Strength Training for Sports

WSBB Blog: How Westside Would Run a NFL Weight Room?

WSBB Education February 8th, 2021 5 minute read

Exercise Programming | Football | Strength Training for Sports | Strength Training Methods

Tags: Football, Training Intensity, Conjugate Time to Read: 4min  With the Super Bowl over, we thought it would be a good time to talk football, and how we...

Programs for the Olympic Lifter

Louie Simmons January 21st, 2021 7 minute read

Exercise Programming | Olympic Weightlifting | Strength Training for Sports | Strength Training Methods

Programs for the Olympic Lifter Tags: Olympic, Conjugate, Speed Time to Read: 5 Min Westside Barbell has broken more than 100, actually close to 140, all-time...

WSBB Blog: Max Effort Upper for the Football Lineman

WSBB Education January 12th, 2021 3 minute read

Exercise Programming | Football | Strength Training for Sports | Strength Training Methods

Tags: Max Effort, Conjugate, Football Time To Read: 4min In the game of football, linemen are the anchor of both the offense and the defense. Having a...

WSBB Blog: Training to Fight like Tyson

WSBB Education November 24th, 2020 5 minute read

Boxing | Exercise Programming | Mixed Martial Arts | Strength Training for Sports | Strength Training Methods

Tags: Knockout, Fighters, Strength Time to Read: 3 min When it comes to professional fighters, there are many different styles. Some fighters are dynamic...

WSBB Blog: Strength Endurance for BJJ

WSBB Education November 11th, 2020 4 minute read

Exercise Programming | Mixed Martial Arts | Strength Training for Sports | Strength Training Methods | Wrestling

Tags: Endurance, BJJ,  Time to Read: 4min Strength endurance training is an often overlooked method of training when constructing a conjugate style weight...

WSBB Blog: Absolute Strength Development for Grappling

WSBB Education October 7th, 2020 4 minute read

Exercise Programming | Mixed Martial Arts | Strength Training for Sports | Strength Training Methods | Wrestling

Tags: Grappling, Absolute Strength, Athletes Whether you are competing in Wrestling, Judo, or Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, your absolute strength is one thing you...

Football SPP: Mini Workouts

Westside Barbell March 29th, 2020 2 minute read

Louie Simmons | Exercise Programming | Strength Training for Sports | Strength Training Methods

These Mini Workouts are made to compliment what is done on the field in order to maintain athletic stability while training from home. -A Skip 5x20yds

Football, a Conjugate Approach P.2

Westside Barbell February 20th, 2020 6 minute read

Louie Simmons | Exercise Programming | Football | Strength Training for Sports | Strength Training Methods

      Below are the two primary constraints (time and equipment) which bind and at times neutralize what strength and conditioning staffs are capable...

Football, a Conjugate Approach

Westside Barbell January 29th, 2020 3 minute read

Louie Simmons | Exercise Programming | Football | Strength Training for Sports | Strength Training Methods

  Tags: football, strength and conditioning, athletics       What would happen if a top level collegiate football team was trained utilizing a pure...