"Louie Simmons Fired Me!" | Westside Vs. The World REVIEW

Mark reviews the new documentary Westside Vs. The World. What did you think about the movie? Comment below.
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[@samuelclemons508]

1996 I tore my right hip squatting. Rehabbed it for 6 months , It wouldn't come around . Westside's phone number was in one of Louies articles in PL USA , so I figured what did I have to lose . I called and asked to speak to Louie and he said THIS IS LOUIE . I explained my injury and said I was calling for help/advice . He spent 5 minutes talking to me and couldn't have been nicer. Told me he had done the same thing and how to get it better. After I hung up I was still kind of in shock , here was the most famous P L coach in the world helping someone he'd never met on the phone , with no hesitation. I'll never have anything bad to say about Louie Simmons .

[@kevinybarzabal2720]

Samuel Clemons how could you...you don’t even know him

[@AlejandroSanchez-pl6jw]

Kevin ybarzabal because many haters talk bad about him without even meeting him. Others that criticize Simmons were just critiquing. Everyone else just talk shit

[@veganbodybuilding]

@@mptrader1620 If you don't mind, what was the name of his DVD about the back? I have just hurt my back so that would be useful.

[@mptrader1620]

@@veganbodybuilding There were two. Training Secrets of Westside Barbell: Reactive Method and Training Secrets of Westside Barbell: Dead Lift Secrets.

[@veganbodybuilding]

@@mptrader1620 thank you so much. I will check them out. I need a few ideas while I am waiting for physiotherapy (& now with this virus who knows when that will be?)

[@gunnuts82]

I watched it on Netflix a few days ago.. loved every minute of it.

[@גלאלון-ד1ב]

Couldn't find it can you help?

[@nicoturturro7519]

When Dave hoff said it was on the level of pumping iron and rocky, he was right

[@raptorgod77]

Very interesting

[@RevoltingRudi]

Louie: You are off the Team Mark!

[@dennielittle3297]

Hi Mark I'm glad you're doing so well. I remember you from Westside. Your sense of humor and personality is off the charts! As always your a class act. Your review of W.S.A.W. was spot on. It was a privilege to have the opportunity to train at Westside before it was really "WESTSIDE BARBELL" at the first location off Demorest road. It was never in the cards for me to be on the "board of fame" but Louie helped me train just like the phenoms. Anyone that hasn't had the opportunity to step foot into this gym can't speak on it. People like yourself, Louie Simmons, Dave Hoff, Kenny P, Jimmy R, Chuch V., Jerry O., are now and always will be Westside legends. Especially the old school guys that were there in the beginning. Pioneering powerlifting and bringing it into mainstream culture. In the 90s when a person saw a guy in a "westside barbell" black and white T you knew what he was about! Serious dangerous and strong as f$#k! I think some of that's been lost over time because of the diversity of the people getting involved in the sport now. And its not a bad thing because powerlifting is the greatest, most intense sport on earth. A way of life that few can endure. Best of luck Mark in all you do. Sincerely, Dennie Little Sr.

[@knuckledragger4648]

Even if you've got 0 interest in athletics or lifting, Louie is just an interesting dude. Insanely sharp and intelligent, he can rattle off numbers and percentages like nobody's business. Ridiculously motivated, who else would've had translations done on Russian textbooks, *pre-internet*, for something he wasn't making a living from. Plus the physical tenacity, dude has an injury list longer than the first testament but he keeps going. You get people that have one, maybe two of those qualities, but for someone to have all of them is extremely rare.

[@canadiansensei]

Wow, to have been told by Louie that you'd never make the board, and then fired by him you show no resentment or anomocity whatsoever: impressively humble.

[@johnsambo9379]

Lou knew what he was doing. He was motivating him.

[@fakeracounte2211]

Thank you! I always, always appreciate your candidness! It may just be simple words coming from your mouth to our ears, but these words carry memories and emotions.

[@christianbolt5761]

You and Dave Tate are great ambassadors for Louie and Westside. Thanks for the movie update. Perfect date night movie 🎥 🍿 !

[@Moshbearpig]

Great talk Mark. Documentary is on Netflix now!

[@badgerbush3556]

I watched it last night. It left a big impression on me. These guys are on a different level.

[@srouse39]

Sounds like the push you needed. Louie Simmons is a master manipulator in a good way. Loved the movie and he definitely knew how to get under people’s skin but it pushed them to be better. That is a good or even great trait of a master coach!

[@melevets]

Videos like this are why I watch your channel! I appreciate a successful person being humble and not being afraid to show it.

[@joshuawaltz9484]

You went on to be your own man Smelly and have done great things love the podcast

[@RussellDDixon]

Agreed. Trained there in the early 90's with Lou, Doris, Amy, Chuck,Jeff Chorpenning and others. I learned a lot and Lou is a very gracious and kind person. I haven't seen him in many years; however, am too very grateful for all that I learned there.

[@marcoleone8189]

Thank you for this great tribute and review Mark! Even though I've never met the man or never even been to Westside Barbell it's been a huge influence on everything that I do in the gym and with the people I help! You, Dave Tate, Jim Wendler, Matt Wenning, Donnie Thompson have all been very big influences as well but it started with Louie! Thank you!

[@CsaVage90]

Smelly beat Hoff? Further proof of being a monster, Smelly.

[@LC-in5or]

Smelly beethoff 😅😅

[@tonyallen3138]

Awesome video, I gotta say Mark witnessing your weight loss/transformation is mind blowing. Keep up the great work.

[@904strengthclub]

Glad you put this out. Not that it's mine or anyone else's business, but it looked like there might be a bit of hard feelings from the movie. I was glad to watch this and hear you speak positively about Louie and your time at Westside.

[@matthewarnold2802]

Great stuff Mark. Honest and humble!

[@JFatGlentract]

Saw it the day it came out on Amazon. It was surprisingly good!

[@robf8023]

Honesty and respect, you’re a class act Mark

[@FactsOfDeath]

Mark looks great. I was first introduced to him by his brothers documentary. He seems a nice man.

[@user-go5hv6dg3d]

Its always interesting to hear from someone who actually was there.. so many people talk Shit about west side but never actually set foot in it.. cheers smelly!

[@Mossy1978]

Great Video & Even Better Story! Thanks again Smelly 💪🏼🤜🏼💥🤛🏼💯

[@Apemanstrong]

Great video, Mark.

[@mellowhype5033]

I am Size Master, bow before me simple peasants.

[@mauricejenkins2819]

Mark and seem like a very genuine person. I wanna thank you for being the inventor of a piece of equipment that’s allowed me to go back to bench. I have every one of your slingshots, I haven’t been able to see an orthopedic yet I’m a disabled veteran and I’m waiting. But by using the slingshots it allows me to be able to at least bitch even though I’m not doing it on my own. I love your elbow sleeves and your knee sleeves also. Thank you for giving me something back that I love!

[@DolceDiet]

Great video. Thumbs up!

[@Ophio117]

Classy way to approach this experience, Mark. Well done.

[@drudixon]

Really great story telling. Super hearing this side of you. Thanks for sharing.

[@userer4579]

That's the best video that you've ever done. Well done.

[@LambeauLeeeper]

Great Video. Very inspiring. Thank You.

[@jimmcintyre4390]

Nice video. Looking forward to seeing the movie.

[@shaktishaker]

you inspire as always Mark!

[@harvestblades]

You can rent it on Amazon for $0.99!

[@anthonycaruso6065]

Fuck Amazon

[@carculturesweden2668]

Interesting story Mark! Keep it Up!

[@terrenceconcannon]

Rip Louie. What a guy

[@scottjelleyman]

Great insight. Thanks much.

[@deavman]

Fantastic tribute to Da Man!

[@dhammah8082]

Available on Netflix now

[@thepsychopimp]

Perhaps Louie didn’t attend Matt Dimel’s funeral because he died of a heroin overdose

[@stevend481]

Why would that matter

[@mikelee7535]

Only suckers lose their lives to drugs, especially in the manner dimel did letting some junkie bitch shoot grams of cocaine and heroin into his arm in one syringe, that was only ending one way he lost

[@AlejandroSanchez-pl6jw]

No one could say Simmons didn’t care short Matt either. Many can attest that Simmons tried to be there and bailed him out many times. Matt couldn’t overcome his demons

[@Cruellabane]

That was a great and honest video. Thank you!

[@brainhakker7133]

That's why I fuk with ya Mark , you speak from the Heart kid

[@brianafrojack5215]

California Stump Jumpers!!! Ha,ha That was a Great Documentary.

[@josephnicolino8529]

Watched it a few weeks ago on Netflix. Now I listen to it during my workout.

[@indy3749]

Great video

[@blkhulk15]

Movie was FUCKING PHENOMENAL

[@TheCdwest34]

Great video bro

[@PedalpunkCO]

Wow! Keep inspiring!

[@danzena4059]

Louie Simmons is a fucking CRUSHER. They really don't make them like Louie nowadays.

[@vincebrownlac]

Jesse!!!! I love that guy. Nice video.

[@knobjob2839]

Very classy video. Well done.

[@mypettrex]

FYI-Movie is available to stream on amazon Prime

[@regularguy7502]

It's interesting how "tough guys" really are just as desperate for attention and admiration as everyone else.

[@escobarrich8753]

You’re not a tough guy cause you take steroids and lift

[@johnsambo9379]

@escobarrich8753 Sorry your daddy hurt you weak guy.

[@TheGareth77]

Cool video Mark

[@truongla]

Just found out that westside barbell is actually on the east coast

[@SP-mc8om]

It’s on the West side of Columbus OH

[@JasonLeeno]

Worth every penny!

[@tanhuulusoy]

Great vid!

[@ftw4975]

Honest men talk !!👍

[@howardmenkes2926]

If you ever call me a fat Internet nerd again, you're going to owe me a protein shake.

[@2balltonic189]

I bought the movie and love it!

[@mpbirk]

The documentary was ok... Kinda sad though 😔

[@joshchristian6101]

Smelly, Louie fucking loves you. Sometimes you have to send your favorite son out on his own and let him fly.

[@jrex3]

Good film glad I backed it. Still pissed that they have been fudging around our bonus content for doing so.

[@jethrod6788]

Thank you.

[@leonardgarcia722]

That reverse hyper machine is fuckin rad!! I wonder if my planet fitness could get one....

[@ClickClack_Bam]

So I'd venture to guess when you guys joke to one another saying "you're off the team" it's a throwback to you being fired from Westside?

[@supertraining06]

Breakneck nah, I was out of that gym when I excepted the job.

[@Hammerhead1986]

Has there been many black powerlifters come through westside? I don't see a lot of black powerlifters in general which is a surprise. Or am I totally uneducated and wrong?

[@philipph.3876]

@@Hammerhead1986 Plenty of black powerlifters. But not all of them are successful, although there are now a few that have set good world records

[@Hammerhead1986]

@@philipph.3876 obviously I've heard of the likes of Ray William's and Russell Orhii.

[@philipph.3876]

@@Hammerhead1986 In the documentary you can see a few black powerlifters. However, not from Louie's gym

[@Wetwolftraining]

Thanks coach Simmons

[@jl5822]

It was a great movie. It's insane how much weight those guys pushed.

[@thechairman74]

Apparently they had some major problems with the funding for the movie. I even paid into the GoFundMe or whatever it was for it and I guess some other guy made off with that money so I never got shit back.

[@ElCapinyoazz]

I bought a copy, but was pretty disappointed overall. After all the hype, it didn't live up. There's not enough footage of lifting, not enough interviews with the players, and a whole lot of repeating of segements Louie's done a dozen other times in other formats.

[@JeepTrailsandBarbells]

Agreed, i wish they dove deeper into the madness and animal like aggression of that gym, but it was more about a dying relic, last of his kind. Kinda sad in a way.😔

[@colemason2422]

Let’s think for a minute. The footage is from 20 years ago, not from today. Many of them have move far away, or aren’t there anymore. Also cameras 20 years ago were rare, not everyone had a phone to record. I can assure you every piece of footage from that gym back then was in the video, think before you speak. You would be real disappointed if they had put footage from today, it’s nothing like that now.

[@ajgaffey5117]

Watched it a few times now and loved documentary.

[@srouse39]

You and Stan my 2 favorites

[@tomdavies9144]

MORE OF THIS

[@dude157]

sounds like Louie came around to congratulate you to fire up the rest of the gym.

[@dougclark9921]

I will give it a watch

[@MehdiScent]

Wow you’re amazing 😮😮😮

[@tommyreed4220]

Great fcking point Mark!!!!

[@eddiebaby22]

Really interesting story.

[@AlejandroSanchez-pl6jw]

It was a surprise that Simmons visited when jake was born

[@patman4917]

Jake should be honored lol

[@AlejandroSanchez-pl6jw]

Patrick G dude I would squeal like a little girl if a man like Louis Simmons visited my birth. Imagine if his middle name had Simmons name

[@zeljko4189]

You forgot to mention Jason Blaha who is a great example how westside method works.Great video Mark.

[@jaliscopow6814]

Humble

[@jefflee4840]

Columbus, Ohio is a looooooong way from the coast.

[@kevinjohnsonfitness]

Westside VS the world is the only movie I have on my iPad mini....lol

[@harrygreb3457]

It is a great documentary

[@TRUETALK11613]

Whats the film name ?

[@paulthompson8642]

Where can u find this movie?

[@aphysique]

Hey that neck machine at 8:42, does that shiet really work??

[@TheBaitShopGuy]

I wonder how much someone over 450 could total if they concentrated on it like if Shaw or Thor type of size

[@maxxxmodelz4061]

Well, there are people like that in powerlifting but they usually specialize in one lift to break all-time records when they're that big because it's not really efficient to be that big and be great at all 3 lifts. Strongman is a bit different because there's a lot more involved there and not everything is a maximal effort lift. For example, Julius Maddox currently weighs around 455 lbs. He is the current all-time world record holder in the bench press and has been attempting to be the first man ever to bench press 800 lbs raw, with no support gear. He is a monster of a man obviously. The thing is, since he is a bench specialist, his totals on all 3 lifts are good mostly because of his amazing bench. That being said, many of the top strongman competitors throughout the years were, in fact, very competitive in powerlifting as well. Some of the Icelandic guys were national champs, Bill Kazmeir was a great powerlifter, and many many others too.

[@Andrewlang90]

Only Louie can rock that ink lol

[@samvk7562]

What about that gym in Iceland

[@seventhwaves]

Fucking powerful love it !!!!!

[@elim5353]

Nice video.

[@mrj3217]

I like beimg in good shape but not a power lifter , too much were amd tear on the body.

[@valkyrie_ntx]

❤️❤️❤️

[@adamblair8705]

I've been at West side for about nine months now ... Since I had not earned the right to wear Westside shirt I only ever wore White t's. I was around 320 lb when I first started and super fat LOL everyone there still calls me marshmello..

[@1baby]

What’s the general protocol for steroids there in 2020 if you don’t mind me asking? Still a gram of test, deca, anadrol etc or something else? Would love to know.

[@adamblair8705]

@@1baby [e-mail] send a email

[@awarenessrevolutionpodcast2220]

Ahh i didnt know you went to westside BB

[@maxxxmodelz4061]

He talked about it all the time back in the day.

[@julianunyabiz2193]

I wish he held me as a baby I'd probably have 400lbs higher total haha. I'll get there one day though.

[@patricksomaine3700]

Nice as fuck!!!

[@erickmonroy184]

I have respect for him. The westside fanbase and even some of their products are absolutely absurd though

[@lloyd011721]

maby what louie saw in you was that you had the potential to push his favorite guy... or maby you where his favorite guy to train with.