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Hamstring Injury Prevention

Hamstring Injury Prevention

Louie Simmons March 9th, 2022 4 minute read

Conjugate Method | Exercise Programming | Hamstrings | Injury | Strength Training Methods

There are far too many hamstring injuries that lead to knee injuries that could cause the season to end for the athlete and sometimes the team’s season....

WSBB Blog: Building Bulletproof Hamstrings

WSBB Blog: Building Bulletproof Hamstrings

WSBB Education January 4th, 2022 4 minute read

Conjugate Method | Exercise Programming | Hamstrings | Strength Training Methods

There are many different muscles in the body; however, few muscles play as important a role as the hamstrings when it comes to lower body strength. If you...

WSBB Blog: Hamstring Training 101

WSBB Blog: Hamstring Training 101

WSBB Education July 16th, 2021 4 minute read

Conjugate Method | Exercise Programming | Hamstrings | Strength Training Methods

Tags: Deadlift, GPP, Squat When it comes to powerlifting training, few muscle groups play as important of a role as the hamstrings do. In order to squat...

WSBB Blog: Quick Guide to Hamstring Training

WSBB Blog: Quick Guide to Hamstring Training

WSBB Education January 18th, 2021 3 minute read

Conjugate Method | Exercise Programming | Hamstrings | Strength Training Methods

Tags: Deadlift, Good Morning, Accessory Time: 4min When training the posterior strength chain, no group of muscles is more important to focus on than the...

THE VIRTUAL FORCE SWING

Louie Simmons October 18th, 2016 6 minute read

Louie Simmons | Equipment | Hamstrings | Strength Training

At Westside Barbell we use the dynamic method throughout the year. Its purpose is not to build maximal strength but to improve the rate of force...

THE WESTSIDE BARBELL BELT SQUAT

Louie Simmons October 18th, 2016 5 minute read

Louie Simmons | Equipment | Hamstrings | Quads | Strength Training

The Secret Weapon in Strength and Conditioning At Westside Barbell we are constantly asked what is the most effective and versatile piece of equipment...

Equipment Education- Dual Pendulum Reverse Hyper

Tom Barry September 29th, 2016 5 minute read

Louie Simmons | Equipment | Hamstrings | Reverse Hyper | Strength Training

The Westside Barbell Dual Pendulum Reverse Hyper: … Or as I like to call it “The Swiss Army Knife” of Reverse Hypers. Users can get so much out of the...

Equipment Education- Standing Hamstring Curl Machine

Tom Barry September 29th, 2016 3 minute read

Louie Simmons | Equipment | Hamstrings | Strength Training

The Westside Barbell Standing Hamstring Curl Machine: First let me preface this piece with a simple statement: There is NO such thing as quad dominant!...

Equipment Education- Inverse Curl

Tom Barry September 29th, 2016 5 minute read

Louie Simmons | Equipment | Hamstrings | Strength Training

 In athletics the hamstrings are rarely, if ever used by themselves… so why should athletes train them only isolated? While its true hamstring curls...