JFIFC    $ &%# #"(-90(*6+"#2D26;=@@@&0FKE>J9?@=C  =)#)==================================================6K" }!1AQa"q2#BR$3br %&'()*456789:CDEFGHIJSTUVWXYZcdefghijstuvwxyz w!1AQaq"2B #3Rbr $4%&'()*56789:CDEFGHIJSTUVWXYZcdefghijstuvwxyz ?suM)D3/jB DܱP1ӊ-NHKs=5)6[j:\Ks:0 zvIn,Ih;={ո<;-0yapG[ :SR:%ԋzgO3']^qk{-.:(ģ-=`*%v*Otis+;0F=~J ko|ql[i/{( =O^˯mG]'|GVzů5y 8ַ'IВNdך^FJ<@7*3X$]%[lDp#)sIxRqsvcqPIS$˦0HiZ0wNkh6*wMZԠ淑eYΩI Ă5$ಞI?CX$,廰؋.ʠEy皂\O"Av#~:RkZ~wK K˘2/޹jÒvXg9j)m<@E$45+g݈Xmbk:`Ԡ-=$,C7U^mc \n/{$g=RېG 3Fkc"Pa}uUГۥY72XиnQ<=7q3iu.&-oK4Hy}q}+WxÊ`uʲD, $TYٺf\ݓ)]LkOOd^Omg0rUQXMzkCr#jzhn>Q\+z0m[>H\R([b)P3Ertance 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 open mind