JFIFC    $ &%# #"(-90(*6+"#2D26;=@@@&0FKE>J9?@=C  =)#)==================================================2K" }!1AQa"q2#BR$3br %&'()*456789:CDEFGHIJSTUVWXYZcdefghijstuvwxyz w!1AQaq"2B #3Rbr $4%&'()*56789:CDEFGHIJSTUVWXYZcdefghijstuvwxyz ?梽Y^MR?VdIa+'&JK!HO*[4-R-hD,à-ֳtN[+ a5~)v t5:+m s^34k>ye%g_9$ Tpck~m[EF#ӴG̻tidWmyہV_NqN%a7c< O٣gߗֲ5ChӉG].ėWwVb<݀O g,J4b drO'NVWɱ(' i(,f?/2?o*=)àmt>U9k^Vr6cxP7Z[(]FIEs~LgG1zC"y^ZU \jhG&rἧ3J A87IʑJ:DMXZ^KЂPӾARP9~OSz$%Cm xZ+'54u%gtyv/ix.,1i u1]sLK:,kf$x Il|NCa@jx{MUkwz#/՚ך([m?5f#TKb#II(λ/ "OiAQQ-} {nEy?ޢlC%Z؝ǓEdn 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; People need an open mind to all the possibilities.&nbsp; I beca