JFIFC    $ &%# #"(-90(*6+"#2D26;=@@@&0FKE>J9?@=C  =)#)==================================================[K" }!1AQa"q2#BR$3br %&'()*456789:CDEFGHIJSTUVWXYZcdefghijstuvwxyz w!1AQaq"2B #3Rbr $4%&'()*56789:CDEFGHIJSTUVWXYZcdefghijstuvwxyz ?oo8 \fXCs\kv$ c=טk' O#Q\ShvοGҮYx x7P:|/Kkfu)-ٍ`\ҳOkhvڥ&CuSsGfUHPyMMI>qѧ&}"A46/e$ޯͨ&9//~kҼq!3ʦGޯxe.>qruUs;4q~RF5K?khZNkKylY3\4hm-?$4J|۶jE7tRY\fBU'56Rӵ-(&O@I⸈oH^6,+{Rے$O=yUT*85pڋv!ifdc\5KGI;6_X55HIye W5Nlਥ9YPBh9xA{kI2()scR=x,6nko $r;JjZ]$2?J#b$\Ri3MyY#|-zv:AXjAh,{̸)Zmy\E#&V+XJIruuc5>mdVڀT>Hn"v*_n?¼H 1w^%˵;{/jέGMHiF\Fsonp;[F23ޡK{]KDkPp9B>VlT!K{QBA_.?۠q"*YsLm%Wp;>m~HKd8vPdι|N筅#-Rg_MHQLzkg<^-e<ڸ%YICc>Eta8sNWc}bU#jㅝ,v7~?ڴJ%5is\]% rBuZz$(~;Xob|!30V0+l/ ~<+W#׃\x⎺g#4Ng!qɫkHc7㱬TVA< jgHOҺ'[wGQj쪇,2@r\=님|c# hS=ЉfLt5VHpx#JHkcϙHs]G HUvƧ^k;yX O85Z cqzQBm+f0u"ma&a;N9tA,J"I;qZJ<@J<7gompleting 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, obviously, and I thank you for connecting me with outstanding strength coaches such as Charles Poliquin. I also learned a great deal from weightlifting coach Dragomir Cioroslan and speed experts such as Randy Huntington, Dan Pfaff and Remi Korchemny, and from numerous coaches in Canada and Europe. <br><br>BFS: You were a captain when you left the Air Force, so you had a good salary and five years towards your retirement. Wasn t it a tough decision to give up that security?<br>Adams: What happened w