Conjugate Method | Louie Simmons | Bench | Exercise Programming | Strength Training Methods
Everyone likes to bench press, but no one likes to get stuck. Not making progress is no fun and sometimes grounds for retirement. Only the strong at heart...
Conjugate Method | Louie Simmons | Deadlift | Exercise Programming | Strength Training Methods
Squat and bench press records are continually being set in recent years. It’s easy to see why. Most federations have a 24-hour weigh-in rule, which is a...
Conjugate Method | Louie Simmons | Exercise Programming | Strength Training Methods
Because the human body is stronger at some positions than at others, we are limited as to the amount of weight we can use in a certain movement. For...
Louie Simmons | Back | Exercise Programming | Strength Training Methods | Training Methods & Techniques
At Westside we do an enormous amount of back work. This consists of upper and lower back work. The upper back plays a large role in all three lifts. For...
Louie Simmons | Exercise Programming | strength training for beginners | Strength Training Methods
I hear all the time that Westside training is for the advanced and that only top 10 lifters can do the training that is required at Westside. It is...
Conjugate Method | Louie Simmons | Dynamic Effort | Exercise Programming | Strength Training Methods
While recovering from my second lower back injury, for which doctors recommended removing two disks, taking off a bone spur, and fusing my vertebrae, with...
Conjugate Method | Louie Simmons | Exercise Programming | Max Effort | Strength Training Methods
In part 1 I wrote about the numerous methods that Westside uses on dynamic squat and bench day. Many methods are combined and rotated in the conjugate...
Louie Simmons | Bench | Geared Lifting | Powerlifting | Strength Training Methods
There’s always a lot of talk today about the bench shirt. In the beginning everyone welcomed it on the scene. Unfortunately, bench shirts provided only a...
Conjugate Method | Louie Simmons | Exercise Programming | Strength Training Methods
When lifters repeatedly use the same simple method of training to raise their strength level, they will eventually stall. Like the scholar who must...
