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Athletic Excellence: Embracing Daily Hard Work
Trust the Process, Not the Result In sports, success is more than just winning trophies. It is about the hard work and daily effort athletes put into training....
Forging the Future: Westside Barbell 2024
As we transition to a new chapter, our commitment to cultivating elite athleticism, community engagement, and fostering a culture of relentless improvement remains steadfast. This update outlines our...
Enhancing Athletic Performance: How Dante Leon Optimized His Grappling Skills with Strength and Conditioning
Success in professional grappling demands a combination of skill, strategy, and athleticism. As a highly accomplished grappler, Dante Leon possessed exceptional skills when he joined Westside Barbell. Dante...
Training Consistency: The Key to Unlocking Optimal Athletic Performance
How Consistency, Trust, and Communication Lead to Greater Skill Acquisition and Injury Reduction Introduction: In the world of athletic training, one critical element stands out in the quest...
Lessons from Louie
Louie Simmons was an avid reader and consumer of education, so his book collection was vast and varied. You could find titles ranging from zen and samurai stories...
Louie's Plan
I'm not here to write a remembrance piece or publicly post an emotional tribute. Louie would kick my ass if I even considered it. He hated such things,...
Conjugate for Athletes: Programming Optimization
It is a trap to think you can fix nonlinear problems with linear solutions. This is one of the many reasons linear periodization is a sub-par choice for...
Behind These Walls
Premier & Live Q&A starts @ 6.00pm 3/27/20 In this video, Louie Simmons shares some of the real history of Westside Barbell and what impact the original Westside...
Why Choose Westside Barbell
There is only one reason to buy Westside gear. Those who know, know. If you don't, we will circle back towards in a little bit then end to...
Episode 36 - Louie Simmons talks with Dave Hoff
In this episode brought to you by the conjugateclub.com, Louie Simmons sits down with Westside's resident World Record holder Dave Hoff to discuss his powerlifting career, his journey through...
Cryoxcel Cryotherapy
Cryoxcel is a new cryotherapy manufacturer that produces top of the line cryotherapy units with state of the art technology. They're leading the way with improvements to...