JFIFC    $ &%# #"(-90(*6+"#2D26;=@@@&0FKE>J9?@=C  =)#)==================================================rK" }!1AQa"q2#BR$3br %&'()*456789:CDEFGHIJSTUVWXYZcdefghijstuvwxyz w!1AQaq"2B #3Rbr $4%&'()*56789:CDEFGHIJSTUVWXYZcdefghijstuvwxyz ?-60*c4g@4`zJ ҫ+vb8Qހ4Aȥ3iʐƑȶo0x`F ֽHNA_j$f+PI [݁&*^s1#B9paR< @ۃ{PTZ\PjV׋#*W'l4dpx#_Pv0[i& #gth?w'ڵ,tR*#]M>7P"_tE?ր8 ;+˩+XiNq8e^0%P+Z}B`[ƀ1' X.\8M3(d؃0R%$]׊j3f/:Z-Do>B2 ?Z/G@!n=Ky ;QFkt$ϸ -1*wgڵ{\#Ҁ7uⳭVB6qchʂzf8͕6G8W݀6֦H;<򼘃9#GޝܲW\ EjJ𝬒nX%`~.bqVlGUʊ[eVBKeT?7aKni'Z5VXAO&kxB4K/,mLWuc}5Ӥ2# wP9V6`ۙ|Oi㻛k.kHa@pݷ)?ZѤ]hG1vxx">c|vm ?k'@?{$P-q* J]u"After graduating from the Academy and serving a short-term assignment at Wright-Patterson Air Force base in Ohio as a financial manager, Adams was able to return to the Academy as an assistant strength coach while completing master s degrees in exercise science and business administration. When he retired from the Air Force in 1998, Adams built a private strength coaching business, working with both amateur and professional athletes. News eventually spread around the NFL of Adams s talent for making football players bigger, faster, stronger and injury free, and this year Adams accepted Coach Callahan s offer to become the head strength coach of the Oakland Raiders.<br>Adams works out of the team s state-of-the-art training facility in Alameda, California. In this exclusive BFS interview, Coach Adams discusses the challenges and rewards of being a head strength coach in the NFL.<br><br>BFS: How much did your degree in exercise science help you as a strength coach?<br>Adams: It gave me a great foundation in physiology, biochemistry, nutrition and biomechanics.<br><br>B