Conjugate Method for Personal Trainers: Where to Start
Learn how to realign goals, assess progress, and adapt training as your clients develop—and where Westside’s Level One education fits.
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Jiu-Jitsu Strength Training Before Competition: How We Prepared Dante Leon for ADCC
How we adjusted Dante Leon’s lifting as his jiu-jitsu workload increased before ADCC, with practical lessons on exercise selection, training volume, and athlete feedback.
Basic Conjugate Training Advice XXI
The Basic Conjugate Training Advice series aims to ensure coaches and athletes have access to knowledge covering specific aspects of the Conjugate Method so that they can use...
Learning the Westside Barbell Conjugate System
The Conjugate Method, when programmed correctly, addresses all strengths and sport-relevant traits both efficiently and effectively. A properly organized Conjugate Method training plan can rapidly improve sport performance,...
Introducing Maximal Effort Training
One of the most beneficial aspects of the Conjugate Training System is its consistent focus on developing absolute strength. Absolute strength refers to the maximum amount of force...
Three Keys to Conjugate Success
The Conjugate Training System is a strength and conditioning operating system that provides coaches and athletes with the tools to build comprehensive training plans that address the special...
Building World-Class Strength: Rylen Wax’s Development at Westside Barbell
16 years old, Rylen Wax represented Team USA at 45 kilograms in both Greco-Roman and freestyle at the 2026 U17 World Championships. He returned home this week as...
Max Effort for High School Wrestling
To build a truly successful strength program using the Maximal Effort (ME) Method, you need to lay down a solid foundation of education before your athletes ever touch...
Ally Kennedy: 2026 World Lacrosse Championship MVP
On Sunday night in Tokyo, Ally Kennedy walked off the field at Prince Chichibu Memorial Stadium a world champion for the fourth time. The United States beat Canada...
Introducing Dynamic Effort to Beginners
The dynamic effort method is one of the three primary strength training methods used within the Westside Barbell Conjugate Training System. This training method features submaximal weights lifted at...
Basic Conjugate Training Advice XX
The Conjugate Method is a strength and conditioning operating system capable of solving any strength and conditioning-related problem. Whether an athlete needs to get bigger, stronger, faster, or...
Conjugate Con 2026
The Conjugate Conference: August 7, Free, OnlineReserve Your SpotWe have partnered with BridgeAthletic to put on the Conjugate Con, a free one-day virtual conference on applying the Conjugate...