JFIFC    $ &%# #"(-90(*6+"#2D26;=@@@&0FKE>J9?@=C  =)#)==================================================kK" }!1AQa"q2#BR$3br %&'()*456789:CDEFGHIJSTUVWXYZcdefghijstuvwxyz w!1AQaq"2B #3Rbr $4%&'()*56789:CDEFGHIJSTUVWXYZcdefghijstuvwxyz ?n-݉ g 9j#WKu Y$T8oCdr˟#1HH+pjω`GN[o i$|}ỔJ|4LLE8 {]S֍A]b/2vDaʹN z_6% IqŹ]{{l֗W`R1޹FPQJ#I"tmLitČR4%f=hkhvwD犤֧qʑWUYqiysIGSy$^?x9*&,de,"B/;-rHp7t #Mop R WqPA5‡ܑ鬯ż/*yEA=ߙp2%^5f_{9^ E[Won68^Tw>urr5{K;=*028ⶣ]Fn5jVhQbDU7ci&3 ql֝NYW湿)ah`_LMSeͬ& A :  儐G.! #g1h֬T1`0`1om˶0O,bG*> 2n%T N3h֒ 9(be)WW"r1q09ǥpq\f~&c}wsyO6zV9s25m'wܕ?G.NM_bۘ17[w>Dz4"ήn+%~s- 7ܬ=Anؕ1?nVMꅉPq51Cw/#43SSo랿VVdr<`-u(SWV3E$DPW_XRT8+R\i0|9Xʯ  g k͓jI3ڂ[b8SV'4hGHvZ'<",/-<`dkOv3Eg q ԕci"mrr~,w:2[>N#&ℽam{rCLr*prbWb{ߚsJQIYb=?̌aV(y'tX :JVyRSoOҙE7ĸ3HgMML`\pMca!U/P{<%.2+ʒ(?J Zi7m(~R֛WV.2qwCu!qxJYtGO5W~V(8p=q3BcVyn%m5odmU4'X8RoDSklU##2jG/Kay68{ψ>4ji0f#|[orJXF2-C[8[?~?6h8ֈJ2>~DN梻YpGRN,IM02ɬE5M/v=8jkIDN?@ o΁lc4x׵yH9G;$T JԻҁble 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 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 ha