Official Westside Barbell Conjugate Method seminars
Learn from the source. Know how to apply it.
Understand the Conjugate Method through the decisions that make it work. Learn why we choose the work, how we coach it, and how to adapt it to the person in front of us.
A training week only makes sense when you understand what each part is there to do. Our focus is the reasoning behind the method and how that reasoning carries into training.
See how the system fits together
The role of maximal, dynamic, and repetition effort—and how the work connects across a week.
Choose exercises with a purpose
What a variation is meant to address, what carryover you are looking for, and when a choice needs to change.
Make sense of loading and adjustment
Look at the demands of the work, the person doing it, and the feedback that should guide your next decision.
Apply the method to your situation
Work through the effect of experience, sport, equipment, and available training time.
Topics and depth are shaped by the seminar and its audience.
Coaches and lifters
Bring your questions.
For coaches & gym owners
Build the reasoning you need to coach the person in front of you.
Connect exercise choices to the athlete’s needs.
Explain what you are asking someone to do and why.
Adapt the work to your setting, equipment, and group.
For lifters
Understand the decisions behind your own training.
See how your main lifts and assistance work fit together.
Ask better questions about exercise selection and progress.
Understand what to consider when your training needs to change.
Westside’s education, carried forward
Learn with our people.
“Louie chose me to carry Westside’s education forward.”
— Tom Barry
Tom Barry
Head Coach
Burley Hawk
Lead Powerlifting Coach
Mac McFarland
Lead Wrestling Strength Coach
Laura Phelps
Official seminar instructor
Pictured with Louie Simmons
Jason Gusic
Official seminar instructor
Our official seminar instructors also include representatives Tom hand-picks, educates, works with, and trusts. The instructor and content are matched to the audience and the seminar.
Match the teaching to your needs
Tell us who you work with, what you want to understand, and where you need help applying it. That conversation shapes the instructor and the depth of the seminar.
Experience that fits your audience
Education for the people you coach.
We match the instructor to the people you train and the setting you work in. Our coaches bring experience from the populations they actively coach—not just familiarity with a topic.
Powerlifting
Understand the system for raw and equipped lifting. Our group includes competitive powerlifters and world-record holders.
Functional fitness
Apply the method in the context of CrossFit and HYROX training.
Tactical & first responders
Learn from coaches who actively train military, law enforcement, and firefighting populations and have worked within these settings.
Combat sports
Jiu-jitsu, wrestling, and MMA—with experience coaching combat-sport athletes, including world champions.
Field & team sports
Experience in professional lacrosse, including work with world champions, as well as football.
Your coaching environment
Experience across private facilities serving multiple disciplines, high school, collegiate, and NFL settings.
The planning conversation helps us match the relevant experience to your group.
Hosting, built around your audience
Start with a conversation.
01 / TELL US ABOUT YOUR GROUP
Send a short inquiry
Share your facility, audience, and what you want the seminar to help them understand.
02 / WORK THROUGH THE DETAILS
Have a planning call
We discuss experience, needs, equipment, and how deep the teaching should go.
03 / SHAPE THE SEMINAR
Match instructor & content
We use that context to plan the teaching and discuss the arrangements with you.
Future seminars
Tell us how you want to learn.
Bring Westside to your facility
What does your group need?
Bring Westside Barbell to your facility. We deliver seminars across the United States and internationally, with content tailored to your group.
Share your group and what you want to achieve. This starts a planning conversation—not a booking. We can discuss travel arrangements during the planning call.
Before you get started
Seminar questions, answered.
Do I need to be experienced with Conjugate?
No. Beginners and experienced coaches and lifters are welcome. Tell us where you are starting and what you want to understand.
Are Westside or online dates available now?
We’re collecting interest for future seminars. Dates and event details will be shared when available.
Can a hosted seminar focus on our group’s needs?
Yes. Start with an inquiry. The planning call helps us understand your audience and match the content, depth, and instructor.
Can the teaching fit my sport and experience?
Yes. Tell us who you coach or how you train, your experience with Conjugate, and the questions you need to work through. Hosted seminars are shaped through the planning conversation, including the instructor, content, and depth.
Who will teach the seminar?
Official Westside instructors include Tom Barry, Burley Hawk, Mac McFarland, Laura Phelps, Jason Gusic, and Tom’s personally selected representatives. Instructor arrangements depend on the seminar.
Does attending make me a certified coach?
Seminars and Westside’s coach certification pathway are separate. Seminar attendance does not itself confer certification.
Does an inquiry book a seminar?
No. A hosting inquiry starts the planning conversation. Joining the interest list does not reserve a place.
