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.
Conjugate Method | Louie Simmons | Exercise Programming | Strength Training Methods
Keeping volume in check as a coach and/or athlete is one detail commonly overlooked. 🔸For example:10x2@200lbs = 4000lbs of volumeIf one set is mistakenly...
Conjugate Method | Louie Simmons | Exercise Programming | Strength Training Methods
Below is a Max Effort session for all those looking to build the bottom of the bench.1️⃣Straight Bar Illegal Double Wide Bench 3x3🔸‘illegal double wide’...
Conjugate Method | Louie Simmons | Exercise Programming | Strength Training Methods
Once you engage the ‘press’ of the barbell, push the body AWAY from the bar. Doing so keeps the shoulder blades pinned back, and lats/upper back engaged....
Conjugate Method | Louie Simmons | Exercise Programming | Strength Training Methods
🔸Straight Bar Box Squat 1RM-parallel box-this should be a retest for most🔸Straight Bar Box Squat x3, 5, 7-each set is as much as you can move for the rep...
Conjugate Method | Louie Simmons | Exercise Programming | Strength Training Methods
Day by day, set by set, brick by brick.As Rome was not built in a day, neither is a perfect squat/bench/or deadlift. Keep trying new movements, this is a...
Conjugate Method | Louie Simmons | Exercise Programming | Strength Training Methods
Quick tip. Using boards work the dual threat of lockout from your mini-max(sticking point), but also train your back arch to not collapse under extreme...
Conjugate Method | Louie Simmons | Exercise Programming | Strength Training Methods
‘If you’re going to play a contact sport, you need the right equipment. You don’t play football without a helmet, do ya?’-Louie SimmonsLearning how to...
Conjugate Method | Louie Simmons | Exercise Programming | Strength Training Methods
Ascending Giant Set:1️⃣Incline DB Bench x15~30° incline2️⃣Flat Bench DB Flye x203️⃣Plate Raise x25-hip to eye level-hands at 10&24️⃣Flat Bench DB Williams...
Conjugate Method | Louie Simmons | Exercise Programming | Strength Training Methods
Everyone has experienced a training plateau in one lift or another. Some can find a way to overcome a training plateau, while others...
