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Equipment Education- Inverse Curl

Tom Barry 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...

Westside Powerlifting Morning Crew-Max Effort Upper Body Workout September 28th

Westside Powerlifting Morning Crew-Max Effort Upper Body Workout September 28th

Tom Barry 1 minute read

Louie Simmons | Exercise Programming | Max Effort | Strength Training Program

Bench against light bands to a 2 board for a max. Then work up to a 3 board max after 2 board max has been achieved. Heavy Dumbbells 3 sets of 10 Reps ...

A REVIEW – “SOVIET TRAINING AND RECOVERY METHODS”

A REVIEW – “SOVIET TRAINING AND RECOVERY METHODS”

Louie Simmons 6 minute read

Louie Simmons | Book Review | Training Methods & Techniques

Authors: Rick Brunner and Ben Tabachnik Ph.D. I had the great pleasure to talk to Coach Tabachnik, who I will call Ben in the rest of the article. I found him...

Keys To Raise The Clean

Keys To Raise The Clean

Louie Simmons 4 minute read

Conjugate Method | Louie Simmons | Olympic Weightlifting | Strength Training Methods

Keys to raise the clean It is impossible to use only classic lifts all the time to improve your clean. Do not train the clean and snatch in the same...

THE KING OF IRELAND

THE KING OF IRELAND

Louie Simmons 4 minute read

Louie Simmons | Geared Lifting | Powerlifting | Weight LIfting History

Gerry McNamara can claim the title for his long career. He started at 16-years-old at the 52 kg class lifting raw. He placed 12th at the International...

Free 1 hour Louie Simmons Westside Barbell Training Video

Free 1 hour Louie Simmons Westside Barbell Training Video

Tom Barry 0 minute read

Louie Simmons | Coaching | Exercise Programming | Strength Training Methods | Training Methods & Techniques

   

Science of Sports Training : How to Plan and Control Training for Peak Performance

Science of Sports Training : How to Plan and Control Training for Peak Performance

Louie Simmons 4 minute read

Louie Simmons | Book Review | Training Methods & Techniques

Science of Sports Training (Thomas Kurz, ed 2, 2016) is titled correctly because it shows the science behind all aspects of training for all sports and the...

WESTSIDE FOR CROSSFIT

WESTSIDE FOR CROSSFIT

Louie Simmons 6 minute read

Louie Simmons | Exercise Programming | General Physical Preparedness | Strength Training

General Endurance A Crossfit athlete must have all special strength’s. Explosive strength for jumping, speed strength for the Olympic lifts strength speed...

Conjugate System™ - Circa 2016

Conjugate System™ - Circa 2016

Louie Simmons 5 minute read

Conjugate Method | Louie Simmons | Strength Training Methods

I have been asked many times what made me write a strength book about Olympic weight lifting. It has been pointed out to me that I have been a...