A resource for serious lifters and athletes seeking proven strength training methods. The Westside Barbell blog breaks down programming, exercise selection, recovery, and performance strategies built on decades of elite coaching experience of founder Louie Simmons and his dedicated team.
We’ve undertaken a project to organize our 1,400+ articles — start with the curated guides belowThe Conjugate Method provides full-spectrum strength training, improving absolute strength, explosive power, work capacity, and muscle mass. This is done through the execution of max effort, dynamic effort,...
The Conjugate Method is a training system that can be implemented in many ways to help any athlete improve. A vital aspect of the Conjugate Method is the...
The deadlift is a lift that is one of the best tests of overall physical strength. It is the one powerlift that does not feature an eccentric phase,...
As an athlete, one of the most important attributes you can develop is your absolute strength. Today, many coaches dispute the need for max effort training. These coaches...
One of the reasons the Conjugate Method is so efficient is that it allows us to implement exercise variations with the intent of developing strength that will carry...
In strength sports, when you think of muscle groups most responsible for producing tremendous amounts of strength, none rank higher than the muscles that make up the back....
Building optimal Conjugate Method programming depends upon a coach's ability to select the appropriate exercises for an athlete and program those exercises to train the strengths responsible for...
Proper implementation of the dynamic effort method for lower body training is guaranteed to increase an athlete's rate of force development, enabling the athlete to display significant levels...
You should know the name Paul Anderson if you are a strength athlete. Paul was a legendary Olympic weightlifter, powerlifter, and strongman. This man possessed unbelievable strength and...
