Westside Barbell Podcast #46 - The Origins of The Conjugate Method and Westside Barbell

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Louie Simmons is widely regarded as the 'Strength Coaches, Strength Coach' and is the founder of the world-renowned gym called Westside Barbell in Columbus, Ohio.
Westside Barbell is an invitation-only training laboratory where only the strongest of mind and body survive. Our goal is simple: “To become the best and push every boundary known to man in doing so.”
This gym has produced more world records in powerlifting than any other in the World, and Louie has been regarded as one of the main reasons that the conjugate style of training has been popularized in today's training methods.
Outside of powerlifting, Louie is a strength consultant for many NFL, NBA, MBA teams, along with having trained gold medal sprinters, pro boxers, UFC fighters, and many more athletes out of his gym via the conjugate method of strength training.
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Timestamps: 00:00:13 Welcome 00:00:30 Who was Westside Barbell Culver City 00:02:40 Box Squat Origins 00:03:40 Bill "Peanuts" West 00:05:35 Training at the YMCA 00:06:00 Powerlifting in the 1960's 00:07:30 Joe DeMarco 00:07:58 Pat Casey 00:09:25 George Frenn 00:12:15 No Gear 00:13:00 Transition to the Conjugate Method 00:14:00 Discovering Soviet Training 00:15:45 Realising Conjugate works 00:16:55 Improvements utilized from the Conjugate System 00:18:00 Introducing Bands and Chains 00:20:29 Verkhoshansky and Zatsiorsky 00:22:53 Cross-referencing Books 00:25:00 Mel Siff 00:27:30 Embracing Conjugate 00:29:29 Changes in Powerlifting history 00:34:44 Ed Coan 00:36:35 Difference between Now and Back then 00:37:25 Why start a gym? 00:39:00 When did the gym become Westside-Barbell? 00:39:50 Where was the first Westside? 00:41:00 The first crew 00:42:20 Where did the logo Nitro come from? 00:43:45 Kenny Patterson 00:45:20 George Halbert 00:46:37 Crazy Gym Lifts 00:48:44 Mark Bell, Dave Tate, Chuck Vogelpohl 00:50:25 Dave Hoff 00:53:08 Raw Deadlift Strength at Westside 00:55:05 Louie's whole world

[@ShredTraining]

I'm now going to buy a Westside t-shirt, for Nitro!

[@DanEarthquake]

I listen to these podcasts most days - it takes a while to absorb the information , apply it & understand. I love it . thanks Louie & Tom.

[@WestsideBarbellOfficial]

You're welcome

[@heveyweightheveyweight5399]

you must be slow

[@douglas2437]

RIP Louie the greatest. Man those are some inaccurate subtitles

[@Biscuits3000]

Why does this only have 33k views? This is good stuff

[@kyler980k]

Finally some new content 💪

[@WestsideBarbellOfficial]

👊

[@CnCstrengthperformance]

Liked the video immediately. Wish they were more frequent.

[@WestsideBarbellOfficial]

Working on it!

[@nightravenman3624]

Been looking forward to this

[@stevendunk5985]

Great interview. Great information.

[@bevzilla8863]

I love your content and I'm grateful for this wealth of knowledge Louie is Sharing with us. Thank you guys so much.

[@WestsideBarbellOfficial]

Thank you very much, 💪💪

[@PLeonard71]

Thank you for creating and publishing this content.

[@WestsideBarbellOfficial]

You're welcome 👊

[@jameskenny6168]

Thanks guys!! Awesome stuff

[@WestsideBarbellOfficial]

👊

[@BoostYourPerformance]

THIS. IS. AWESOME. THANK YOU! 🤘🏻🏋️‍♂️🤘🏻🏋️‍♂️

[@WestsideBarbellOfficial]

Thank you very much, 💪💪

[@markallen7419]

Nice one

[@PrimeMatt]

That was excellent! 👌🏼

[@WestsideBarbellOfficial]

Glad you liked it!

[@Goremachine]

That's the biggest desk I've ever seen

[@CoachPalacio]

Keep putting out more content!!!

[@WestsideBarbellOfficial]

There's more on the way!

[@nickc3365]

Love the content. Would be nice to see you guys go further in detail about the conjugate club.

[@WestsideBarbellOfficial]

Noted!

[@emirbfitness]

a new podcast lets gooooo

[@WestsideBarbellOfficial]

Yessss

[@pgbb3597]

I wonder what Louie's thoughts are on Larry Wheels? I've never heard him talk about him and I feel Larry is one of the strongest individuals alive today when it comes to a wide variety of strengths.. he squats big, deadlifts big, benches big, can log press big, arm wrestle world class wrestlers.. he does it all

[@jefferyaguirre5336]

Joe DiMarco was my good friend and coach.. he thought up the box squat and coached George frenn.. Joe spotted pat Casey on the 617 bench… he benched 505 drug free at 220:body weight… he is also the inventor of the popular LEVER BELT used today in gyms everywhere!

[@GabrielMartinsFitness]

you guys subbed the whole thing?? Crazy

[@WestsideBarbellOfficial]

👊

[@michaelmcgowan9518]

A lot of information, kinda like jumping in the deep end, but if you read Louie’s books, it makes sense and will transform your workouts

[@mastersironmantarmstrong7148]

Which books do you recommend?

[@michaelmcgowan9518]

The bench manual, and the squat and deadlift manual. They are available on the website for $20.00 each. For the record, I don’t work for them, nor do I get paid in anyway. Good training

[@Yeomannn]

You're ready for the information when you're ready for the information.

[@westsideforlife2989]

I agree with Louie on the best shirt idea. The new bench shirt don’t prove real strength. I think it needs to be eliminated as well

[@Topsiekku]

I've been wondering if a box squat is safe for the lower back when it partially lets out the protective muscle tension. But maybe it's best to keep your middle body in tension all the time, even if your legs relax. The correct execution technique is still in the search.

[@bobboberson6664]

🐐

[@WestsideBarbellOfficial]

👊

[@ralphorlatei6760]

where's the timestamp dude?

[@superfitatpowerhouse4006]

Awesome. He is very smart.

[@WestsideBarbellOfficial]

The Greatest

[@aeadlich]

I’d love to see Louie on Dave Tate’s table talk

[@AlejandroSanchez-pl6jw]

With Chuck V

[@Yeomannn]

22:39

[@helmutkrusemann9194]

will a complete beginner who wants to get muscular and strong and healthy benefit from the conjugate club or is it too complicated and only for advanced guys? Thank you

[@TurnTheStoveOnBlaze]

To be honest, it’s not for beginners. You need to have a base already. Learn & master the squat, bench & deadlift before attempting variations. Hope this helps.

[@TremendousMountain]

@@TurnTheStoveOnBlaze agreed. Made that mistake myself. Just best to keep it as simple as possible until you need the more complex programming.

[@KalispellBarbell]

@@TurnTheStoveOnBlaze they have a great summary for beginners on their Instagram.

[@ralphorlatei6760]

Master your bodyweight, pullups, dips, pushups, pistols and so on

[@alexduschere7511]

Read the rule of 3

[@wallogator11]

Can’t fault Louie and all he’s done on his training methodologies and giving information to the world. But when he starts going on his rants about I took so and so from 729 to a 904 in a year I can’t help but think that most of that quick progress has mostly come from steroids or change in lifting gear and not so much his training methodology

[@WestsideBarbellOfficial]

We would have to respectfully disagree with that opinion. Rapid progress comes via optimal training [volume and maximal CNS stimulation via force input] we have had many USADA drug tested athletes make immense gains in shorter spaces of time who dont compete in the realm of powerlifting. When you line up the correct hierarchy of training and environment to match the genetic potential of an athlete rapid progress should ensue. No amount of gear can make up for that. -WSBB

[@KalispellBarbell]

I’m curious if he has seen anyone have decent success who are drug free doing his style

[@c-jayjames7316]

I went from 560-590 on deadlift @198 in 3 months doing conjugate

[@KalispellBarbell]

@@c-jayjames7316 very cool

[@JPqbss]

Max effort with a second high volume bench day works well for the upper body

[@mastersironmantarmstrong7148]

I am always amazed how much Louie makes distinctions when he is discussing training and lifters. I used to hear people say Westside was mainly for equipped lifters but I dont think that anymore after listening to Louie myself and hearing him constantly make distinctions in lifters and training between equipped and raw.

[@TickTickBoom13]

@@mastersironmantarmstrong7148 the only people who say that are dud coaches trying to make excuses why their methods suck.

[@heveyweightheveyweight5399]

if anyone wants to learn something go listen to alex bromley . he is genius on programing , this channel tells you the same thing you can buy out of any book on excersises an you can learn half this stuff on websites . anyone who argues is a newbie . i can honestly say i havent learned anything at all from louis simmons or westside barbell. ive learned so much more from alex bromley an jim wendler . the only thing westside could help me with is lifting in a suite an i will stop lifting before i ever put a suite on. louis was a passionate guy but he wasnt the guru of powerlifting . he was a expert on equiped lifting

[@Rhino6792]

The more I listen to him the more it’s apparent how much of a loss his knowledge and passion truly are!