JFIFC    $ &%# #"(-90(*6+"#2D26;=@@@&0FKE>J9?@=C  =)#)==================================================cK" }!1AQa"q2#BR$3br %&'()*456789:CDEFGHIJSTUVWXYZcdefghijstuvwxyz w!1AQaq"2B #3Rbr $4%&'()*56789:CDEFGHIJSTUVWXYZcdefghijstuvwxyz ?I>6ƒI-g$}+gƃ~5Zv#HOGݬo s@}f0'QҴ=%|Ailn@YtIwQ/Mf$زIsa6?K=*>0{p0N*C,uHE>SO6Rq|=pZXxNǺY>x TdJJI2=UÚtH VJEkx7:Xx2u$b}Eػ7le1.O;h̭sU͠ q=k]&Pr̊rxv*s9+vs0 ޱ^?V}:5ts7I3n ^p3YF 7$uGH6 UDIZсd 4|n@ L?lW+^Ҿ6"D<mXZ]Ium"tTֵ^3\5[Ij H0p3Ri^կ6CG>Q]fhTqV:[{@71E>u*\O?YYXuUm5okwnFWāXeF3ަ4nT[<ҭ,L71ֲ5Yx~ٯD &LOa)&s{Zw1IS n."U10O{@mi<,qWWkrwRQ?JP][I&u//AMEW-@\gu@4g6jmꞟSZ'WOe*m{3kӣ9ٞTO{~<ʂ~U8M?0I[B85&!"̤cV|#I\գkx٧fNvW),INzЌr pa7OO¢ rE }:US!FCH߆DvsVԮ<3Ria\R}+'Ik><Gg 9s=>VV%6I55]q$g GiJ\WGb=={ c׭S{i BSY+!eibOOПieG6 l` ,%wm+&Fu4ge1ד]Dž<%'.J!g6.#țҙ: 6]Z6O#($c  Q !'E9#`qQ:(cEAfter graduating from the Academy and serving a short-term assignment at Wright-Patterson Air Force base 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 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 an