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...
Westside Powerlifting Morning Crew-Max Effort Upper Body Workout September 28th
Powerlifting Crew Workout Main Lift Bench against light bands to a 2 board for a max. Then work up to a 3 board max after 2 board max...
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...
WESTSIDE FOR CROSSFIT
General Endurance A Crossfit athlete must have all special strength’s. Explosive strength for jumping, speed strength for the Olympic lifts strength speed for the deadlifts. Most important though...
Programming and Organization of Training
When training for a meet, there must be organization of systems of training. This is called periodization. In 1917, Kotov, of the former Soviet Union, wrote a series...
Programming and Organization of Training
When training for a meet, there must be organization of systems of training. This is called periodization. In 1917, Kotov, of the former Soviet Union, wrote a series...
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...
Speed-Strength Periodization
For the development of speed-strength, one should use the Combinations of Methods training. Westside has had great success with adding bands to the barbell for speed-strength....
How to Bench Press Correctly
With six men breaking all-time world records, while training at Westside, we have developed a system that helps Dave Hoff bench press 1014 pounds in a...
Training Methods
TRAINING METHODS: “But Westside Doesn’t Work For Me” By: Westside Barbell “Westside doesn’t work for me…” This statement is still present in the world...