Strength Training Articles

Bench Articles

Articles Tagged with Bench
How To Bench 500 Pounds, Easy!

How To Bench 500 Pounds, Easy!

Everyone strives for a goal, one of which may be a 500 bench. The problem is how do you achieve it? For me it was a mystery until I discovered a method of training known as the conjugate method.

Tue Oct 18, 2016
MORE BIG BENCHES

MORE BIG BENCHES

I was proud to write the article ‘Three of a Kind”, which reported that Westside...

Tue Oct 18, 2016
OVERCOMING PLATEAUS PART 2: THE BENCH PRESS

OVERCOMING PLATEAUS PART 2: THE BENCH PRESS

Everyone likes to bench press, but no one likes to get stuck. Not making progress...

Tue Oct 18, 2016
THE BENCH PRESS SHIRT

THE BENCH PRESS SHIRT

There’s always a lot of talk today about the bench shirt. In the beginning everyone...

Tue Oct 18, 2016
PREPARE TO BENCH

PREPARE TO BENCH

The lifters at Westside are constantly going to meets. Many of the meets are small...

Tue Oct 18, 2016
BENCH PRESS WORKOUT

BENCH PRESS WORKOUT

I am frequently asked to write personal workouts for a fee. However, I don’t have...

Tue Oct 18, 2016
WESTSIDE BENCHERS

WESTSIDE BENCHERS

I receive many calls asking how our top benchers train. We have 17 benching over...

Tue Oct 18, 2016
BENCH LOCKOUT

BENCH LOCKOUT

Have you been to a bench meet lately? There are a lot more misses than...

Tue Oct 18, 2016
BENCH WORKOUTS

BENCH WORKOUTS

Westside has 30 members who bench more than 700 pounds and four who bench more...

Tue Oct 18, 2016
TRAINING THE LOCK-OUT

TRAINING THE LOCK-OUT

We are in a new millennium, and the times are a changing, as they say....

Tue Oct 18, 2016
TOP FIVE: PART II. THE BENCH

TOP FIVE: PART II. THE BENCH

I wrote an article in 1993 entitled “Three of a Kind”. Westside was the only...

Thu Oct 13, 2016
BENCH PRESS

BENCH PRESS

Westside has a method to its madness, and Travis Bell utilizes this perfectly. His raw...

Thu Oct 13, 2016