BFS Magazine
4 Ways to Avoid Injury in the Weight Room
10 Front Squat Factors
After the back squat, there are many other challenging leg exercises that can be a part of a coach’s weight training toolbox. The front squat is one such exercise, but is it for you? First, consider that the front squat is not a wimpy exercise. the front squat more effectively activates the quadriceps, increased quad strength is essential is the start of a sprint, whereas the hamstrings and glutes increase their importance as you move into an upright position.
THE BASICS: Ground Based Jumping
3 Steps to a Balanced Progressive Program
The BFS Program works in 3 progressive steps: 1) Body Weight, 2) the BFS Readiness Program, & 3) the BFS full Set Rep Program.
With over 40 years of experience, BFS can help get your classes and teams on a path that encourages young students and athletes to develop their bodies in a progressive and safe program.
DON'T FORGET BUMPERS ARE 20% OFF THRU MARCH
Steps to Success at Siloam Springs High
There are four assumptions you can make about athletes at Siloam Springs High School: 1) You are attending an outstanding academic institution, 2) Your coaches are dedicated to helping you fulfill your athletic potential, and 3) You are participating in a strength and conditioning program designed to work all aspects of athletic fitness, and 4) You are used to winning.
Siloam Springs High School athletes fulfill the definition of student-athlete. They excel in sports and in the classroom, and their example makes us feel good about our future.
6 Areas of Impact! BFS and Angus Reid
How NFL High School Coach-of-the-Year Bruce Larson developed a winning tradition
I don’t believe that I’ll ever forget my first conversation with Somerset’s Head Football Coach Bruce Larson back in 2002. Coach Larson’s message to me was clear and precise; Somerset High School was mired in mediocrity. Despite his efforts to change things, the community was OK with the status quo and the school wasn’t willing to make a large investment in a radical change.
Larson convinced me that the plan I laid out for his school would be followed and he was willing to put himself on the line to get it done. His sincerity and willingness to learn the BFS System convinced me to work out a spring clinic...
Jim Brown - BFS Legend
The Risks of Early Sports Specialization
Leadership and Life
Strong & Safe with Weightlifting Belts
One of the basic tools of strength training is a weightlifting belt. Some may think of it as “cheating,” as a way to artificially lift more weights. Not exactly.
What the researchers found was that weightlifting belts could increase intra-abdominal pressure (i.e., compressing the gases and fluids in the abdominal cavity) that serves to decompress the spine. Or, to use modern-day terminology, belts serve to create a stable “core.”
The Winning Room
Bangor High School wanted to promote the idea that they were a total program, and for this reason, decided not to call their strength and conditioning facility a weight room, but a “Winning Room!”
Mary Spade, assistant principal and athletic director at Bangor says, “We had had BFS at Bangor before I came here, but we kind of got away from it, so I decided to bring BFS back.” That decision started with a two-day WRSC Certification and Total Program clinic.
20 Sports, 1 Team at Jeffersonville High
By Carlos Molina.
Most people don’t associate weight training with swimming, but they share a connection. The JHS Swim Team supplements their swimming practices with pumping iron to increase speed, strength, power, and reduce the risk of injuries.
Knees in Front of the Toes?
Record Breaking Performance!
Dominate with the Hex Bar Deadlift!
Thank You Dr. Waters
A BIG BFS Thank You to Dr. Waters from New Mexico.
Watch the video to learn how she has spearheaded a massive overhaul of the weight rooms and weight training program in the Central Consolidated School District. She has organized BFS Certification, BFS Weight Room Consultations, BFS Camps and more for the Central Consolidated School District. Her initiative and drive have led directly to the success of many of the school's boy's and girl's sports programs as well as involving the wider student body.
THANK YOU DR. WATERS! To learn more about the programs mentioned in this video click below:
BFS ROCKS SWEDEN
BFS is once again traveling to Sweden to work with their American Football program.
BFS President John Rowbotham is excited to reconnect with his coaching colleagues in Europe and bring the BFS Total Program to a new generation of Swedish players. Catch up on previous international impacts from BFS with this 2012 Article from the BFS Archives!