Top 10 Westside Deadlifts
Westside Barbells Top 10 Deadlifts Rank First Name Last Name Total Wt Class Body Weight Coefficient 1 Jake Norman 900 308 298 458.1 2 Chuck Vogelpohl 816...
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41 articles · page 2 of 4VISITORS TO WESTSIDE
At Westside Barbell we have a steady Invasion of visitors. Recently people have come from Brazil , North-west Territory (Canada), and South Africa and from all across the...
AMY WEISBERGER
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 Liggett,...
ANGELO BERARDINELLI
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...
THEN AND NOW
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 am...
PART TWO OF MY JOURNEY
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. Dave...
WESTSIDE BENCHERS
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...
HELP WANTED
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...
QUEEN 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...