WESTSIDE BARBELL The Official Fan Page

WESTSIDE BARBELL The Official Fan Page - http://westside-barbell.com/ Westside Barbell is a private “Invitation Only” Elite training facility in Columbus Ohio.

It was
created by world renowned power lifter Louie Simmons. Louie is one of only 5 lifters to
total Elite in 5 diff erent powerlifting weight classes. For the last 37 years Louie Simmons
has totaled Elite in various power-lifting organizations. He is the only lifter over 50 years of
age to squat 920 pounds, bench 600 pounds and dead lift 722 pounds which in total 2100
pounds and was ranked 4th na

tionally in 2000 in the open. Over the many years that Louie has been involved in power-lifting and special strength
trainin, he has gained a vast amount of knowledge on how to produce strength. Through
experience and constant research, his areas of expertise are vast and include but not limited
to the list below;
• The Percent Training Method
• The Conjugate Training Method
• The Dynamic Training Method
• The Maximum Effort Method
• Lifting Technique
• Raising Work Capacity
• Rehabilitation And Restoration
• The Reactive And Contrast Methods
Louie’s training methodology is backed up by his athlete’s results. Currently he trains 33
men who have benched 700 pounds, 8 over 800, and 2 over 900 pounds. In addition Louie
has 17 athletes who have squatted over 1000 pounds and 6 over 1100. He also has 18 athletes
who deadlift over 800 pounds and has 13 athletes who have a total lifting record over
2500 pounds, 7 over 2600 pound total, and the only gym to have 2 over 2700 pound totals,
plus 2 over 2800 pounds. All these athletes train within Westside Barbell. Louie has published over a 100 training articles and produced 7 highly respected training
videos and is also the inventor of the Reverse Hyper® machine. He is a strength consultant
for the Cleveland Browns , Green Bay Packers, New England Patriots, Seattle Seahawks, and
numerous college football teams. 2 Olympic gold medal sprinters and an Ultimate Fighting
Championship (UFC) Heavy Weight World Champion have also trained under the watchful
eye of Mr. Simmons. Top fl ight rugby teams have and still ask for his advice and Louie has
had past dealings with the New Zealand All-Blacks to name but one of a long list.

06/18/2026

In this clip from the Westside Barbell Podcast, Westside Barbell Athletes and Burley Hawk discuss how to execute accessory exercise training.

Want to hear more? Check out the Westside Barbell Podcast available on YouTube, Spotify, and Apple Podcasts.

06/17/2026

In this clip from the Westside Barbell Podcast, Strong Style Training Center , Chuck Vogelpohl, Dominic Rotolo, and Tom Waddle discuss Lou’s influence and the WSBB mindset.

Want to hear more? Check out the Westside Barbell Podcast available on YouTube, Spotify, and Apple Podcasts.

06/15/2026

In this clip from the Westside Barbell Podcast, Lou reviews one of our bench press VHS tapes.

You will hear Lou discuss the raw bench press strength possessed by the members of the gym. Raw or geared, Westside has always produced strong bench pressers.

Want to hear more? Check out the Westside Barbell Podcast available on YouTube, Spotify, and Apple Podcasts.

06/14/2026

In this clip from the Westside Barbell Bench Press VHS, Lou discusses and demonstrates the seated dumbbell power clean.

Want to hear more? Check out our YouTube where you’ll find some of our old school VHS training tapes.

06/12/2026

In this clip, Lou discusses proper technique when executing a box squat. The box squat should be performed this way no matter if an individual is a raw powerlifter, a geared powerlifter, or an athlete.

The box allows us to break up the eccentric/concentric chain, achieving relaxed-overcome-by-dynamic work. This results in a greater level of force output.

Just touching the box or achieving static positioning renders the box useless. If the goal were to achieve static-overcome-by-dynamic work, we would execute a pause squat.

The box is a tool to achieve relaxed-overcome-by-dynamic work, not as a means of measuring squat depth.

Some argue that frequent box squatting results in a lowered level of sport-specific skill for the powerlifter.

Within the Conjugate Training System, we can execute the competition squat motor pattern during maximal effort training, or as a primary accessory exercise executed between 70-85% for an appropriate amount of sets and reps.

When executed properly, box squatting will rapidly improve lower body rate of force development, increasing lower body explosive power and overall athletic ability.

06/11/2026

In this clip from the Westside Barbell Podcast, Westside Barbell Jiu-Jitsu Strength Training and Burley Hawk discuss how to execute dynamic effort bench training.

Want to hear more? Check out the Westside Barbell Podcast available on YouTube, Spotify, and Apple Podcasts.

06/10/2026

In this clip from the Westside Barbell Podcast, Lou discusses how to rotate accessory exercises within the Conjugate Training System.

Want to hear more? Check out the Westside Barbell Podcast available on YouTube, Spotify, and Apple Podcasts.

06/10/2026

In this clip from a 2006 seminar, Lou discusses box squat ex*****on, as well as training outcomes from the use of the exercise.

Want to hear more from this seminar? Check out the full length video available now on our YouTube channel.

06/09/2026

Coaches,

We’ve used everything from handwritten notebooks to Excel to Google Sheets.

is the first platform that actually supports the Conjugate system instead of slowing us down. Flexible enough for complex programming, simple enough that athletes just open it and train.

If you’re stitching together multiple apps to manage your team, it’s worth a look.

That’s why we moved our in-house and remote programming to Bridge.

06/08/2026

In this clip, Lou coaches Mike Ruggiera and Chuck Vogelpohl through a dynamic effort lower workout.

Want to see more training footage? Check out our YouTube channel.

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Opening Hours

Monday	10am - 5pm
Tuesday	9am - 5pm
Wednesday	10am - 5pm
Thursday	10am - 5pm
Friday	10am - 1pm