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ALLEGAN HIGH SCHOOL: All-Sport Unification

For years BFS has preached unification. It has been proven time and time again that when all coaches at a school come together and unify their strength programs into one, good, year-round program.

By Matt Shepard
Published: Summer 1999
The old way of thinking was that the football team had their strength program, the track team had theirs, the wrestling team had theirs, and so on. Each team had a different program because they each needed to work on different things because they are different sports which use different muscles, etc., etc. The truth of it is, all sports use the same muscles. For example, what makes you run faster - your legs and hips; what makes you jump higher - your legs and hips; what makes you drive harder - your legs and hips; what makes you kick farther - your legs and hips; what makes you hit a ball farther - your legs and hips. The point is, the four core lifts (the squat, bench, clean and hex bar dead lift) are required for improvement in all sports. After the core lifts are completed, then you can mix and match your auxiliary