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Floor Press: A Secret to Stronger Frames in Jiu Jitsu

Floor Press: A Secret to Stronger Frames in Jiu Jitsu

Tom Barry August 15th, 2025 4 minute read

#jiujitsu | Bench Press Training

How To Strengthen Frames for Jiu-Jitsu Have you ever wondered how Dante Leon maintains such a strong frame against the best grapplers in the world? In...

Maximizing Your Gains: A Guide to the Bench Press Exercise

Maximizing Your Gains: A Guide to the Bench Press Exercise

Burley Hawk March 4th, 2025 14 minute read

Conjugate Method | Bench Press Training | Training Methods & Techniques

The bench press is one of, if not the most popular, barbell exercises. While the deadlift has become the more popular lift today, historically, it has...

Starting Conjugate: Dynamic Effort Upper Walkthrough

Starting Conjugate: Dynamic Effort Upper Walkthrough

Burley Hawk September 27th, 2024 6 minute read

Conjugate Method | Bench Press Training | Dynamic Effort Training

Dynamic effort training is essential to our upper body training at Westside Barbell. It allows us to improve upper body explosive strength, leading to...

Justin Inacio's 8-Week Bench Press Breakthrough

Justin Inacio's 8-Week Bench Press Breakthrough

Tom Barry March 15th, 2024 12 minute read

Athletes | Bench Press Training | Dynamic Effort Method

In his rookie season, when athletes often focus just on their games, Justin Inacio, a professional lacrosse player, decided to take on an additional...

Raw Bench Press Training: Chest and Shoulders

Raw Bench Press Training: Chest and Shoulders

Burley Hawk January 15th, 2024 6 minute read

Conjugate Method | Accessory Training | Bench Press Training

Westside Barbell has used the Conjugate Method for decades to build some of the strongest bench presses in powerlifting. Westside has produced numerous 800,...

Starting Conjugate: Building the Raw Bench Press

Starting Conjugate: Building the Raw Bench Press

Burley Hawk October 5th, 2023 9 minute read

Conjugate Method | Bench Press Training | Exercise Programming

Developing upper body strength is critical to the success of any athlete. The chest, back, arms, and shoulders play a tremendous role in many sports, especially...

Pin Press Bench

Pin Press Bench

WSBB Education July 25th, 2023 12 minute read

Bench Press Training | Strength Training Methods | Training Methods & Techniques

The Westside Barbell Conjugate System provides a training template that allows a coach to build a complete athlete. A critical aspect of building a...

The Barbell Bench Press

The Barbell Bench Press

WSBB Education June 22nd, 2023 14 minute read

Conjugate Method | Accessories | Bench Press Training

Developing a strong upper torso is an essential aspect of strength training. No matter the sport, athletes will benefit significantly by improving the strength...

Starting Conjugate: Standard Bench Variations

Starting Conjugate: Standard Bench Variations

Burley Hawk April 6th, 2023 7 minute read

Conjugate Method | Bench Press Training | Exercise Programming

The Conjugate Method utilizes two upper body training days, max and dynamic effort upper. The first upper body training day of the week is max effort...

How to Bench Press Correctly

How to Bench Press Correctly

WSBB Education December 8th, 2022 12 minute read

Conjugate Method | Bench Press Training | Training Methods & Techniques

The bench press is an exercise that is a staple in practically any type of training program. It doesn't matter whether you are an athlete, a powerlifter,...