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Think back to the 1980s, when Louie trained in his basement and garage. There existed no specialty equipment, and yet he and his training partners all...
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Westside Barbell: Gym Based Home Workouts Wk.3
Main Training Days Below is the third week of bare-bones conjugate style workouts you can do to for your strength as well as increase GPP. Day 1: Max Lower ...
Westside Barbell: GPP Home Workouts Wk.3
Ascending Giant Sets *extra workouts These catch up to you quick, and are executed in the following fashion: Set 1: exercise 1 Set 2: exercise 1&2 Set...
CONJUGATE TACTICAL AT HOME WORK OUTS
WEEK TWO Day 1: 3 Sets of 1:30 Max Rep Goblet Squat 4 Sets: 50 Romanian Dead Lift+30 Alternating Lunge 1 x 100 Table Top Reverse Hyper Conditioning:...
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...