Westside Powerlifting Morning Crew-Dynamic Effort Lower Workout October 14th 2016
Powerlifting Crew Workout Main Lifts - 10 sets of 2 reps of Cambered Bar and Blue Bands (60% Bar weight Plus 25% Band tension) -10 sets of 2 reps of doubled...
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A Multiyear Plan
Renowned sports scientist A. S. Medvedyev wrote a text called A System of Multi-Year Training in Weightlifting (1986). It was translated by Andrew Charniga, Jr. It presents a...
TOP FIVE SQUATS: PART I
We have 17 men who squat over 1000 pounds. The top five average 1143 pounds. Our top five totals equal 2690 pounds. How can one gym develop such...
TOP FIVE: PART II. THE BENCH
I wrote an article in 1993 entitled “Three of a Kind”. Westside was the only gym to have three 600-pound benchers: Kenny Patterson, George Halbert, and Jerry Obradovich....
TOP FIVE: PART III. THE DEADLIFT
Before bench shirts, there was a saying, “the meet does not start until the bar touches the floor”. At Westside, we have always had very good deadlifters: 18...
Strong Legs
Strong Legs (Circa 2011) Westside lifters started doing belt squats in 1975. I personally realized in the early 1970s that my quads were somewhat smaller than before I...
BENCH PRESS
Westside has a method to its madness, and Travis Bell utilizes this perfectly. His raw bench has gone from 365 to 565, and his shirt bench has gone...
THE SQUAT
After moving to Westside, A.J. Roberts has improved his squat from 1008 to 1140 pounds in just over 2 years by following the conjugate system. This includes a...
DEADLIFT TRAINING
Although we have never had a Benny or an Andy or for that fact a Lamar Grant type of deadlifter, we do have many very good deadlifters, both...
OLYMPIC LIFTING DEBACLE
It was good to read Ed Bakers and John Coffee’s commentary on my “debacle”. I am referring to my new book Olympic Lifting Strength Manual. My interpretation of...
STRENGTH TRAINING FOR WEIGHTLIFTING
Hello Westside Fans. This article is for our Olympic Weightlifting enthusiast. It is a sample of a 3 week pendulum wave for the squat, snatch and clean &...
How to Execute A Box Squat Correctly!
Foreward Westside Barbell founder Louie Simmons was an avid writer for people who wanted to learn about practical strength training. He based his information on practical experience with...