Westside for Fat Bastards!
Westside for Fat Bastards!

I’m sure you’ve all heard of the monsters at the Westside Barbell Club in Ohio.

 30 Days Without Weights: Part II
30 Days Without Weights: Part II

In my first article on body weight training titled “30 Days Without Weights,” I spoke about the many benefits of using body weight training during a training phase.

The Wonderful World of Calisthenics
The Wonderful World of Calisthenics

Typical bodybuilders and gym rats have forgotten about the old school ways of developing a great physique. Back in the old days, great physiques were made without the use of free weights or machines.

The Tendo and Its Use for Autoregulation
The Tendo and Its Use for Autoregulation

The Fitrodyne Powerlyzer by Tendo, or Tendo unit as it’s more commonly known, is a piece of equipment used to measure the speed of the bar. This allows the coach to know several things such as whether the athlete is training what he or she is supposed to be training and whether the bar speed has started to drop. Here, I’ll discuss how to use the Tendo unit as a means of autoregulation.

My Fictional Dinner with Louie Simmons
My Fictional Dinner with Louie Simmons

My brain works like a puppy on crack. It never seems to stop. Unlike Homer Simpson, I can’t seem to get it to stop working for even short periods. What I can do is try to direct my train of thought. Working in my lab, I often have many experiments that involve tasks that I have performed hundreds or thousands of times before.

Beginnings
Beginnings

This is kind of a queer way to begin an article, but I still remember the first time I met him like it was yesterday. It was the fall of 2002, and we were sitting on opposite ends of the room in our public communication class as freshmen at Ithaca College.

Bench Training with Ed Rectenwald
Bench Training with Ed Rectenwald

Coming up with new articles each month can be a challenging task and coming up with quality information can be even harder. After a couple hundred articles I find myself repeating myself time and time again.

Just Do It
Just Do It

The time has finally arrived for me to summarize how I train high school athletes in my quaint, but aesthetically unappealing subterranean gym.

Strongman and Westside Training
Strongman and Westside Training

I get calls just about every day asking for help integrating strongman training and Westside style training and I see a lot of confusion with this.

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