JFIFC    $ &%# #"(-90(*6+"#2D26;=@@@&0FKE>J9?@=C  =)#)==================================================aK" }!1AQa"q2#BR$3br %&'()*456789:CDEFGHIJSTUVWXYZcdefghijstuvwxyz w!1AQaq"2B #3Rbr $4%&'()*56789:CDEFGHIJSTUVWXYZcdefghijstuvwxyz ?˓H T\l-w d0jβڑ@3Uy[y\1\fkC=Id s9%*Dv #'< U Ovw[Q57vK%ʹ|iέUMs1גEk,d20s#5. k8PsY''l~K{ɬBF,#i^K3&d @ yImXQe#<vOeméYLs'5fn _Km:p209&\n;O8z՝VږUn67G20Ge֌^cB+a/mSE.Mn!ϕ(<j 1j-Llz]kUhs$r7sXѨP'5jW9'qҹͨs- aҲQ 6XX`$8`Zx$q^uK C6 sڷd.n7=H嵶2Sᾢ2:5\sҼ^J_~A%Wn9+GxFKөvB֢e^ e]S>#ε CT[(6_;#?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 Callhan 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 biomecanics.<br><br>BS: 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 Can