FRED: A BOLDT OF LIGHTNING
Fred Boldt moved from Buffalo, NY, in October 2001 to Columbus to train at Westside Barbell. His bench press was 400 in the 165 pound class and had...
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RESEARCHING RESISTANCE
There are many things about strength that I don’t understand. One, in particular, is how the heck did the father in The Courtship of Eddie’s Father turn into...
ORGANIZATION OF TRAINING PART 1
When planning training, one must not plan for the next meet, but rather the next year or even longer. The following are some issues to consider: Weight gain...
ORGANIZATION OF TRAINING PART 2
When planning training, one must not plan for the next meet, but rather the next year or even longer. The following are some issues to consider: Weight gain...
PERCENT TRAINING: WHAT IS IT REALLY?
In the squat, what is too heavy to train with and too light to train with? In Russia , much research revealed that 65-82.5% of a 1 rep...
Programming and Organization of Training
When training for a meet, there must be organization of systems of training. This is called periodization. In 1917, Kotov, of the former Soviet Union, wrote a series...
2010 POWERSTATION PRO/AM MEET
As always, Mike Ferguson, owner of the Powerstation gym in Cincinnati, OH hosted a great three day meet on August 20-22nd. Mike’s motto is no mistakes and there...
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...
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...
General Physical Preparedness
I am often asked, how do we recover from two max effort workouts a week on top of two high-volume speed days? The two max effort workouts are...
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....