68- Louie Simmons of Westside Barbell Shares Tips For Success In CrossFit and Weightlifting

Barbell Shrugged

Doug Larson

Business, Training, Fitness, Health & Fitness, Paleo, Weightlifting, Nutrition, Crossfit

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🗓️ 26 June 2013

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

We traveled to Westside Barbell in Columbus Ohio, the mecca of powerlifting, to talk with Louie Simmons about getting strong for CrossFit and Weightlifting.

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0:00.0	This week on Barbell Shrug, we go to Columbus, Ohio and hang out at Westside Barbell, the
0:04.5	mecca of powerlifting, and get to hang out with the coach and owner, Louis Simmons.
0:20.8	Yo, this is CTP and you're listening to the Barbell Shrug podcast, the number one strength
0:24.5	and conditioning podcast for CrossFit. If you want to check out the video version, which you
0:29.1	should, go to fitter.tv and watch that because it's way cooler than just listening to it.
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0:45.8	As part of sign up for the newsletter, you'll get a video that Mike made where he shows you the
0:50.2	top seven snaff mistakes that you're probably making that are keeping you from hitting that next PR
0:54.5	and lifting some big weight. Look at the seminars, tune into the show, and get ready to become
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1:10.0	Welcome to Barbell Shrug. I'm Mike Bleto here with Doug Larson and Chris Moore. We've traveled
1:15.1	to Columbus, Ohio to watch the CrossFit Regional Central East. And we decided to drop into
1:21.0	Westside Barbell and hang out with Louis Simmons. If you don't know, Westside Barbell is the mecca
1:28.0	of powerlifting. The strongest guys in the world come out of Westside Barbell. We're sitting
1:35.3	here with the coach, Louis Simmons, and owner of Westside Barbell. And we're going to talk a little
1:40.4	bit about strength. So, Louis, we're going to talk about strength in regard to CrossFit a little
1:46.0	bit. What do you think Crossfitters, what do you think their biggest weakness is?
1:51.3	Basically, CrossFit lacks absolute strength. That means being absolutely strong in all lifts
1:58.1	with no time limit. The stronger you are, the better you are at any sport. Explosive sports are
2:03.7	endurance. Frank Shorter, for instance, the more reps he could do with 100 pounds in a squad,
2:08.4	the faster marathon times he had. I think we make that point pretty routinely that if you're
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