WSBB #46 - Louie Simmons | Origins of Westside Barbell

Podcast: Louie Simmons on the Origins of the Conjugate Method and Westside Barbell

Join Westside Barbell founder Louie Simmons as he explores the origins of the Conjugate Method and the early days of Westside Barbell. Dive deep into the history of powerlifting, influential figures, and how the gym became what it is today.

Topics Discussed

1. Welcome
2. Westside Barbell Culver City
3. Box Squat Origins
4. Bill "Peanuts" West
5. Training at the YMCA
6. Powerlifting in the 1960s
7. Joe DeMarco
8. Pat Casey
9. George Frenn
10. No Gear
11. Transition to the Conjugate Method
12. Discovering Soviet Training
13. Realising Conjugate works
14. Improvements utilized from the Conjugate System
15. Introducing Bands and Chains
16. Verkhoshansky and Zatsiorsky
17. Cross-referencing Books
18. Mel Siff
19. Embracing Conjugate
20. Changes in Powerlifting history
21. Ed Coan
22. Difference between Now and Back then
23. Why start a gym?
24. When did the gym become Westside-Barbell?
25. Where was the first Westside?
26. The first crew
27. Where did the logo Nitro come from?
28. Kenny Patterson
29. George Halbert
30. Crazy Gym Lifts
31. Mark Bell, Dave Tate, Chuck Vogelpohl
32. Dave Hoff
33. Raw Deadlift Strength at Westside
34. Louie's whole world