Strength Training Methods

WSBB Blog: The Squat Suit for Beginners

WSBB Education April 19th, 2021 4 minute read

Exercise Programming | Geared Lifting | strength training for beginners | Strength Training Methods

Tags: Squat, Tips, Novice Time to Read: 3.5min In the land of geared lifting, there are two pieces of powerlifting gear necessary to squat the heaviest...

WSBB Blog: The Deadlift Suit for Beginners

WSBB Education April 16th, 2021 4 minute read

Exercise Programming | Geared Lifting | strength training for beginners | Strength Training Methods

Tags: Deadlift, Novice, Conjugate MethodTime to Read: 3.5min In the realm of geared powerlifting, the deadlift suit is fortunately the easiest piece of...

WSBB Blog: Bench Press Shirt for Beginners

WSBB Education April 13th, 2021 4 minute read

Exercise Programming | Geared Lifting | strength training for beginners | Strength Training Methods

Tags: Bench, Tips, Program Time to Read: 3min The equipped bench press is one of, if not the most technical lift amongst all of the powerlifts. To be one...

WSBB Blog: Raw to Geared

WSBB Education April 8th, 2021 5 minute read

Conjugate Method | Exercise Programming | Geared Lifting | Raw Lifting | Strength Training Methods

Tags: Powerlifting, Basics, Accommodation Time to Read: 3min It is no secret that for the past decade there has been a shift from geared powerlifting to...

WSBB Blog: Increase Pitching Velocity The Westside Way

WSBB Education March 27th, 2021 3 minute read

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

Tags: Maximal Effort Method, Baseball, Accommodating Resistance Time to Read:  In the sport of baseball, the pitcher is the most important member of the...

WSBB Blog: Strength Endurance for MMA

WSBB Education March 23rd, 2021 3 minute read

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

Tags: MMA, Conjugate Method, Absolute Strength Time to Read: 3.5 min  Mixed martial arts is a sport that requires an athlete to possess high levels of...

Developing Special Endurance

Louie Simmons March 20th, 2021 7 minute read

Conjugate Method | Louie Simmons | Exercise Programming | Strength Training Methods

Tags: Plan, Strength, Explosive Strength Time to Read: 5mins Westside Barbell would seem like the last place to talk about special endurance. Our...

WSBB Blog: Top Three Tricep Exercises

WSBB Education March 16th, 2021 3 minute read

Conjugate Method | Exercise Programming | Strength Training Methods | Triceps

Tags: Tricep Training, Bench Training, Dumbbell Training   Time to Read: 3min At Westside Barbell, one of the primary focuses of our bench training is...

WSBB Blog: Conjugate Training for NASCAR Pit Crews

WSBB Education March 14th, 2021 4 minute read

Exercise Programming | Strength Training for Sports | Strength Training Methods

Tags: Conjugate Method, Dynamic Effort, Max EffortTime to Read: 5min The sport of NASCAR is a sport that is based entirely around speed. For years, teams...