Conjugate Method | Louie Simmons | Exercise Programming | Strength Training Methods
Did you know there are three main methods of weight training? The Dynamic Method. This method develops and improves a fast rate of force development, or...
Conjugate Method | Louie Simmons | Exercise Programming | Strength Training Methods
At Westside Barbell, we often use the contrast methods: bands, chains, and of course the lightened method. For squatting, we use three different bands:...
Louie Simmons | Bench | Geared Lifting | Powerlifting | Weight LIfting History
I receive many calls asking how our top benchers train. We have 17 benching over 700: one has done 830 (Mike Wolf), in addition to two 198’s who have...
Louie Simmons | Exercise Programming | Strength Training Methods | Training Methods & Techniques
I am asked all the time what we do with kettle bells. Although they have been around forever, they have once again become the rage. There are kettle...
Conjugate Method | Louie Simmons | Exercise Programming | Strength Training Methods
Anyone training for a meet has undergone some form of periodization. Unfortunately, most have misused a system in order to peak for a meet. Progressive...
Louie Simmons | Geared Lifting | Powerlifting | Weight LIfting History
In the summer of 2005 1 placed an ad on our Web site for lifters that wanted to excel at powerlifting. We had just had a serious blow dealt to us at...
Conjugate Method | Louie Simmons | Exercise Programming | Strength Training Methods
There are three main methods of training for strength. The most recognized is the maximal effort method. This method produces the greatest strength gains...
Louie Simmons | Exercise Programming | Strength Training Methods | Training Methods & Techniques
I have written about overspeed eccentrics, citing why it is so important to lower the bar as fast as possible to produce the most powerful stretch...
Conjugate Method | Louie Simmons | Exercise Programming | Strength Training Methods
I have been asked many times what we do in the off-season. However, we don’t have an off-season; this would waste part of the year’s training. We are a...
