JFIFC    $ &%# #"(-90(*6+"#2D26;=@@@&0FKE>J9?@=C  =)#)==================================================qK" }!1AQa"q2#BR$3br %&'()*456789:CDEFGHIJSTUVWXYZcdefghijstuvwxyz w!1AQaq"2B #3Rbr $4%&'()*56789:CDEFGHIJSTUVWXYZcdefghijstuvwxyz ?E4k%# 1(pU~ 1ڸrqNԚL;p=^Oҡa\5ޥo lrst˝N=EiQgw1kq^q|L}jO)CTBTC85#)iʭMIwg..zL'@q\u^j34S0+&9Gs̸qs7E*g H3kFMn̘1`Win /֨:4TH ݃Qܐalg D_VhkW2oe*CN{hpR'GC^q S]+^2G#fE,Gj-};2:AQ9ׯ>kE{n9}s^ ɳϼO|,)"-3e|C&ĉrϭmOnҹa&^W"Uс=C]zj\kxo%'a{<\#_wA*AĦ{Dr5 kS͜D5Eyq+&us BIJ;rT$pyzP0<̏ǚHԧW7>oqpcǍ TJ'Mٞ]5u# [=Gj }< d=zW|9u2@ʜgt^dlwHrsߥgR2bRuGppO\Vl~ ~ɟ|ԑxKr*Grǩ<&y,e[g]bQ'LO) -nbb'C !ة3#ouqJ˾׮"u̝tm< ͩ΋O]After 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 and conditioning?<br>Adams: My first influence was from you, obviou