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Top 10 Westside Benches

Top 10 Westside Benches

Tom Barry 1 minute read

Louie Simmons | Bench | Geared Lifting | Powerlifting | Weight LIfting History

Rank First Name Last Name Total Wt Class Body Weight Coefficient 1 Jason Coker 900 198 195 530.37 2 Dave Hoff 1000 275 271 523.7 3 Dave Hoff 1005 308 278...

Westside Barbells Top 10 Squats

Westside Barbells Top 10 Squats

Tom Barry 1 minute read

Louie Simmons | Geared Lifting | Powerlifting | Squat | Weight LIfting History

Rank First Name Last Name Total Wt Class Body Weight Coefficient 1 Dave Hoff 1210 275 271 633.9 2 Dave Hoff 1200 308 279 622.56 3 AJ Roberts 1205 308 304...

Top 10 Westside Deadlifts

Top 10 Westside Deadlifts

Tom Barry 1 minute read

Louie Simmons | Deadlift | Geared Lifting | Powerlifting | Weight LIfting History

  Rank First Name Last Name Total Wt Class Body Weight Coefficient 1 Jake Norman 900 308 298 458.1 2 Chuck Vogelpohl 816 220 220 452.06 3 Jake Norman

VISITORS TO WESTSIDE

Louie Simmons 8 minute read

Louie Simmons | Geared Lifting | Powerlifting | Weight LIfting History

At Westside Barbell we have a steady Invasion of visitors. Recently people have come from Brazil , North-west Territory (Canada), and South Africa and...

AMY WEISBERGER

Louie Simmons 4 minute read

Louie Simmons | Geared Lifting | Powerlifting | Weight LIfting History

Westside women have proven to be stronger as a group than those from any other gym. Six women have squatted or deadlifted more than 500 pounds. Mariah...

ANGELO BERARDINELLI

Louie Simmons 6 minute read

Louie Simmons | Geared Lifting | Powerlifting | Weight LIfting History

Angelo Berardinelli has become one of the premier middleweights in the world. The sky was the limit for Angelo, having made an elite total as a teen. But by...

THEN AND NOW

Louie Simmons 13 minute read

Louie Simmons | Geared Lifting | Powerlifting | Raw Lifting | Weight LIfting History

My powerlifting memories start in 1966, just one month before my induction into the Army. I feel like Captain Ahab with his obsession with Moby Dick. I...

PART TWO OF MY JOURNEY

Louie Simmons 14 minute read

Louie Simmons | Geared Lifting | Powerlifting | Raw Lifting | Weight LIfting History

Larry’s string of Worlds stops at 9 after jumping 2 1/5 k’s on his second attempt, negating a third. Dan Wohleber pulls the first 900 pound deadlift....

WESTSIDE BENCHERS

Louie Simmons 6 minute read

Louie Simmons | Bench | Geared Lifting | Powerlifting | Weight LIfting History

I receive many calls asking how our top benchers train. We have 17 benching over 700: one has done 830 (Mike Wolf), in addition to two 198’s who have...