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Westside Barbell, a legendary powerlifting gym, is renowned for its innovative methods. This blog post dives into their core training secrets, essential for preventing injuries and maximizing performance in squats and deadlifts.

Westside Barbell, a legendary powerlifting gym, is renowned for its innovative methods. This blog post dives into their unique approach to leg training, a crucial component for powerful squats and deadlifts.

The deadlift is one of the big three powerlifting exercises, alongside the squat and bench press. Records are constantly being broken, and lifter health is a top priority.

Stuck in a squat plateau? This guide explores box squatting, special exercises, and targeted training methods to elevate your squat game.

Ever feel stuck in a rut with your weightlifting? Grinding away at the same weights, seeing little to no progress? You might be experiencing accommodation, where your body adapts to the training stimulus and plateaus. But fear not, there’s a solution: accommodating resistance.

This blog post dives into a powerful 15-week powerlifting program designed by Westside Barbell, a renowned gym known for championing powerlifters. The program focuses on building a strong foundation and peaking for a competition.

Westside Barbell, renowned for its champion powerlifters, uses a unique periodization approach to squat training. This blog post dives into their program, focusing on intensity loading for the squat exercise.

Strong legs are crucial for various athletic endeavors, and squats are a go-to exercise to build leg strength. However, legendary powerlifter Louie Simmons argues that there’s more to a strong squat than just squatting.

The box squat is a variation of the traditional squat exercise that utilizes a box to control depth and potentially improve overall squat performance. Louie Simmons, a renowned powerlifting coach, is a big advocate for box squats, believing them to be a superior and safer alternative to regular squats. This blog post will delve into the benefits of box squats and how to perform them effectively.

Traditional squats are commonly viewed as a multi-joint movement heavily focused on knee extension. However, this perspective might be limiting your potential and even increasing injury risk. Let’s break down a more efficient and powerful squatting technique that emphasizes hip flexion and spinal stability.