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In the summer of 2005 1 placed an ad on our Web site for lifters that wanted to excel at powerlifting. We had just had a serious blow...
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34 articles · page 3 of 3QUEEN OF THE IRON GAME
When you think of great women powerlifters a few names pop up. Olesia Lafina of Russia was the first to total ten times her bodyweight. Margaret Kirkland of Florida made...
A.J. ROBERTS
A.J. has traveled a long journey to find his true home at Westside Barbell. He first came to the United States as a foreign exchange student in 2001,...
FRED: A BOLDT OF LIGHTNING
Fred Boldt moved from Buffalo, NY, in October 2001 to Columbus to train at Westside Barbell. His bench press was 400 in the 165 pound class and had...
2010 POWERSTATION PRO/AM MEET
As always, Mike Ferguson, owner of the Powerstation gym in Cincinnati, OH hosted a great three day meet on August 20-22nd. Mike’s motto is no mistakes and there...
CHUCK V
Chuck V came to our Westside garage around 1983. He was just a kid and Kenny Ried sent him over to watch us train. I could tell he was...
WHO MADE WESTSIDE IN THE 90‘s?
A lot happened from 1991-2000 at Westside. I almost died in 1991. I ruptured my patella tendon during a low box squat. I am very sensitive to anesthesia,...
WHO BUILT WESTSIDE BARBELL? – THE 1980’S
The 80's! In January, the garage team went to the YMCA nationals and won the team title. I won the 220 class with a 1,950 total (the 3rd...
AMY WEISBERGER
Amy started training full time at Westside in 1988, after college at Ohio University. She drove 75 miles, three times a week from June of ’88 until the...
THE KING OF IRELAND
Gerry McNamara can claim the title for his long career. He started at 16-years-old at the 52 kg class lifting raw. He placed 12th at the International Powerlifting...