sport scientists call the rate of force development. This is in contrast to conventional power lifts such as squats, which for safety reasons require more time to decelerate the weight – in fact, the only time maximum force can be exerted is at the beginning of those exercises. And there is practical evidence in peer-reviewed journals supporting the idea that power cleans are a superior exercise for developing power... Download the full BFS Power Clean Position Paper in a printer friendly version from the BFS Downloads Page. To learn even more about this valuable exercise seach the BFS Magazine Archives for "CLEAN" Take advantage of this great offer now! You save $300 or more! Call 800-628-9737 and our salesmen will ensure you get the Maximum Discount Act now to get these discounts. This is a limited time offer! Discounts cannot be combined or used with any other promotions. Free shipping option not availble in HI or AK Sale ends March 31, 2010     Dont forget to follow us on Twitter or friend us up at Facebook
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