Iron Roots Podcast Ep. 7 | The History Behind The Box Squat
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Zach Even - Esh
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🗓️ 7 July 2024
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STRONG Life Podcast: Iron Roots Podcast Ep. 7 | The History Behind The Box Squat
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Enjoy this episode as I take you on a trip through time, the history of old school strength, specifically the origins of Westside Barbell created by Bill Peanuts West and the box squat!
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome back to another episode of the Strong Life podcast. This is your host, Zach Evanesh. |
| 0:06.4 | Now, I've been doing this for a long time and sometimes I come across old videos I've done or old podcasts I've done and the technology or the software that was used no longer works. |
| 0:20.6 | For example, I'm sending out a newsletter right now. or the software that was used no longer works. |
| 0:27.5 | For example, I'm sending out a newsletter right now throughzacstrength.com. |
| 0:29.9 | I'm always talking to you guys about getting on the newsletter. |
| 0:37.4 | And I'm talking about Bill Peanuts West, who is the founder of the original Westside Barbell Club, which was started in his garage. |
| 0:40.0 | So I search for Bill Peanuts West on the Zach Avinish website, and I come across the Iron Roots, which I believe anybody listening is going to love Iron Roots, but I really suggest you watch the Iron Roots playlist from your |
| 0:56.2 | big screen TV because those videos are amazing. |
| 1:00.9 | But long story short, I realize the audio that the podcast that went with the video didn't |
| 1:08.5 | even work anymore. |
| 1:09.4 | It didn't even exist anymore. The platform we |
| 1:13.1 | used no longer exist. So in this episode, you're getting to hear the history behind the box |
| 1:21.5 | squat, how and why it started with Bill Peanuts West out in Culver City, California. This was the beginning of the |
| 1:30.9 | golden era and maybe even the end of the silver era because I have the original Westside |
| 1:36.1 | Barbell articles which were written between 1968 and 1972. They were gifted to me by Jim |
| 1:43.6 | Wendler who received that book slash gift from Dr. Ken Leisner. |
| 1:49.5 | You see, Dr. Ken photocopied all of the articles from Muscle Builder Power and put them in a |
| 1:56.1 | spiral-bound notebook. They are amazing. And those are the articles that Louis Simmons talks about saying that those |
| 2:04.5 | articles, that was his training partner when he was stationed in Germany in the army. Those |
| 2:11.4 | articles are what inspired Louis to create Westside Barbell. So here you go, guys. This is an all-training episode. Enjoy the show. |
| 2:22.5 | Welcome to the Strong Life Podcast, where we talk about dominating in strength, health, |
| 2:30.2 | business, and life. And by the way, if you're a parent out there and you've got a teenager, get over there and see Zach. |
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