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What is westside training?
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Here's a little blurb from Dave Tate that gives you a basic description:
What is it that makes this group achieve standards others only dream of? What makes them known as The Best of the Best? This was the question I often asked myself before joining this elite group. I wanted to know what the magic bullet was. What were their secrets behind the numbers? What are they doing different? As I discovered, it has to do with a program that specializes in making a weak athlete strong, and a strong athlete stronger. The training behind Westside Barbell ranges from increasing work capacity to increasing the level of preparedness. The methods responsible for this are the max effort and dynamic effort methods structured under a conjugated method of periodization. These principles are responsible for creating a group of lifters who are confident, motivated, and inspired strength athletes.
At Westside, these attributes are developed year-round and have become known in power lifting circles as the Westside Methods. Today’s strength athletes can no longer rely on natural ability and strength derived from training using the progressive overload, Western method of periodization, or bodybuilding methods. Today’s strength athletes have to develop not only strength, but also explosive speed to progress to the next level. Strength is no longer enough.
The full article is here:
http://www.musclemonthly.com/articles/001015/001015-tate-westside-powerlifting.htm
Not sure if that's the answer you're looking for or not...
What is it that makes this group achieve standards others only dream of? What makes them known as The Best of the Best? This was the question I often asked myself before joining this elite group. I wanted to know what the magic bullet was. What were their secrets behind the numbers? What are they doing different? As I discovered, it has to do with a program that specializes in making a weak athlete strong, and a strong athlete stronger. The training behind Westside Barbell ranges from increasing work capacity to increasing the level of preparedness. The methods responsible for this are the max effort and dynamic effort methods structured under a conjugated method of periodization. These principles are responsible for creating a group of lifters who are confident, motivated, and inspired strength athletes.
At Westside, these attributes are developed year-round and have become known in power lifting circles as the Westside Methods. Today’s strength athletes can no longer rely on natural ability and strength derived from training using the progressive overload, Western method of periodization, or bodybuilding methods. Today’s strength athletes have to develop not only strength, but also explosive speed to progress to the next level. Strength is no longer enough.
The full article is here:
http://www.musclemonthly.com/articles/001015/001015-tate-westside-powerlifting.htm
Not sure if that's the answer you're looking for or not...
PH, I love Westside for 6 very clear cut reasons:
Speed work
Strength work
Hypertrophy work
Planned rest
Active recovery
GPP
...ok 7 reasons,
RESULTS !!!
It is the most well rounded program I've ever seen. If you have the right body for it, and the right diet, you will get strong as hell AND grow like a weed at the same time.
The most similarly structured program I've seen is 5x5, which also turns out some VERY strong people with killer physiques.
Speed work
Strength work
Hypertrophy work
Planned rest
Active recovery
GPP
...ok 7 reasons,
RESULTS !!!
It is the most well rounded program I've ever seen. If you have the right body for it, and the right diet, you will get strong as hell AND grow like a weed at the same time.
The most similarly structured program I've seen is 5x5, which also turns out some VERY strong people with killer physiques.
