FAQ
Welcome to the BFS FAQ Page!
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| 1. What sport is the BFS Total Program designed for? | ||
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The BFS Program is designed to increase athletic performance. It will make your athletes jump higher, run faster, throw farther, hit harder and be more explosive. In short, the BFS Program is perfect for any sport and for any athlete, male or female. In fact, BFS encourages you to unify your entire school under a single strength and conditioning program. This makes it easier for multi-sport athletes to maintain steady progress throughout the entire year, and it also eases the work for administrators. Each year we have more and more schools switching to a school wide, unified program, and the impact it has on these schools’ athletic programs is amazing. Back to Top of Page |
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| 2. What exercises should I do, how do I do them, and how many days a week should I do them? | ||
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The BFS Total Program Package includes complete instructions on every detail in the entire BFS Program. It will tell you exactly when to lift, how to lift and what sets and reps you should be doing. It also teaches the BFS Dot Drill, the BFS 1-2-3-4 Flexibility Program and also covers speed, plyometrics, nutrition and more. Back to Top of Page |
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| 3. Does BFS have a strength and conditioning program just for female athletes? | ||
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Female athletes use the exact same program as the male athletes. The BFS Program is designed to increase athletic performance regardless of gender. It will make your athletes jump higher, run faster, throw farther, hit harder and be more explosive. So, in short, the BFS Program is perfect for any sport and for any athlete, male or female. However, BFS for women stands for Better Faster Stronger and we do have a wide variety of products specifically designed for female athletes. Click here to see the BFS for Women Program Package. Back to Top of Page |
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| 4. Do you have a list of strength standards, speed standards, and jumping standards? | ||
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Yes, we have standards for the 40, 20, VJ, Standing Long Jump and Dot Drill. These standards are available in a set of four posters. The set includes the following: Men's Power and Strength, Women's Power and Strength, Men's Jumping and Speed and Women's Jumping and Speed. Click Here to see the Standards Four Poster Set. Back to Top of Page |
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| 5. How can I avoid being plateaued on my lifts? | ||
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Variation is the key to avoiding plateaus. You need to vary your sets and reps each week. You also need to switch between the actual exercise and a variation of the exercise every other workout. For example, one workout day you do the bench press and the next workout day you do a towel bench (or other variation). Please consider purchasing our Total Program Package. It includes an instructional video set that will teach you the BFS program. It will tell you exactly when to lift, how to lift and what sets and reps you should be doing. Back to Top of Page |
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| 6. How can I get an outstanding athlete noticed in your magazine? | ||
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Click here to Submit your Story, or you can send a list of his/her sports, extracurricular activities, stats and awards along with a brief description of what makes this athlete special to BFS Magazine, 2930 West Directors Row, Salt Lake City UT 84104. Please include the Name of the School, Home Address, Email Address (if available), and Phone Number in case more information is needed. Please include a color photo. Back to Top of Page |
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| 7. Our team had an amazing year. How can I get our story in your magazine or newsletter? | ||
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Click here to Submit your Story. Keep in mind that we will need some full-color photos as well. We need action, weightroom shots and team pictures. Back to Top of Page |
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| 8. How can I get BFS Certified? | ||
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Click here for a Direct Link to request more information. You’ll need to sponsor or attend a BFS Clinic. With the help of their BFS Certifications, coaches often receive raises or job offers. Call us at 1-800-628-9737 to schedule a clinic at your school or to find out where you can go to attend another school’s clinic check our Web Calendar. Back to Top of Page |
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| 9. My son is in Junior High School and has never lifted weights. Do you have a beginning program? | ||
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Yes, we call it the Readiness Program. This program focuses on perfect technique. Whether you decide to use our program or stay with your own, you should focus primarily on perfect technique. The strength will follow. Just remember not to allow even the slightest variation from perfect technique.
The Readiness Program also has graduation requirements to let you know when the athlete is ready for our high school program. Some kids develop faster than others, and these graduation requirements are a great standard to go by. To learn the program you will need the Readiness Program Video and a Readiness Program Record Book. The video will help you know what potential problems to look for and will also explain how to coach all the lifts.
You may also want to consider purchasing our 15-pound Aluma-Lite Olympic Style Bar, our 5-pound Training Plates, our 10-pound Bumper Plates and our Youth Hex Bar. Our 15-pound Olympic Bars with the 5-pound training plates are perfect for teaching the power clean.
We bring a set of these to every one of our clinics, and each time the coaches are sold on it. It makes teaching the power clean and power snatch a snap. The Hex Bar is great to have because it takes all of the risk out of doing deadlifts. Even beginning lifters can deadlift with perfect technique with the Hex Bar.
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| 10. Do weight room supervisors need to be certified? | . |
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Do your weight room supervisors have to be certified in strength and conditioning? As far as I know, there is no law that says a weight room supervisor at the high school level has to be certified in strength and conditioning. So the simple answer to that question may be "No."
At the high school level, coaches usually teach classes, and as such would be certified teachers or working under the direct supervision of a certified teacher. Further, many sports coaches at the high school level (especially at smaller schools) also administer and supervisor all the strength and conditioning programs for their athletes. At larger schools, there are some coaches who handle the strength and conditioning of all athletes. Our position at BFS is that certification provides evidence that an individual was qualified to perform what he or she says they are qualified to do, and that their instruction follows the standards of care in the industry. And one way that we ensure this is by having our certification clinics provide hands-on instruction, plus an assessment of the coach in which they not only have to be able to properly demonstrate key exercises but also that they can coach them. It’s not simply a multiple-choice or true/false exam as you’ll find with many certifications. Says Dr. Rabinoff: "I would prefer that any certifications involving strength and conditioning have a practical portion to ensure that coaches know how to teach these activities. I haven’t seen any of the certifications being questioned in a court of law as to their validity, but lawyers are becoming very sophisticated. So although it hasn’t happened, it doesn’t mean that it won’t in the future." Being certified will not guarantee that you will never be sued, as people are always going to blame other people for their problems. But, with a BFS certification you will minimize the chances of being involved in a lawsuit, and we believe it will improve your chances of winning if you get sued. Back to Top of Page |
