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Old 01-26-2005, 09:30 PM   #8 (permalink)
GqArtguy
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You dont need the bread if you dont want.

Id start liking veggies, or find a way to cook them so they are palatable.

Id probably axe the milk and stick to cottage cheese (fat free). You might want to keep bananas to an absolute minimum if you want to repartition.

To quote sean illes, a conjugate template is defined as the following:

Westside is a template based LARGELY on a collaboration between the foremost authority on Powerlifting, Louie Simmons, Original Badass, and the foremost expert on sports science, Dr. Mel C Siff, PhD, in an effort to design a top notch training regime that would be based on solid, no nonsense science. The Westside "system" is also largely based on research and theory published by Vladimir Zatsiorsky, Mendveyev, Verkoshansky, and other Eastern Bloc coaches and research.

Westside, essentially, is a conjugate periodised template, meaning it focuses on the development of multiple qualities at once, rather than focusing on one for a period of time, and then switching in a "linear" manner. Most advanced lifters find this method to be the only way that they can regularly keep imroving without taking fairly large steps back--ask a fellow named Goldberg here about how it was with an Ian King or Charles Poliquin "program" in comparison to the Conjugate model as he became increasingly advancd.

The template revolves mainly around three methods of strength devlopment:

Max Effort: Lifting circa max weight for low reps (1-4)

Repetition: Lifting a relatively light weight (probably between 60-85% of 1RM) for many repetitions close to failure (5-12)

Dynamic: Lifting a light load such as 50% of your max, while accelerating it maximally for low reps (1-3)

Realy, Westide is a "Simple" program. It probably is the best all around program for any intermediate athlete, regardless of sport or skill level, as it will address three main concerns:

Size
Strength
Rate of Force Devlopment

As the athlete becomes increasingly advanced, they can always manipulate, or create, a conjugate template to suit their specific needs more closely, and to incorporate some of the more advanced, or experimental methods to induce gains.

But basically, if you stick to the bread and butter approach of those three methods (or just the max effort and repetition if you are rather new), you will yield great gains, and if you manage your volume and intensity, you will keep them up for a long time to come
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