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Premier & Live Q&A starts @ 6.00pm 3/27/20 In this video, Louie Simmons shares some of the real history of Westside Barbell and what impact the original Westside...
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The BOB: What is it?
The BOB quite honestly can change the way a lifter/athlete performs. From the classical and base lifts to stability, mobility, balance, and gait The BOB can...
Keep It Simple - Sleds 101
The Basic Sled Pull (Posterior Chain & General Conditioning) To perform the basic sled pull the athlete should have their weight belt centered over the navel with...
Westside Barbell: GPP Home Workouts Wk.2
Giant Sets *extra workouts In contrast to last week, we’ll be instituting a large amount of motion and angles back to back. After going once through a Giant...
Keep It Simple - A Workout Guide To Healthy Joints
Act now and start training your joints. Do not start by overcomplicating things, keep it simple. Start with the basics of what a joint is and how to...
Organization of Training
tags: training, waves, strength & conditioning It is most important to avoid over or under training. To avoid either extreme would call for using a...
Max Effort Sled Workout
Training Brief This Max effort movement is performed with a weighted sled attached to a belt around your waist. When pulling ensure your heel is striking the pavement...
Banded Home Workout - For Your Joints
Workout Brief The aim of this quick workout is to put force into our joints to keep whatever range of motion you have healthy. The body uses force inputs...
CONJUGATE TACTICAL “AT HOME, WEEK ONE”
Training Brief Bodyweight training based on efficiency and necessity to keep your central nervous system stimulated while providing force to joints to keep them healthy. Equipment Needed...
Westside Barbell: Gym Based Home Workouts
Main Training Days Below is the first week of bare-bones conjugate style workouts you can do to for your strength as well as increase GPP. Day...
Westside Barbell: GPP Home Workouts
Statics These are primarily extra workouts for the back end of the day for one's GPP(general physical preparedness) and SPP(special physical preparedness). However, they are also targeted towards maintaining as...
GPP Workouts at Home
Can't get to the gym? Don't sweat it, instead use it as an opportunity to get back to the basics. Many today have 'home gyms,' whether this means...