JFIFC    $ &%# #"(-90(*6+"#2D26;=@@@&0FKE>J9?@=C  =)#)==================================================dK" }!1AQa"q2#BR$3br %&'()*456789:CDEFGHIJSTUVWXYZcdefghijstuvwxyz w!1AQaq"2B #3Rbr $4%&'()*56789:CDEFGHIJSTUVWXYZcdefghijstuvwxyz ? H`{qVWm⥎ѲF@2 p7E+cc'-PXۚxc:.;2sOVx56)Ÿl^z[|̤>Yr=+~M|y";5#mJpw.aQm XgrmR95}3Y7[]K&wm6s [uyt-gP$Gڿ3q߸@๶`>Ijc.YP3ղggMVʼS_v[[\; f$M;l }CcMzj{Y omu5V2hZ0b@#>wppʼǖA5tmOҾ%]i5 *DlWk|O㫭kD B(!9NʵROcSV۽&$`MZ3{HF &p_O|N5Ϸ8#ꦻ]'6[^$#\#~GSmc^>JEK#m0zYm/bN= ./oRkm;|GV.ːd+Hs{jhS.nRHpGoESdfHy-^Vu7y,T7`M(Wh2/A\a ˞IO$_u2^SW m޿ 7*z+KM K,wR\Sq:Nb}WU۟}㟯@y4?0a#\Oo𩶠s?* 18xe12J_5MGG4=Q5Mkt=?5/es.q'W ؿ/vAfter graduating from the Academy and serving a short-term assignment at Wright-Patterson Air Force base in Ohio as a financial manager, Adams was able to return to the Academy as an assistant strength coach while completing master s degrees in exercise science and business administration. When he retired from the Air Force in 1998, Adams built a private strength coaching business, working with both amateur and professional athletes. News eventually spread around the NFL of Adams s talent for making football players bigger, faster, stronger and injury free, and this year Adams accepted Coach Callahan s offer to become the head strength coach of the Oakland Raiders.<br>Adams works out of the team s state-of-the-art training facility in Alameda, California. In this exclusive BFS interview, Coach Adams discusses the challenges and rewards of being a head strength coach in the NFL.<br><br>BFS: How much did your degree in exercise science help you as a strength coach?<br>Adams: It gave me a great foundation in physiology, biochemistry, nutrition and biomechanics.<br><br>BFS: Where else did you learn about strength and conditioning?<br>Adams: My first influence was from you