Science and Practice of Strength Training
Westside began using the Soviet system in late 1981. It was trial and error, but our lifts were going up at a fast rate. It would seem we...
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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...
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....
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...
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...