Appears to be? I don’t think so. Unless you’re trying to hit a 1RM on a regular basis (and even then not that dangerous) its no more dangerous than any other strength trainng using >85% loads.
Rotating your heavy lifts around on a regular basis causes more soreness and stiffness than sticking to the same exercises for most of the season.
I don’t think this is necesarily true, but it could be a concern if you you did really heavy training in season. Out of season I don’t think it will impact much as long as you sprint first and lift later.
Moreover, unlike powerlifters, people training for the sprints do not need to reach their full strength potential in order to maximise their performance in the event they are competing in and are thus probably better off using a more basic lifting routine that a) leaves them with sufficient CNS reserves for their sprint training and b) doesn’t make them more likely to get injured.
Again, the injury thing is a non-issue, and Westside is not so much about the loads, it about the rotation of exercises, and upper/lower body splits, and the ME, RE, DE splits. None of these conflict with strength training for a sprinter in the off season.
I’m not aware of any studies comparing the incidence of injury amongst Westside lifters to that seen in people using other types of routines. Please let me know if you have seen such a study.
No, I haven’t either, but then I’m not the one making claims about the safety of one vs the other.
And for the record, I don’t do straight Westside, nor do my lifters, but not for the reasons you suggest.