JFIFC    $ &%# #"(-90(*6+"#2D26;=@@@&0FKE>J9?@=C  =)#)==================================================;K" }!1AQa"q2#BR$3br %&'()*456789:CDEFGHIJSTUVWXYZcdefghijstuvwxyz w!1AQaq"2B #3Rbr $4%&'()*56789:CDEFGHIJSTUVWXYZcdefghijstuvwxyz ?G*p'G Kr4 \0NX6"p 2nF*~}95eW>U>ch36W:Ami$`uș(%V"2}'Ia+#e$ }xC|% gҧ{ 1 ZyTQFݤ,6C} 2ۆB"DwY~d G<{1#7 ^tVU >OZm;f'֭ǥ")3Ѷӵ䣸X-7یO5ZK_G^Bd)W>8c t *6sڂuG?6m˜עxgIzkjP4o4Q0{{Yn-ωgUك,hČ`$vWӵ }DKs.F-G^;JqroY) lWOlܴڕ[xہU54ϰvXַ⸃C)d%y[9f>Z=NkfTaN:O1X˻hއҼSC4C {zQ;=xU"8˦}r |d:$, 72[mH$sumsqz{ʖXf"0(+5cV ݴ<`TIpaEO*ul֛t7X.VI[ʯ Mv} xQAtB7ᚙfd֮KC>\h BҒR y<RThmd΀n#NQТa]mDD}p+PG.kev)'ںLwIis*7u L'yP=g]bfHQ6gѥkBM!4Y Hlz;0, (0lprG" ѥxO,7:Q]J/7x+XS3Wj*qz3R%fl N>Bā ^1&np8Mt*Q8%}"oGvd#J[e.Ej`WTAkvGsndQn=,R$SRkGWqѕlQV'y*H1K/CJ+F_ِXBaU8Fn@\NzG;vPd*f]Ǒ[zqX~cK?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 Westminster Christian for 25 years.&nbsp; You know, I just laugh when I hear that weights are bad.&nbsp; Ignorance is not an excuse.&nbsp; People need an o