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I don't think the terms best and most widely used are interchangeable in this case. I know the BFS (Bigger Faster Stronger) program is what my high school used, and a lot of other schools do too. I don't think it's necessarily a bad program, but it needs some tweaking to it. My high school coach was a firm believer that every player should be doing the same weight program, but I think that is misguided. His intentions were good in his belief of why, but I don't think every player should have the exact same program, and the BFS program is a program that has every player doing the same routine. I'm sure that most coaches that have all their kids doing the same routine, believe like my coach did, that it promotes team unity because they are all doing the same thing. But, when we practice, do the WR's spend the same amount of time the OL do on the sled or practicing blocks? If we're going to have all the players do the same routine in the weight room to promote team unity, shouldn't all the players perform the same drills for the same amount of time on the practice field to promote team unity? I've learned in the past few months that in high school, even on the BFS program, my posterior chain was very weak. I recorded some very good lifts by time I was a sophomore and was actually the 5th strongest kid overall on the varsity team, and I played WR/LB. However, by my sr. year, I wasn't all that much stronger. If I had spent more time strengthening my posterior chain (glutes, low back, hamstrings) I would have smashed some weight lifting records at my high school. I've really concentrated a lot on my core muscles and lifting technique these past few months and it is absolutely amazing at how much strength I am adding to my major lifts. I'm going up 10 pounds/week for reps on average on my major leg exercises. For about the first 3 weeks I made decent gains on my strength, but the past 5-6 weeks have been amazing. I credit these great strength improvements to the fact that my posterior chain is much stronger. While I have gained a lot of strength, I try to keep in mind every single time I go to the gym that I'm not there to become a better weight lifter, I'm there to become a better football player. Have your kids concentrate on making themselves better football players in the weight room, not better weight lifters and expect that just because they are moving more weight means that they will automatically be better football players. The NFL has had probably thousands of athletes that were incredibly strong in the weight room but couldn't hack it on the field (Steve Emtman). Everybody squats, everybody benches, everybody dead lifts, it's the way you perform the exercise that will help your strength and power carry over to the field.