Bigger Faster Stronger

by Greg Shepard, Kim Goss

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781492545811
Publisher:	Human Kinetics Publishers
Publication date:	07/31/2017
Edition description:	Third Edition
Pages:	232
Product dimensions:	6.90(w) x 9.90(h) x 0.70(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Greg Shepard, EdD, is the founder of Bigger Faster Stronger (BFS), the most widely followed strength and conditioning program in the United States. Providing strength training programs to high schools and colleges since 1975, BFS has a staff of more than 30 coaches, who conduct an average of 300 clinics a year and train thousands of coaches and athletes annually. Shepard’s BFS Magazine touts a readership of 500,000 coaches and athletes.

Shepard has a master’s degree in exercise physiology from the University of Oregon and a doctorate in the same field from Brigham Young University. During his professional career, he has been a strength coach at Oregon State University, the University of Oregon, and Brigham Young University, where his powerlifting team won a national championship. He was also the strength coach for the NBA’s Utah Jazz from 1981 to 1997. At the time he was hired by the Jazz, Shepard was the only strength coach in the National Basketball Association.

Shepard lives in Provo, Utah.

Kim Goss, MS, PICP Level 1, has been a strength and conditioning coach and editor since serving in the Air Force from 1981 to 1985. He was the strength coach of the Air Force Academy from 1987 to 1994. While there, he designed all workouts not only for the football team but also for all 875 varsity athletes who used the weight room. Goss later ran a private gym and worked with numerous athletes who competed in the Olympic Games.

From 1982 to 1987, Goss was a fitness and strength writer and editor for Runner’s World Publications. He has been the editor in chief of BFS Magazine since 2005 and an editor and researcher with the Poliquin Group since 2009. He has written over 700 articles and edited over 25 books.

Goss earned a master’s degree in human movement science from A.T. Still University in 2009 and a bachelor’s degree in journalism and mass communication from Cal State University– Hayward in 1985. He lives in East Greenwich, Rhode Island.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Unified Approach to Training

Chapter 2 BFS Rotational Set-Rep System

Chapter 3 BFS In-Season Training

Chapter 4 BFS Readiness Program

Chapter 5 Six Absolutes of Perfect Technique

Chapter 6 Parallel Squat and Squat Variations

Chapter 7 Power Clean and Quick Lifts

Chapter 8 Hex-Bar Deadlift and Deadlift Variations

Chapter 9 Bench Press and Bench Press Variations

Chapter 10 Sport-Specific Auxiliary Lifts

Chapter 11 Agility and the BFS Dot Drill

Chapter 12 Five-Phase Plyometric Program

Chapter 13 Speed Training

Chapter 14 BFS 1-2-3-4 Flexibility Program

Chapter 15 Organization and Weight Room Design

Chapter 16 Safety and Liability

Chapter 17 Strength and Conditioning Technology

What People are Saying About This

Josh Floyd

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)

Chad Clutter

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)

Interviews

The primary audience for Bigger Faster Stronger is high school coaches who work with athletes in all sports and are seeking BFS certification or recertification. The secondary audience is athletes of all levels.