Conjugate Method | Louie Simmons | Exercise Programming | Strength Training Methods
When squatting or deadlifting, a successful lift is dependent on keeping your back in good position. This takes a strong back as well as strong abs. At...
Conjugate Method | Louie Simmons | Exercise Programming | Squat | Strength Training Methods
When I write about training, I am reporting the results of our top lifters. So far, 16 have squatted over 800, six have squatted over 850, and one has...
Conjugate Method | Louie Simmons | Exercise Programming | Strength Training Methods
How important is controlling volume? What about the range of intensity. These are issues seldom addressed by today’s lifters. I found out the hard way...
Louie Simmons | Bench | Geared Lifting | Strength Training Methods | Training Methods & Techniques
I made the Top 10 in the United States in 1972 in Powerlifting News. At that time, they kept track only of the Top 10 and this was with no equipment....
Louie Simmons | Equipment | Exercise Programming | Strength Training Methods | Training Methods & Techniques
Have you ever wondered how you measure up to other athletes or lifters? Are you quick with light loads? What about heavy loads? How explosive are you when...
Conjugate Method | Louie Simmons | Exercise Programming | Strength Training Methods
I write to all powerlifters, but I am always amazed to hear a drug-free lifter say that he can’t train the Westside way. Although these lifters are...
Conjugate Method | Louie Simmons | Bench | Exercise Programming | Strength Training Methods
2018 Update Everyone strives for a goal, one of which may be a 500 bench. The problem is how do you achieve it? For me it was a mystery until I...
Conjugate Method | Louie Simmons | Bench | Exercise Programming | Strength Training Methods
I was proud to write the article ‘Three of a Kind”, which reported that Westside had three 600-pound benchers. Only a few years later we have eight...
Conjugate Method | Louie Simmons | Exercise Programming | Strength Training Methods
Your squat is going nowhere. No matter what you do it won’t increase. What can you do? Well first, let’s find the real problem. It can be several things:...
