Special Strength Training Manual For Coaches
Yuri was very important in my early stages of learning the Soviet training system. Many know Yuri as an early researcher in the field of plyometric training and...
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A REVIEW – “SOVIET TRAINING AND RECOVERY METHODS”
Authors: Rick Brunner and Ben Tabachnik Ph.D. I had the great pleasure to talk to Coach Tabachnik, who I will call Ben in the rest of the article....
Keys To Raise The Clean
Keys to raise the clean It is impossible to use only classic lifts all the time to improve your clean. Do not train the clean and snatch in...
THE KING OF IRELAND
Gerry McNamara can claim the title for his long career. He started at 16-years-old at the 52 kg class lifting raw. He placed 12th at the International Powerlifting...
Facts and Fallacies of Fitness
I had the pleasure of assisting Dr. Mel Siff doing talks about the fine book Supertraining. Mel was a good friend and an expert on biomechanics. Mel was...
Science of Sports Training : How to Plan and Control Training for Peak Performance
Science of Sports Training (Thomas Kurz, ed 2, 2016) is titled correctly because it shows the science behind all aspects of training for all sports and the special...
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...
Conjugate System™ - Circa 2016
I have been asked many times what made me write a strength book about Olympic weight lifting. It has been pointed out to me that I have been...
Dear John Coffee
Dear John: It is always great to hear from you, and especially to hear your views on the Westside Strength Manual for Olympic Weight Lifting. But I did...
Programming and Organization of Training
When training for a meet, there must be organization of systems of training. This is called periodization. In 1917, Kotov, of the former Soviet Union, wrote a series...
Programming and Organization of Training
When training for a meet, there must be organization of systems of training. This is called periodization. In 1917, Kotov, of the former Soviet Union, wrote a series...
A System of Multi-Year Training in Weightlifting by A.S. Medvedyev
As you should know by now, the Westside system is adapted from the systematic research of the Soviet Union’s track and field and weightlifting methodologies. There was no...