JFIFC    $ &%# #"(-90(*6+"#2D26;=@@@&0FKE>J9?@=C  =)#)==================================================bK" }!1AQa"q2#BR$3br %&'()*456789:CDEFGHIJSTUVWXYZcdefghijstuvwxyz w!1AQaq"2B #3Rbr $4%&'()*56789:CDEFGHIJSTUVWXYZcdefghijstuvwxyz ?(sPŸrHVdZSҸXu/VZvz\O,xڧ*O I )UttCPQ~)|!kcC+8Իhڥ@P**e`4RƑrGnvj~!Z5%;"Pwƴ3CoN r>ltC*<pUCo@!dw<>qCiRi[Yc}+TT7o`0&__b;u GMKءeT:6 AX5g 0 K*{jS7-,A8[JЊWSW-t(vF>?ayxeIEYK&XeiU5it&_q6*/XJFis6w=%WWnMu ѭnye z&=kCx콹B_)\E&ӱ dY\}&unXդ?\m55.Ҿ u:^cp29%mnqGʣԳqch~!0pCug{}kr,]-vT213#/ulε5]noYdLuG֔WCNQ`>v}]Z2g>ʴ-Q[C<'+ԯnbHTʉ{>~/~ҥc<fa˞$ѿ53lZzVFkצ][PݦI'#W#KTz*I'a[XZ׮o9.K ?^+KjaE0tQ6g<Ct<ΔsWSۣ ")s:(UP@O [_/*ڊ*JAKڊ(- )Š)EBZ(K?strength coach alongside head strength coach Jack Braley and me at the Academy until graduation. <br>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 a