SPEED lifts...

[Superman55 Lightweight Member Find all posts View Profile Close Superman55]

who does them? dosent? how do you incorporate them into your routine?

[mark! Light-heavyweight Member Find all posts View Profile Close mark!]

I've used them working up to a meet in the past. Not something we frequently shuffle in to our routine though. We would typically pick a day and just run a speed day, usually the week after deload, or at times during the deload depending on how we all felt. Especially if someone was struggling with exploding off the floor, it helped a lot of guys gain momentum all the way through the lift.

[big ross Middleweight Member Find all posts View Profile Close big ross]

Dave Tate just wrote a really good article on elitefts about dynamic effort. I was doing cleans twice a week (first exercise on squat and deadlift day) for a long time, just makes me feel like an athlete.

[7_Deadly_Sins Intense Muscle Competitor Find all posts View Profile Close 7_Deadly_Sins]

I do westside, read some stuff Louie has wrote about them, I can tell a big difference from adding them in.

[big ross Middleweight Member Find all posts View Profile Close big ross]

I do westside, read some stuff Louie has wrote about them, I can tell a big difference from adding them in.

Is it worth doing west side out of a commercial gym? Seems like they used a lot of specialty bars, chains and bands. I know you can do it but is the effectiveness still there when doing dynamic work without the bands and such.

[theroymccoy Heavyweight Member Find all posts View Profile Close theroymccoy]

Newb question: Isn't speed work just using lighter weight?

[0001Delta Heavyweight Member Find all posts View Profile Close 0001Delta]

Newb question: Isn't speed work just using lighter weight?

You have to use some degree of accomodating resistance (chains and bands), or overload the movement on some part of the motion (instead of deadlifts, do box deads and etc.)

[0001Delta Heavyweight Member Find all posts View Profile Close 0001Delta]

Is it worth doing west side out of a commercial gym? Seems like they used a lot of specialty bars, chains and bands. I know you can do it but is the effectiveness still there when doing dynamic work without the bands and such.

You don't need the specialty bars, but it's a good idea to ask your gym if you can bring in some chains. Accomodating resistance is great.

I think Dave Tate wrote an article series on how to do Westside without special equipment or chains. Will have to look it up.

[Big R Intense Muscle Competitive Powerlifter 1370 Total in the 242 class Find all posts View Profile Close Big R]

You don't need the specialty bars, but it's a good idea to ask your gym if you can bring in some chains. Accomodating resistance is great.

I remember seeing that one vid with Shelby in something that looked like a Snap Fitness, but he brought in some chains to squat with lol.

[theroymccoy Heavyweight Member Find all posts View Profile Close theroymccoy]

You have to use some degree of accomodating resistance (chains and bands), or overload the movement on some part of the motion (instead of deadlifts, do box deads and etc.)

Ahhh gotcha thanks

[0001Delta Heavyweight Member Find all posts View Profile Close 0001Delta]

I remember seeing that one vid with Shelby in something that looked like a Snap Fitness, but he brought in some chains to squat with lol.

I find it most gyms actually don't care that you bring in extra equipment as long as you're polite and nice and actually ask permission, 90% of the time they'll allow you to bring in whatever you want ( and let you leave it there, so you let other people to use it as well )


My gym is almost planet-fitness nazi like, but they're letting me bring in almost 400 pounds of chains and a row machine I've built.

[7_Deadly_Sins Intense Muscle Competitor Find all posts View Profile Close 7_Deadly_Sins]

Is it worth doing west side out of a commercial gym? Seems like they used a lot of specialty bars, chains and bands. I know you can do it but is the effectiveness still there when doing dynamic work without the bands and such.

Yea I enjoy it, all you need are bands really..my gym doesnt have a power rack and I still do it fine, but I'm joining a new gym that does have a power rack so it'll be that much better.

The bands pretty much make the DE. Grab one of his books he explains it into as much depth as anyone could want.

You don't need the specialty bars, but it's a good idea to ask your gym if you can bring in some chains. Accomodating resistance is great.

I think Dave Tate wrote an article series on how to do Westside without special equipment or chains. Will have to look it up.

Can you link me to that I'd like to read it.

[thuggish New Member Find all posts View Profile Close thuggish]

Newb question: Isn't speed work just using lighter weight?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TkORAlTY6r4

start there. it's hard to follow louis, but you'll get it eventually.