JFIFC    $ &%# #"(-90(*6+"#2D26;=@@@&0FKE>J9?@=C  =)#)==================================================ZK" }!1AQa"q2#BR$3br %&'()*456789:CDEFGHIJSTUVWXYZcdefghijstuvwxyz w!1AQaq"2B #3Rbr $4%&'()*56789:CDEFGHIJSTUVWXYZcdefghijstuvwxyz ?HaΥ#aqRI8S\@TsEV+=jl_I*+K+J6i6쎡 Zo.b;et 6w?q>4=ʡ%N-]=YdW@9G1!YH?Jx]"v8B9B+bm+ 6F21rezGpʙ*ʠ}CS? P_Zk=1Τ'j|r[e[ "P I=֒B&1-+")f5Wudwaay3${_}j)aEP`UkMeb({keE+4hF Au-hq2'CNB^xL[-G8kYMm$ʹWP[qG =+0R"+FtkfU+(0={Ty dޗ\zvه;!e^{bu8Ӄڒ.?(>#Y a&[P"Y's6v]XCPv!%!EdẔK1 z~u¾8TO5.T=j|řgc))!zb%l?WDaJF ՙ)zLqI@OJsDܣ~%exzf %ccf^H=*G) 9SQ:j[BbŋrM6f)ZQ@hCθH?1t>)I MHwc1"lO`Ezejm#p>"84U0w4out the importance of weights in 1972," remembered Coach Hofman.&nbsp; "We had a Universal Gym in a small room.&nbsp; We set goals for the kids in football.&nbsp; Many played football and baseball.&nbsp; I saw the importance of strength training.&nbsp; Then in the 1990's, we switched to free weights and did Squats but not Cleans.&nbsp; It wasn't until Bigger Faster Stronger came around that we really had an organized specific program.&nbsp; Now we have a disciplined program and we are much stronger in the lower body.</P> <P>"Training during the season has always been a part of our program.&nbsp; To say that lifting hurts baseball is simply not correct.&nbsp; I have always been a proponent of strength training.&nbsp; I was the head football coach or assistant here at Westminster Christian for 25 years.&nbsp; You know, I just laugh when I hear that weights are bad.&nbsp; Ignorance is not an excuse.&nbsp;