About Us
Louie Simmons | Powerlifting | Weight LIfting History
Westside Barbell, founded by world-renowned strength and powerlifting coach, trainer and author Louie Simmons, is more than a gym; it’s an honored hall filled...
Weight LIfting History
The Westside Journey Continues Full Article
Conjugate Method | Louie Simmons | Geared Lifting | Weight LIfting History
The Culver City boys had changed my life with their advanced training methods. They helped others as well. A good friend and lifter,...
Goodbye to Dr. Squat
Louie Simmons | Geared Lifting | Powerlifting | Weight LIfting History
Many are called a legend but few can answer to it. Fred Hatfield was a true legend to many including myself. I first met Fred in the 1977 junior nationals...
Forgotten Secrets of the Culver City Westside Barbell Club
Louie Simmons | Powerlifting | Weight LIfting History
Everybody knows Louie and the Westside guys in Columbus, Ohio. The gym has its great and historic past with its lifters, innovative training methods and...
The Gym
Conjugate Method | Louie Simmons | Geared Lifting | Weight LIfting History
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...
THE JOURNEY (Part Five)
Conjugate Method | Louie Simmons | Geared Lifting | Weight LIfting History
Back to West and the gang. The bench is one-third of the power lifts, so the Culver City guys worked on the bench as much as the squat and deadlift. They...
THE JOURNEY (Part Four)
Conjugate Method | Louie Simmons | Geared Lifting | Weight LIfting History
Their deadlift training was just as advanced with the partial deadlifts in a power rack. (While the old Westside mostly used one position, the new Westside...
THE JOURNEY (Part Three)
Conjugate Method | Louie Simmons | Geared Lifting | Weight LIfting History
Much like the modern day Columbus Westside, Frenn and West came up with the high deadlift. Like the Russians, they placed boxes under the plate so the...
THE JOURNEY (Part Two)
Conjugate Method | Louie Simmons | Geared Lifting | Weight LIfting History
West had an article about box squats. First it was called power rack box squats. After Bill had gotten hurt walking out 900 pounds and found himself in...
THE JOURNEY (Part 1)
Conjugate Method | Louie Simmons | Geared Lifting | Weight LIfting History
I was always intrigued by the sport of powerlifting. I started my journey into powerlifting in 1966. There was a power meet in nearby Dayton, Ohio, in...