JFIFC    $ &%# #"(-90(*6+"#2D26;=@@@&0FKE>J9?@=C  =)#)==================================================KK" }!1AQa"q2#BR$3br %&'()*456789:CDEFGHIJSTUVWXYZcdefghijstuvwxyz w!1AQaq"2B #3Rbr $4%&'()*56789:CDEFGHIJSTUVWXYZcdefghijstuvwxyz ?vTea5kkm@ N7vJ/FatxZ"0Ll~yd!r8MuO?BM[Khg<{)a2̮JhIWRol;O3Uw`9#7VN6~I뚖XA[kk4$LgOҴ4)᧹KpZvQ: Idb@\PPHao纾ԯ$'@?0tePH{RdA{RykFJ0Ut?o֪>'wV$W9X< )$U}NIDd3A ۷zȪ}ksžNP0@,TZvC9gy^d˒pFx8779\p>[XBIKxjOSÀەNIR0N;OPO(.u*\,ǂƤXi61KJLsF)m8[>nd]ȸ,ǽd`ַ۽GV, q sJVKPrFX=Y]/*ZCGcK\{4GP;$,t{K(H*sY"[Ri:}F{Y6n7&r>-m3*Wu}VmgR*y% KM8/K#'H(ȩF@`⻋ i|+ee7WL8?ֹacw9y<p _^2JJ̨\KupNI噹uz΁i7YL6ҹ!FEe'K<ΪMztqV[xFn( |@'9{oL%?@erves as athletic director for his school.&nbsp; "I first learned about the importance of weights in 1972," remembered Coach Hofman.&nbsp; "We had a Universal Gym in a small room.&nbsp; We set goals for the kids in football.&nbsp; Many played football and baseball.&nbsp; I saw the importance of strength training.&nbsp; Then in the 1990's, we switched to free weights and did Squats but not Cleans.&nbsp; It wasn't until Bigger Faster Stronger came around that we really had an organized specific program.&nbsp; Now we have a disciplined program and we are much stronger in the lower body.</P> <P>"Training during the season has always been a part of our program.&nbsp; To say that lifting hurts baseball is simply not correct.&nbsp; I have always been a proponent of strength training.&nbsp; I was the head football coach or assistant here at West