wasn’t the end to the story: the next round of Skyline’s underclassmen asked if they could continue the tradition in Bob’s basement.
Coach Rowbotham is a man who delights in helping others, especially if they are willing to work hard, so he honored their request. To this day, eight athletes are invited each year to train in Bob’s basement. After the season, the seniors invite eight promising underclassmen to take the\;C:\ProgramÇİ\i€231" target = "_blank">Printer Friendly Version

CREATINE

Reasons why you shouldn't use Creatine.

By Dr. Joe Brownholtz, University of Miami Sports Nut

Published: Fall 1998

Editor’s Note: Bigger Faster Stronger has officially stopped endorsing and selling Creatine (Please read page 38). However, we will continue publishing information on creatine both pro and con. Dr. Joe Brownholtz has some valid points that may be useful to both coach and athlete.

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More athletes are using creatine today than ever before and the industry is growinby leaps and bounds. Sales from creatine have risen from 30 million in 1995 to an expected 180 million this year. The reason is simple, creatine accelerates muscle growth and it is safe. The time has now come to separate speculation, conjecture and anecdotal reports from reliable scientific data and listen to those who use it and to those who have the expertise in the field of exercise science.
Many high profile athletes use creatine and swear by it. Baseball notables include: Mark McGuire, Mike Piazza, Ken Caminini, and Scott Hatterberg. Says HatterbLEN~1\BIN64;$Ú\€383" target = "_blank">Printer Friendly Version

Weightlifting Champion Carl Miller

Down-to-earth wisdom from one of America’s most respected proponents of weightlifting for life

By Kim Goss

Published: Fall 2003

Just as every sport has its heroes, every form of physical conditioning has its champions. Sure, there’s an endless parade of fitness celebrities who want you to stretch rubber bands, march on plastic boxes, electrocute your abdominals and even stand on giant rubber balls. The most vocal fitness groups of all may be those who promote aerobics as the ultimate form of exercise. One aerobic guru even wrote a bestselling book, Smart Exerse, that implies weight training is, if not stupid, certainly inferior to aeroc training. Putting that idea to rest once and for all is lifetime weightlifter and active gym owner Carl Miller. A personable guy and senior citizen who can outlift most clege football ayers, Miller is proving that weightlifting is the best way to increase athletic performance and improve the quality of life.
“I once heard a speaker from Cooper’s Aerobics Center say weight training wasn’t aerobic,” writes Miller in his u`KıäwÛ\€424" target = "_blank">Printer Friendly Version

Miami Southridge

A Perfect Example of a High School Program

By Dr. Greg Shepard

Published: Winter 1996

Last September I visited Miami Southridge High School and was dazzled. BFS Clinician Len Walencikowski and Southridge Spartan strength coach put on an awesome show with his Physical Education classes. There are nearly 4,000 students at Southridge and Coach Walencikowski has 560 of them on the Bigger Faster Stronger program every day. Athletes, non-athletes, girls or boys, it doesn't make any difference...everyone does the complete BFS program.

"We Squat, Power Clean and do Straight-Leg-Dead-Lifts," said Coach Walencikowski. "We use the Glute-Ham Developer, Box Squat and we love Plyometric Box Jumping and Medicine Ball work. We are mastering the BFS 8-point Sprint Techniques and work hard with our speed circuits. We do the BFS Dot Drill and the BFS Set-Rep-Log Book and everyone records their workouts. We do the using 3 sets of 6 reps, 5 sets of 6, or one set to failure. Well of course it is. Anytime you vary your workout you are going to have better results than if you do the same thing day after day and week after week. I present this in a form of a question at BFS Clinics. Every time, every kid says that variation is better. I guess that was what was so frustrating. Why do research on something everyone knows? I want to see research done on different adjustment possiblities wit