Westside Barbell and the Conjugate Method w/ Louie Simmons - The Barbell Life
Barbell Shrugged
Doug Larson
4.7 • 2.8K Ratings
🗓️ 14 July 2019
⏱️ 72 minutes
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Summary
Louis Simmons is an American powerlifter and strength coach. He is noted for developing the Westside Barbell method of training and applying it to powerlifting and other sports, as well as inventing several pieces of strength training equipment. Westside Barbell is a private, invitation-only, elite training facility in Columbus, Ohio that was created by Simmons.
Simmons is one of only five lifters to total Elite in five different powerlifting weight classes. He has totalled Elite in various power-lifting organizations.
Minute Breakdown:
0-10 – Using box squats to increase olympic lifts
11-20 – Low Bar vs. High Bar for increased strength
21-30 – Why the best coaches in the world all come to Westside 31-40 – Velocity training with bands
41-50 - Programming using band tension
51 -60 - The importance of assistance work
61 -70 - Why you don't need to work on technique
https://www.westside-barbell.com
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| 0:00.0 | Six days a week, Shrug family, we are lighting it up! |
| 0:04.1 | The brand new Shrug collective is here, Jason Khalipa kicking it off at the Business of Fitness on Monday. |
| 0:09.2 | Tuesday, real talk with Ryan Fisher, Barbell Shrug Doug Larson and myself, |
| 0:13.4 | Anders Varner, Thursday, the Muscle Maven with Ashley Van Halton, |
| 0:17.8 | Friday Dr. Sean Pastouc makes his appearance with active life radio and then Sunday your boy, Travis Mash, |
| 0:24.8 | is killing it with the Barbell life. |
| 0:27.0 | For everybody that is planning on getting to the CrossFit Games this year, we have a killer surprise. |
| 0:31.8 | The one-tone challenge live presented by Fit-8. |
| 0:34.1 | Caffeyton Kilos is going to be their whoop! |
| 0:36.4 | Fit-8 CrossFit Big Dane, the local favorite, Barrett Danza is going to be lifting. |
| 0:40.9 | Kenny Leberich is going to be hanging out, Katie Korg, Morgan King, we've got Olympians, West Kits, |
| 0:45.6 | the strongest guy in the country, Marcus Philly, tons of cool names, Logan Algerjord is going to be there |
| 0:50.8 | light to place on fire, it's going to be amazing to watch all of this big weight get lifted in person, |
| 0:55.8 | but if you cannot make it to the CrossFit Games, don't stress. |
| 0:59.9 | On Thursday, August 1st, we're opening up the leaderboard for you to do this at your home gym |
| 1:06.7 | to join in on the fun. The leaderboard is going to be open Thursday, July, or August 1st, |
| 1:11.3 | through Sunday, August 4th. The one-tone challenge, you've got six lifts, snatch, clean jerks, |
| 1:16.5 | squat, deadlift and bench. In those four days, go lift as much weight in those six lifts as |
| 1:22.1 | possible, get them on the leaderboard and see how you stack up against the field. Go to live.1tonechallenge.com |
| 1:30.4 | to register today, that leaderboard is going to go live on Thursday, August 1st. |
| 1:37.7 | You have till Sunday, August 4th to get your numbers in, and it's going to be the most fun |
| 1:43.2 | weightlifting competition you've ever been a part of. Happening in your own gyms, you don't even |
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