Bigger Faster Stronger Conditioning Program-what do you know about it?

Well our team went from 1HR a year to 15HR in a matter of a season or two.

Ask any questions you've got... I've got almost 10 years of experience with it having used it all through high school and I have taught strength and conditioning using many of their principles for the last 4 years. I also have their book so I can find the information you want too.

It has its flaws just like any other program, but I also think it's a good high school program. Are there things I'd do different? Of course, but I could probably find things to change in ANY program. The BFS program is a pretty standard "cookie-cutter" workout for the high school athlete.

I have used it for 10+ years (at least it is the base for what we do). We get better results from this program than our football team does from their program. We have duel sport athletes that make greater gains in our program than the football one, and vise versa when one of our players is in season football.

Bulldog. Thanks for the update. 2014 has not been involved with any training program to this point and his future HS will be incorporating it. For you or your athletes, where have the biggest improvements been made, hitting, running or throwing? Did your school incorporate it as a year round program for the baseball team?

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Why do you think your athletes make greater gains in this program versus the football program? In what areas have your baseball players seen the greatest gains?

Thanks.

Our football program does not individualize their weight program as much as BFS will allow you to do. Another reason we get better result is that our kids like recording lifts (on paper) and then seeing if they can beat their lifts from the month before (we repeat our cycle after 4 weeks). It allows them to see the strenght gains/results on a shorter time frame.

I won't go into the phys. results of max weight/low reps vs light weight/high reps and all of the combos. that can arise. Their is plenty of research out there on this topic. BFS gets the results we want in our baseball program.

We will also mix it up and do heavy ropes, slosh pipe, etc. for a change of pace one or two weeks a semester.

As both a coach & parent I have used the BFS program for my three children. IMO, there is not a better program for middle school and high school athletes. The primary focus of BFS is to use great technique with the lifts and to take all of the guess work away from the coaching staff. The coach only needs to focus on technique and motivation (BFS even helps with motivation) and everything else will takecare of itself. Done properly, BFS is a very structured program that will have the athletes lifting 3 day's per week and doing the stretching/plyometrics/running 2 day's per week. The only problem that I see is that most high school coaching staffs will not work as one cohesive unit and place all of the schools athletes on the BFS program. A few schools have implemented BFS into their physical education program and athletic conditioning program. Those few schools have become ultra successful with their athletic teams due to this program.

My son's high school just started this program and he has really enjoyed it so far. Looking forward to seeing the results.

My advice when it comes to these Bigger Faster Stronger programs is to make sure your kid is being monitored closely. I am not a big fan of the universal BFS Programs for the fact that most at the high school level are universal, meaning they have position players, and pitchers doing the same workouts. Thats ridiculous. Pitchers need to have their own routine, they should not be working out with a position player doing bench presses taking the bar all the way down to their chest. As a pitcher that is so bad for you.

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My advice when it comes to these Bigger Faster Stronger programs is to make sure your kid is being monitored closely. I am not a big fan of the universal BFS Programs for the fact that most at the high school level are universal, meaning they have position players, and pitchers doing the same workouts. Thats ridiculous. Pitchers need to have their own routine, they should not be working out with a position player doing bench presses taking the bar all the way down to their chest. As a pitcher that is so bad for you.

Strength and Conditioning for the college and professional player is/should be completely different than that of the high school athlete. To start, at the high school level, we shouldn't be developing a "pitcher." This is why the BFS program is designed the way it is. It is designed for the HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETE and not a "pitcher," "lineman," etc. It is designed to make the best athlete.

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My advice when it comes to these Bigger Faster Stronger programs is to make sure your kid is being monitored closely. I am not a big fan of the universal BFS Programs for the fact that most at the high school level are universal, meaning they have position players, and pitchers doing the same workouts. Thats ridiculous. Pitchers need to have their own routine, they should not be working out with a position player doing bench presses taking the bar all the way down to their chest. As a pitcher that is so bad for you.

Strength and Conditioning for the college and professional player is/should be completely different than that of the high school athlete. To start, at the high school level, we shouldn't be developing a "pitcher." This is why the BFS program is designed the way it is. It is designed for the HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETE and not a "pitcher," "lineman," etc. It is designed to make the best athlete.

Apparently there is a BFS program just for pitchers because my son's strength training coach at the high school has him on it.

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Apparently there is a BFS program just for pitchers because my son's strength training coach at the high school has him on it.

They recently came out with one. Maybe 2-3 years ago? I haven't dealt with it much; have only seen it on their website.

I've heard that also but I haven't been able to come across it from my colleagues that use it. It is a very good program. We use a variation of it. I would like to get the pitcher's workout though.