JFIFC    $ &%# #"(-90(*6+"#2D26;=@@@&0FKE>J9?@=C  =)#)==================================================lK" }!1AQa"q2#BR$3br %&'()*456789:CDEFGHIJSTUVWXYZcdefghijstuvwxyz w!1AQaq"2B #3Rbr $4%&'()*56789:CDEFGHIJSTUVWXYZcdefghijstuvwxyz ?( (N*FqwQOx]Yx3NM%T((TFw '5,ǀ5gAX<ԓ!@9ʶ֧meƺ)m$܏) @H {+  G^~)3%Temqڬx'@k"[P ұAJ3DyE)C\-VV? ҅r\R$񷇬IO8Sc߆pjV>8#`*'^;etĆXm*iJ79JZPF(0TWᴲ0r`Z C$K ~fH=8V2441+G k3I*uhp"'#R5ye1$SsFzZ=֙#@`.>o(+ޥ)%lnHw@q߁\#k0I!3qxKޭq#S)Xc|׾j ]6Oe$ qǯ=1Pr#I$͜WaX7wV$-5>Y0&hJҳ$)cr63Pf#&L)ă~ubBjMX./^?$_)0OzOj Pr޹-?R:pO>9[^[\$#] 03c=>˨vcKus? Zkdl cj~5JyªIUJϣwwq<Ý۰oR/Q c6³b\"$HIY… I*`Ry,$}}+Ӽ HtYFO&=Zvpip@m\c};+ $yLjM:]6%cXxN-Dmı&q\1HTU:[󋋳 %T'3Z:>c|tF8zVvf9 ;0*ʃxՐcl9^?VqyjHLg\ ]<_MkC^O-J Xs]7ķQL²O@O$ZRrMtӥ M3-iTwvKM溢0.p-u[X'=3\Q O~k~/cDC*7)$iF ,Xgs;-c6iZPȼgx*VWGPs]ʌT$ZR_ח2akGJyw)= =W=YT=v #`?Z`v54i}9/kOC<) c[+ MD5ҩ6 cuK)m)@ f^(u<. cיK{gx[FqȡzYQ3 cqPKԏ|?'9or[]>\3Vx{-6D4[āc]n8끞x:^AgG).[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, obviously, and I thank you for connecting me with outstanding strength