This little old man’s secret to recovery lies in one word: bands.
Through the use of unconventional movements (or awkward movements), you can really force yourself to utilize better form and recruit numerous additional muscle fibers. Here are a handful of Big 3 variations you can try out.
In this episode of Table Talk Podcast, Dave Tate and JL Holdsworth reminisce about their time at Westside Barbell, perspective and the meaning of “going all in,” figuring out band and chain percentages, and more.
When I fully shifted to powerlifting and really began learning about strength, I just kept thinking about why I never got any of this information when I was an athlete.
After reading Conjugate U, I moved forward with implementing the Conjugate Method with my women’s tennis team. Here’s what we accomplished this past season.
Using chains as accommodating resistance incorrectly can be detrimental to your athletes…and your street cred.
There are definitely a few programs I have used with success in my lifting career and some that I will still recommend to lifters today, but conjugate is my favorite. It is the one I try to progress all my lifters to.
There’s a piece to the accommodating resistance puzzle that I don’t think anyone ever really discusses: using bands too often can ruin you for straight weight. There’s also an equally overlooked method of fatigue management.
My main goal for this article is to make the vast bodies of work on conjugate more digestible and more easily applicable to what is popular now: raw powerlifting.
Most coaches rely on verbal internal cues, which may be the least effective. Here are several alternative options to help your athletes.
Getting outside of your comfort zone, and literally getting uncomfortable can be a key to get you past plateaus and sticking points.
Just like a game of euchre, there is an optimal time to play these trump cards in powerlifting.
I just added speed work back into my training after a long time without it. Here’s how I’m doing it.
Bands? Chains? The strength curve? How can this data make you a better lifter and athlete.
Out of 16 years at Westside, this is the program I used for my PR 1160 squat and 2673 total.
Bodybuilding training isn’t the only way to build muscle. Here are serious hypertrophy techniques ripped straight from the powerlifting platform.
If your setup takes longer than your set, you may want to try this accommodating resistance alternative.
This man will kick you so hard in the chest, you will crap your ribs out. Literally. Out of your butthole.
If you want to know how to use chains for dynamic effort training or accommodating resistance, JL Holdsworth will show you everything you need.
Jennifer Petrosino takes an outside look at this four-day block rotation program.
It’s an essential aspect of any great strength training routine. But are you doing it correctly?