Going for Strength - 5x3

Training Powerlifting
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[quote]TYPE2B wrote:
My advice for anyone who has an interest in improving power:

  1. Keep raising your max strength until you fucking die.

  2. Oly lifts is the answer for power development. I am a firm believer that box squats, or any type of DE westside stuff is reserved for PLers only! It’s just my opinion.

  3. Lighter bodyweight = faster sprinting speed, higher vertical jump, blah blah.[/quote]

No where in WS4SB are there any O-lifts, which I was doing before and still want to do.
So should I just insert them into dynamic lower body day?

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[quote]bluefingas wrote:
TYPE2B wrote:
My advice for anyone who has an interest in improving power:

  1. Keep raising your max strength until you fucking die.

  2. Oly lifts is the answer for power development. I am a firm believer that box squats, or any type of DE westside stuff is reserved for PLers only! It’s just my opinion.

  3. Lighter bodyweight = faster sprinting speed, higher vertical jump, blah blah.

No where in WS4SB are there any O-lifts, which I was doing before and still want to do.
So should I just insert them into dynamic lower body day?[/quote]

If you’re doing mainly a westside routine, the olympic lifts are not welcome. Me personally, my currnet routine right now involves an olympic lift, followed by a tye of squat, followed by a posterior chain dominant exercise, followed by upper body and core stuff. My training split is the “heavy ligh medium method” from Bill Starr, which has been used by several oldtime strongmen…

It’s either Westside, or an oly lifting focused program.