A resource for serious lifters and athletes seeking proven strength training methods. The Westside Barbell blog breaks down programming, exercise selection, recovery, and performance strategies built on decades of elite coaching experience of founder Louie Simmons and his dedicated team.
Louie Simmons | Exercise Programming | Strength Training Methods | Strength Training Program
Below is the first week of bare-bones conjugate style workouts you can do to for your strength as well as increase GPP. -Work up to a 1 Rep Max Sumo...
Louie Simmons | Exercise Programming | Home Gym Training | Strength Training Methods | Strength Training Program
These are primarily extra workouts for the back end of the day for one's GPP(general physical preparedness) and SPP(special physical preparedness)....
Louie Simmons | Exercise Programming | Strength Training Methods | Strength Training Program
Can't get to the gym? Don't sweat it, instead use it as an opportunity to get back to the basics. Many today have 'home gyms,' whether this means a full-on...
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...
Conjugate Method | Louie Simmons | Exercise Programming | Strength Training Methods
First, let’s answer the question... “What is explosive strength?” Zatsiorsky described explosive strength roughly by dividing the maximum force...
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...
Conjugate Method | Louie Simmons | Exercise Programming | Strength Training Methods
In 2014, at thirty years old, Dennis Kipruto Kimetto, (b. Jan 22, 1984) a long-distance runner from Kenya set the marathon record of 2:02:57 (two...
Conjugate Method | Louie Simmons | Exercise Programming | Strength Training Methods
Tags: sprinters, methods, strength and conditioning, conjugate method One must not use Block Style Periodization as it leads to detraining. It does not...
Conjugate Method | Louie Simmons | Exercise Programming | Strength Training Methods
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