PREPARE TO BENCH
The lifters at Westside are constantly going to meets. Many of the meets are small and mostly in Ohio. We like to represent Ohio. Top lifters should lift...
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32 articles · page 3 of 3BENCH PRESS WORKOUT
I am frequently asked to write personal workouts for a fee. However, I don’t have the time to do this. Westside makes training tapes on all matters of...
WESTSIDE BENCHERS
I receive many calls asking how our top benchers train. We have 17 benching over 700: one has done 830 (Mike Wolf), in addition to two 198’s who...
BENCH LOCKOUT
Have you been to a bench meet lately? There are a lot more misses than benches made. How can this be when all they do is bench? In my...
BENCH WORKOUTS
Westside has 30 members who bench more than 700 pounds and four who bench more than 800 pounds. We also have Laura Phelps, with a 505 at 165...
TRAINING THE LOCK-OUT
We are in a new millennium, and the times are a changing, as they say. Bench press shirts are a major part of powerlifting, so get with the...
TOP FIVE: PART II. THE BENCH
I wrote an article in 1993 entitled “Three of a Kind”. Westside was the only gym to have three 600-pound benchers: Kenny Patterson, George Halbert, and Jerry Obradovich....
BENCH PRESS
Westside has a method to its madness, and Travis Bell utilizes this perfectly. His raw bench has gone from 365 to 565, and his shirt bench has gone...