2022 | Accessory Training | Dynamic Effort Method | Maximal Effort Method | Repeated Effort Method | Strength Training | Training Methods & Techniques
The success of your Conjugate Method programming will depend on your ability to properly regulate three aspects of training: intensity, volume, and...
Exercise Programming | Strength Training Methods | Training Methods & Techniques
Westside is famous for its Max Effort (M-E) workout and using the Dynamic Method for speed or explosive strength. But Westside also uses the third...
Louie Simmons | Injury | Recovery | Training Methods & Techniques
Most lifters have some idea of how Westside trains.It is a ratio of 20 percent barbell training with 80 percent small special exercises. This leads to a...
Exercise Programming | Strength Training Methods | Training Methods & Techniques
Vladimir Issurin PhD. If there is a method of determining who will, and who will not rise to the top in athletics, this book can answer many of those...
Exercise Programming | General Physical Preparedness | Strength Training Methods | Training Methods & Techniques
First and foremost I am honored and humbled to be promoted by Louie Simmons, Tom Barry, Marcus Marinelli (who labeled “Yee Systems, the missing piece of...
Louie Simmons | Bench | Geared Lifting | Strength Training Methods | Training Methods & Techniques
I made the Top 10 in the United States in 1972 in Powerlifting News. At that time, they kept track only of the Top 10 and this was with no equipment....
Louie Simmons | Equipment | Exercise Programming | Strength Training Methods | Training Methods & Techniques
Have you ever wondered how you measure up to other athletes or lifters? Are you quick with light loads? What about heavy loads? How explosive are you when...
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 | Bench | Exercise Programming | Strength Training Methods | Training Methods & Techniques
The lifters at Westside are constantly going to meets. Many of the meets are small and mostly in Ohio. We like to represent Ohio. Top lifters should lift...
