What Your Gym Really Needs
How do you build a Westside gym? First, you need special bars. The theory of the conjugate system is to rotate exercises in some way to avoid accommodation....
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What Westside Means To Louie
What Westside Means To Louie Simmons? His answer may surprise many, but this is how it was told to me. After sitting down with one of his favorite...
Thank You
I would like to thank Glen Pendlay and the Olympic Lifters for there participation in his weight lifting seminar at Westside Barbell that demonstrated how to include special...
Dr.Anatoliy Bondarchuk
We all know that Dr. Bondarchuk was a great hammer thrower, a former World Record holder and also and Olympic Champion. His knowledge of sports has certainly surpassed...
UNDERSTANDING THE TRAINING PROCESS
UNDERSTANDING THE TRAINING PROCESS By Alan Sherry CSP GymWe are now thankfully (well, hopefully) long passed the idea that a one-size-fits-all approach is the way forward for appropriate...
Understanding HRV
Understanding HRV By Alan Sherry CSP Gym Stress: When people think of stress, they think of its mental properties, the worries and anxieties of everyday life. Stress however...
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...
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...
