Bigger, faster, stronger: The total program - Hardcover

Shepard, Greg

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1878456032 ISBN 13: 9781878456038

Publisher: Bigger Faster Stronger, 1990

Synopsis

Bigger Faster Stronger (BFS) is the premier performance program for high school and college sports. BFS and the book Bigger Faster Stronger have led teams to more than 500 state championships, and that was just the warm up. Now in its third edition, Bigger Faster Stronger is ready for the next generation of athletes and the next level of performance.

Inside, you'll find training guidelines for in-season and off-season weight training, as well as the latest strategies for breaking through plateaus, developing peak strength, and increasing power, flexibility, speed, and agility.

You'll learn the proper exercise techniques for the big four lifts, as well as multiple variations and safety protocols. You'll also find recommendations for integrating new equipment, athlete monitoring systems, and other technology into your program to ensure maximum effectiveness and performance gains. Bigger Faster Stronger can accommodate any sport and every level of competition. Safe, effective, and relied on by thousands of athletes, coaches, and administrators, it is the proven performance program you can trust.

About this title

From the Publisher

"We have seen tremendous gains in strength and speed ever since we started using the systems in Bigger Faster Stronger."

Josh Floyd
Athletic Director and Head Football Coach
Shiloh Christian High School, 2006 State Champions Springdale, Arkansas

"Our team is able to play full-court run-and-jump pressure defense, as well as several other full-court attacks, thanks to the conditioning developed from applying the concepts in Bigger Faster Stronger."

Chad Clutter
Head Girls' Basketball Coach, Cameron High School
Cameron, West Virginia

"Bigger Faster Stronger will make you run faster, throw farther, hit harder, and become more explosive. You will win!"

Robin Jennings
Former MLB Player

About the Author

Greg Shepard is one of the most influential strength coaches in the United States. He has coached football at three NCAA Division I schools and was a strength and conditioning consultant for the Utah Jazz from 1981 to 1997. He was selected as the Football Coach of the Year in Utah in 1975, and over the past 25 years he has given more than 500 seminars to coaches and athletes in all 50 states. More than 9,000 high schools have implemented Shepard's Bigger Faster Stronger (BFS) program, and of these schools, more than 300 have won state championships in football after having had BFS clinics.

Shepard received his doctorate in physical education from Brigham Young University. In 1977 he became the president of BFS, an exercise equipment manufacturing facility in Salt Lake City, Utah. For the past 25 years Shepard has been the publisher of Bigger Faster Stronger, a sports conditioning magazine that is distributed to every high school, college, and professional football team in the country. He is also the author of four books and 23 videos on sport conditioning. Shepard is married with four children and currently lives in Provo, Utah.

Edition details

• Publisher: Bigger Faster Stronger
• Publication date: 1990
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1878456032
• ISBN 13: 9781878456038
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 249