Louie Simmons

How to Start a Deadlift

Louie Simmons July 6th, 2020 6 minute read

Louie Simmons | Exercise Programming | Strength Training Methods | Strength Training Program

By: Louie Simmons Tags: deadlift, lockout, glutes     Many lifters find their sticking point or mini-max is when lifting the bar off the floor.    ...

Circa Max: The Plan.

Westside Barbell July 6th, 2020 2 minute read

Louie Simmons | Exercise Programming | Strength Training Methods | Strength Training Program

    Many people ask through email, phone calls, and direct messages of how to perform Circa Max. If you are so inclined, beneath is a plan for how we...

This Ole' Bar: Straight Bar

Westside Barbell July 3rd, 2020 2 minute read

Louie Simmons | Exercise Programming | Strength Training Methods | Strength Training Program

    At Westside, we keep the straight bar work to major retests. Our methodology is to use specialty bars to constantly increase training capacity and...

What We're Inclined to Say

Westside Barbell July 1st, 2020 2 minute read

Louie Simmons | Exercise Programming | Strength Training Methods | Strength Training Program

    Triceps and delts, debatably the two most needed muscle groups on athletes in terms of pressing. Many who come to Westside learn this right off...

All Chained Up

Westside Barbell June 29th, 2020 2 minute read

Louie Simmons | Exercise Programming | Strength Training Methods | Strength Training Program

Accommodating resistance. At Westside Barbell this falls into one of three categories…bands, chains, and weight releasers. While weight releasers are very seldom...

This Ole' Bar: Giant Cambered

Westside Barbell June 26th, 2020 2 minute read

Louie Simmons | Exercise Programming | Strength Training Methods | Strength Training Program

    Few bars at Westside are as symbolic as the Giant Cambered Bar. Not to be confused with the several benching cambered bars, this one is hand made...

Conjugate Conditioning

Westside Barbell June 24th, 2020 1 minute read

Louie Simmons | Exercise Programming | Strength Training Methods | Strength Training Program

    Conditioning. Many athletes can’t live with it, yet, in many sports cannot perform without it. At Westside we traffic not only in absolute...

What and Why: Box Squats

Westside Barbell June 22nd, 2020 2 minute read

Louie Simmons | Exercise Programming | Strength Training Methods | Strength Training Program

    It’s no secret, at Westside Barbell we hold a steadfast affection for the box squat. The box squat has been a staple in Louie’s programming for...

This Ole' Bar: MARRS Bar

Westside Barbell June 19th, 2020 2 minute read

Louie Simmons | Exercise Programming | Strength Training Methods | Strength Training Program

    A relatively new bar to the Westside Barbell arsenal, the MARRS bar is a welcome one. Once Louie discovered this bar, he was sold. For years he...