WSBB Blog: Advanced Press Exercises
Tags: Bench Training, Accommodating Resistance, Avoiding Accommodation Time to Read: 3 min Whether you are a powerlifter, a strongman, or an Olympic weightlifter, every strength athlete can benefit...
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WSBB Blog: Bench Press Set Up 101
Tags: Benching, Dynamic Effort, Max Effort Time to Read: 5min The bench press is a lift that requires a great deal of skill and precision to execute. Whether...
WSBB Blog: Building a Raw Bench Press The Westside Way
Tags: Bench, Dumbells, Westside Method Time to Read: 4min How much do you bench? This is one of the most common questions you will hear if you walk...
Maximal Effort Benching
Westside has had multiple men hold all bench world records. How? A large part is the max effort workouts. There are too many available for you to use...
Westside Barbell Old School Old School Speed Bench Sets
Speed Benching at Westside Barbell. Old School video.
Raw Benching in 2016
Raw Bench Pressing Westside lifts in mostly gear meets. There is a lot to learn on how to use a bench shirt, but you must also raise your...
Top 10 Westside Benches
Westside Barbells Top 10 Benches Rank First Name Last Name Total Wt Class Body Weight Coefficient 1 Jason Coker 900 198 195 530.37 2 Dave Hoff 1000 275...
TRAINING EQUIPMENT: NEVER LOOKING BACK
I made the Top 10 in the United States in 1972 in Powerlifting News. At that time, they kept track only of the Top 10 and this was...
How To Bench 500 Pounds, Easy!
HOW TO BENCH PRESS 500 EASY! 2018 Update Everyone strives for a goal, one of which may be a 500 bench. The problem is how do you achieve...
MORE BIG BENCHES
I was proud to write the article ‘Three of a Kind”, which reported that Westside had three 600-pound benchers. Only a few years later we have eight 600-pound...
OVERCOMING PLATEAUS PART 2: THE BENCH PRESS
Everyone likes to bench press, but no one likes to get stuck. Not making progress is no fun and sometimes grounds for retirement. Only the strong at heart...
THE BENCH PRESS SHIRT
There’s always a lot of talk today about the bench shirt. In the beginning everyone welcomed it on the scene. Unfortunately, bench shirts provided only a small increase...