ISOMETRIC TRAINING
Isometrics In the 1960’s Isometric Training became the rage. Bob Hoffman was making an Isometric power rack at his York Barbell company. It was made very narrow, about...
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Westside Raw
Many ask, how does Westside train for a raw contest? The answer is simple, the same. Remember our system is based on physics, mathematics, and bio mechanics. The...
WESTSIDE FOR CROSSFIT
General Endurance A Crossfit athlete must have all special strength’s. Explosive strength for jumping, speed strength for the Olympic lifts strength speed for the deadlifts. Most important though...
SHOCK METHODS
Plyometrics, commonly used by Westsiders to develop explosive and absolute strength, were invented by Dr. Verkhoshansky. However, Verkhoshansky used the term, “shock training.” Shock training covered many forms...
DON’T DEADLIFT!
It was 1970 and I was having a hard time going up in the deadlift. The more I deadlifted, the more backward was my progress. Then, one day...
WESTSIDE BARBELL 1970- TOM PAULUCCI
Before Tom came to train with Westside in 1974, he was an outstanding track and field athlete, starting at Buffalo University. Tom held the shot put record in...
WHO MADE WESTSIDE IN THE 90‘s?
A lot happened from 1991-2000 at Westside. I almost died in 1991. I ruptured my patella tendon during a low box squat. I am very sensitive to anesthesia,...
WHO BUILT WESTSIDE BARBELL? – THE 1980’S
The 80's! In January, the garage team went to the YMCA nationals and won the team title. I won the 220 class with a 1,950 total (the 3rd...
AMY WEISBERGER
Amy started training full time at Westside in 1988, after college at Ohio University. She drove 75 miles, three times a week from June of ’88 until the...
What Westside Means To Louie
What Westside Means To Louie Simmons? His answer may surprise many, but this is how it was told to me. After sitting down with one of his favorite...
Dr.Anatoliy Bondarchuk
We all know that Dr. Bondarchuk was a great hammer thrower, a former World Record holder and also and Olympic Champion. His knowledge of sports has certainly surpassed...
Science and Practice of Strength Training
Westside began using the Soviet system in late 1981. It was trial and error, but our lifts were going up at a fast rate. It would seem we...