About Dr. Shepard
Dr. Greg Shepard - CEO and Founder, Bigger Faster Stronger
Coach Shepard has a Masters degree in exercise physiology from the U. of Oregon and a doctorate from BYU in the same field. He has been a strength coach at Oregon State, U. of Oregon, BYU and was with the Utah Jazz from 1981-1997. Greg has been the Utah Football Coach of the Year and coached BYU's powerlifting team to the 1973 National Championship. Bigger Faster Stronger, of which Dr. Shepard is the CEO and Founder, is the most widely followed strength and conditioning program in the nation. He has given more than 500 all-day seminars and is the most widely published author in strength and conditioning. Coach Shepard got his weightlifting start in 1962 by being on the Salzburg, Austria team. He received Olympic lifting medals from the Austrian government for certain levels of achievement. Most recently, Coach Shepard's weightlifting team, TeamBFS, won the Utah State 2005 Weightlifting Championship.
Greg Shepard publishes the Bigger Faster Stronger magazine that has a readership of 500,000 coaches and athletes. Currently in 2006, Bigger Faster Stronger employs over 50 coaches who will do over 300 strength and conditioning seminars this year for tens of thousands of high school and college caoches and athletes throughout the nation.. They will learn the secret of reaching one's athletic potential without using steroids.
Dr. Shepard's organization also certifies coaches, graduating college seniors and personal trainers through a hands-on teaching experience to become Certified BFS Strength and Conditioning Coaches. In 2006, some 100 BFS Certifiacation Clinics will be held covering every section of the United States. This means that several thousand coaches will know the secret of the highest level of training and then pass that knowledge on to their athletes. These coaches and athletes will know the real truth about steroids: You don't need steroids to reach your very highest level of performance in mainstream sports. |