The Origin Of The Conjugate System- Podcast Video
In this episode Louie talks in depth about the true Conjugate System of training and where it came from. He also elaborates upon how he cross-referenced multiple authors...
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Maximal Effort Method™ and Dynamic Effort Method™ - Podcast Video
In our first live recorded podcast Louie Simmons and Tom Barry discuss the Maximal Effort and Dynamic Effort Methods for the lower body. This includes what volume, intensity,...
Maximal Effort Method™ and Dynamic Effort Method™ for the Upper Body Podcast Video
Maximal Effort and Dynamic Effort Methods for the Upper BodyIn our second live recorded podcast Louie Simmons and Tom Barry discuss the Maximal Effort and Dynamic Effort Methods...
Westside Barbell Exercises -The REAL J.M. Press
Check this video out of the J.M. Blakley Explaining And Demonstrating The real JM Triceps Press Exercise Movement
Equipment Education- Dual Pendulum Reverse Hyper
The Westside Barbell Dual Pendulum Reverse Hyper: … Or as I like to call it “The Swiss Army Knife” of Reverse Hypers. Users can get so much out...
Equipment Education- Standing Hamstring Curl Machine
The Westside Barbell Standing Hamstring Curl Machine: First let me preface this piece with a simple statement: There is NO such thing as quad dominant! There is only...
Equipment Education- The Ultra Supreme Reverse Hyper
The Ultra Supreme Reverse Hyper: Weighing in around 300 pounds, we have the Westside Barbell Ultra Supreme Reverse Hyper. We often refer to the Reverse Hyper as the...
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...
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...
Equipment Education- Inverse Curl
In athletics the hamstrings are rarely, if ever used by themselves… so why should athletes train them only isolated? While its true hamstring curls have their place in...
Somebody You Should Know! - Louis Cyr
Louis Cyr was a French-Canadian strongman born near Montreal in 1863. There are many stories of Cyr remarkable strength. One such story was in his youth working as...
Somebody You Should Know!- Bob Hoffman
Bob Hoffman was the founder of York Barbell and lived quiet the interesting life to say the least. Hoffman began a company called the York Oil Burner association....