And I suppose Louie Simmons or at least someone at the Westside Barbell Club stated that that (what you claim) is what Westside is and that, as you say, “if you are doing those things, or even just some of those things then you are likely doing some form of westside.”
Riiiiiight.
When you want to advise someone that WS4SB would, in your opinion, be appropriate for them, say that.
Not that “Westside” is appropriate for them.
The latter will not, by most, or by any that use words properly, be understood to mean WS4SB, but will be understood to mean training according to Louie Simmons’ teachings NOT as modified by another trainer to being quite substantially different from anything Louie Simmons has ever taught.
If you want them to train according to what DeFranco says, don’t use a term that means training according to what Louie Simmons says.
Listen, for example, I could write an article and have it posted on a major website, if I wanted, called “5/3/1 For Former Fat Boys” or whatever that changes what Wendler said and which advocates what Wendler never has and likely never would, while also carrying over parts of his program.
I should not do so: but I could.
My appropriating the 5/3/1 name for my program does not make it “5/3/1.” And most certainly, if it’s my program a person wants to refer to, they shouldn’t use only the phrase 5/3/1, as that refers to Wendler’s program. Do you see?
Yes, DeFranco was able to name his program that because Westside is not a trademark-protected term. But that does not make his program Westside. Changed from Westside, yes.
I understand that you are new to this and it is impossible to be aware of everything. But now you should know. If you still don’t, then it’s out of stubbornness.