SQUAT WORKOUT
I am always asked to make personal workout programs for lifters. This is impossible to do without see- ing these people in the gym and observing their form....
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585 articles · page 40 of 49THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW
Did you know there are three main methods of weight training? The Dynamic Method. This method develops and improves a fast rate of force development, or explosive strength....
THE LIGHTENED METHOD
At Westside Barbell, we often use the contrast methods: bands, chains, and of course the lightened method. For squatting, we use three different bands: the light band, the...
WESTSIDE BENCHERS
I receive many calls asking how our top benchers train. We have 17 benching over 700: one has done 830 (Mike Wolf), in addition to two 198’s who...
USING KETTLEBELLS
I am asked all the time what we do with kettle bells. Although they have been around forever, they have once again become the rage. There are kettle...
PERIODIZATION OF TRAINING
Anyone training for a meet has undergone some form of periodization. Unfortunately, most have misused a system in order to peak for a meet. Progressive gradual overload, or...
HELP WANTED
In the summer of 2005 1 placed an ad on our Web site for lifters that wanted to excel at powerlifting. We had just had a serious blow...
STRENGTH TRAINING METHODS
There are three main methods of training for strength. The most recognized is the maximal effort method. This method produces the greatest strength gains by improving intramuscular and...
ECCENTRIC UNLOADING
I have written about overspeed eccentrics, citing why it is so important to lower the bar as fast as possible to produce the most powerful stretch reflex as...
OFF-SEASON TRAINING
I have been asked many times what we do in the off-season. However, we don’t have an off-season; this would waste part of the year’s training. We are...
SQUATS
I squatted 525 in 1970 when I started to do power meets on a continuous basis. I squatted 920 in 2000 at 52 years old. It was an...
RACK WORK
When one thinks of rack work, Bob Peoples comes to mind. He was a powerlifting pioneer. His 725 deadlift at 185 in the 1940s and 1950s is legendary....