I am a strong believer in utilizing total body movements throughout the training year. Total body movements involve a combination of pushing, pulling movements and squat derivative movements. The advantages of total body movements are: All major muscle groups are utilized and linked. Movement is through a full range. Movement is ballistic. There is limb acceleration and deceleration.Technical de [...]

The BFS signature exercises are the Box Squat and the Dead Lift. As far I am concerned booth exercises have questionable value. The box squat results in very heavy loading of the spine. This is especially harmful in the young growing population, although it is not an exercise I would recommend for any age group. The dead is another risky exercise. First it is a slow movement. They recommend a trap [...]

This is my answer to the dilemma of one sided biased training. This is a common problem in many programs today. Instead of keeping perspective on the big picture and evaluating and developing all athletic qualities there is a tendency to emphasize one component to the exclusion of others. Perhaps the most overemphasized is the component of strength manifested in weight training. There are many com [...]

Happy New Year everyone! Does anyone have any new year resolutions thatthey wish to share, track related or not? Perhaps you want to lose some weight? Increase your squat? Let us know? [...]

This is the copy of an email forwarded to me.Do we really need this? Unfortunately this is where the field id going!"We are doing a lot of adductor and abductor work here while squatting and leg pressing. Could you make a pillow like device with a bio feedback "tone" embedded to emit a certain tone at a certain level of pressure in order to keep our people firing their adductors? Al [...]

To further elaborate on point one of the previous post. Given the mechanism of injury as almost a hyperextension of the hip with the foot planted coupled with contact. The coefficient of friction on artificial turf is greater. I feel this is a contributing factor. One other factor that I failed to mention is excessive heavy squatting. [...]