WSBB Blog: Sweat the Small Stuff
Tags: Training, Fighting, Mentality Time to Read: 4min Training for combat sports is as intense as it gets. Over the course of a ten to twelve week training camp...
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WSBB Blog: Good-Morning for a Good Total
Tags: Good-Mornings, Back Strength, Variations Time to Read: 3min The good-morning is an exercise that can be controversial depending on who you talk about them with. Many people...
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...
WSBB Blog: Beginning a Conjugate Program in 2021
Tags: Conjugate, Beginners, Westside Time To Read: 5min With the New Year upon us, many people are looking to make a change in their lifestyle, improve strength, cardiovascular...
WSBB Blog: Westside Shoulder Training
Tags: Shoulders, Max Effort, Strength Time To Read: 5min Whether you are a powerlifter, a strongman, a Crossfit competitor, or an athlete, having strong and healthy shoulders is...
The Luckiest Man Alive
By Louie Simmons Tags: Conjugate, Westside, ThoughtsTime to Read: 5min It may sound like I am not lucky to hear my story, but it was a long journey...
Equipment to Train Properly
By Louie Simmons Tags: Reverse Hyper, Home Gym, Sleds I competed in powerlifting contests from 1966 to 2011. During that time, I made the top 10 lists for...
WSBB Blog: What is Accommodation?
Tags: Accommodate, Conjugate Method, Max Effort, Dynamic Effort Time to read: 4min The human body is a highly intelligent machine that is able to deal with, and quickly adapt...
WSBB Blog: Strong is Strong
Tags: Culture, Westside Method, Programming Time to Read: 3.5min In the world of strength sports there can be a great deal of division amongst athletes. Powerlifters believe the...
Hey, Coach. You Can’t Be Too Strong.
By Louie Simmons Tags, Special Strength, Explosive Strength, Coaching Years ago, I heard the head strength coach at Tennessee University say to his audience that he did not...
WSBB Blog: A Strong Back Needs a Strong Stomach
Tags: Bracing, Back Health, GPP Time to Read: 2min If you’ve spent twenty minutes around a squat rack at any powerlifting gym, you’ve likely heard the term “big...
WSBB Blog: Up Your Clinch Game!
Tags: Fighters, Clinch, Endurance Time to Read: 4min Muay Thai kickboxing is one of the most intense and violent striking disciplines on the planet. A Muay Thai fighter...