Westside Barbell

Dr. Andreo A.Spina holds a Bachelor of Kinesiology degree from McMaster University. He later graduated with summa cum laude and clinic honors from the Canadian Memorial Chiropractic College as a Doctor of Chiropractic.  He then completed a two-year post-graduate fellowship in Sports Sciences. He is the creator of the Functional Range Release (FR)® soft tissue management system, the Functional Range Conditioning (FRC)® mobility development system, and the Kinstretch™ method of movement stretching that are currently used by practitioners world wide as well as a number of professional sports organizations, athletes, and performers. He is a published author, and international speaker on the topics of joint health, movement and mobility development, sports performance, and injury management. John Quint holds a Bachelors of Health and Promotion Fitness with a minor in Coaching from Otterbein University. He graduated from the American Institution of Alternative Medicine in Neuromuscular Therapy. He is a Functional Range Systems Instructor and travels throughout the world teaching and lecturing. In addition to maintaining a private practice located in Columbus, Ohio, he co-owns/maintains a virtual internal strength training platform: Gain ACCES, and activity programs the training process of physical capacity for skill acquisition for multiple professional and amateur athletes. He also has an extensive competitive career in bodybuilding and has worked for and trained at The Westside Barbell Club since 2011.  Dr. Andreo A. Spina links: Isocials: @drandreospina Website: https://functionalanatomyseminars.com/ Podcast: Control Yourself with Dr Andreo Spina https://functionalanatomyseminars.com/podcast John Quint Links: socials: @jquintnmt Website: www.johnquintnmt.com Gain ACCES (virtual joint specific training) : www.gainacces.com Substack: Absolute: The Art and Science of Human Performance :  https://drmichaelchivers.substack.com Functional Anatomy Seminars: https://functionalanatomyseminars.com/seminars/find-a-seminar/ Time Stamps 00:00 START 00:12 WE'RE IN 00:31 THE START OF FRC 05:12 BRINGING FRC TO THE MAINSTREAM 06:46 MISCONCEPTIONS WITH FRC 11:09 HOW ANDREO AND JOHN MET 16:24 THE IMPORTANCE OF INTERNAL TRAINING AND COMMUNICATION 24:12 CORRECTING COMMON ISSUES/EDUCATION 49:19 EVOLUTION OF SCIENCE AND THE INTERNAL STRENGTH MODEL 59:24 WORKING WITH A PRO ATHLETE 1:04:16 INTRODUCING INJURY PREVENTION EARLIER 1:15:58 CONTROL YOURSELF AND THE FUTURE OF FRC 1:52:55 OUTRO https://linktr.ee/WestsideBarbell

On today's episode of the podcast we catch up with the Newark Boys. All highly accomplished lifters and loyal members of Westside. They discuss going to Westside, training with Louie and the crew, competing and much more. 00:00 - INTRO 00:24 - STARTING AT WESTSIDE 18:02 - NEWARK AT WESTSIDE 27:03 - COE, GRITTER & THE NIGHT CREW 38:32 - PROUD MOMENTS 39:52 - LOU & WESTSIDE STORIES 48:59 - CONCLUDING REMARKS 52:58 - OUTRO Merch: https://www.westside-barbell.com/collections/apparel Website: https://www.conjugateclub.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/westsidebarbellofficial Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/westsidebarbell Podcast: https://westsidebarbell.podbean.com/​ Blog: https://www.westside-barbell.com/blogs/the-blog

Gary Sanger is an integral member of Westside History and began training under Louie back at the Garage of 590 Larcomb in the late 70's. He's a highly accomplished powerlifter and has made many great achievements in his tenure in the sport. Gary helped Louie lay the foundations of the Conjugate System, both constantly analysing their training and results that came with it. 00:00 Intro 00:23 Gary's start at Westside 09:54 The Culture at Westside 11:03 Louie and Gary Analyzing and Experimenting with Training 17:20 The Connection Between Black's & Westside, Competing at Meets 26:22 Stories of Matt Dimel & Westside 36:55 5-90 Larcomb and Plyometrics 47:46 1984 53:25 Wrestling 58:05 Gary's Proudest Memories at Westside 1:02:47 More Westside Stories. 1:16:30 Parting Thoughts/Outro

Laura Phelps-Stackhouse currently holds 5 all-time world records, has the #1 total, by formula, across all weight classes, and is the first female to total 11x Bodyweight. Laura is an accomplished coach, actively training lifters through Queen Bee Power. https://www.queenbeepower.com/ 00:00 INTRO 01:39 ORGANIZING MEETS 12:42 COACHING GPP 34:31 THE SQUAT 39:40 USING BANDS IN TRAINING 43:45 BACK TO SQUATS 49:30 YOUR QUESTIONS FOR LAURA 1:15:07 WRAP UP/PARTING THOUGHTS

Jason Coker is a professional powerlifter and coach, whom during his tenure at Westside Barbell broke multiple world records. Outside of lifting, he is well known for being brutally honest, incredibly loyal and one of the most entertaining and genuine characters to come through Westside in the last 10 years 00:00 INTRO 00:18 WHEN DID JASON START POWERLIFTING 03:41 WHEN DID JASON START LIFTING EQUIPPED 06:19 WHEN DID LIFTING GET SERIOUS 08:14 JASON AND LOUIE 10:05 JASON'S NUMBERS '06-'09 12:26 RIVALRY WITH SHAWN FRANKL 17:35 JASON'S MISHAPS WHILE LIFTING 19:13 STARTING TO TRAIN AT WESTSIDE 23:56 DIFFERENCE BETWEEN MORNING AND EVENING CREW 25:43 BREAKFAST 34:17 GYM STORIES 48:18 SEEING LOUIE'S ADVICE FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF A COACH 52:39 THEY STAYED IN CONTACT 1:03:12 THE POINT OF SURGERY 01:11:38 TRAINING QUESTIONS 1:18:41 3 TIPS FOR BEGINNERS/OUTRO Merch: https://www.westside-barbell.com/collections/apparel Website: https://www.conjugateclub.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/westsidebar... Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/conjugatecl... Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/westsidebarb... Podcast: https://westsidebarbell.podbean.com/​ Blog: https://www.westside-barbell.com/blog...

Josh Gutridge & Joe Bayless, aka "The Newark Boys", began training at Westside Barbell in the late 90's back when the gym was located on Demorest Rd. They have been important members of westside history and the development of the Conjugate method. 00:00 INTRO 01:22 JOSH'S START AT WESTSIDE 04:13 JOE'S START AT WESTSIDE 08:52 JOSH'S FIRST PUSH PULL 11:39 JOE'S FIRST MEET AT WESTSIDE 20:03 WHAT CREW DID THEY TRAIN WITH 20:36 WHAT WAS GRITTER LIKE? 27:02 HOW THEY TESTED NEW MEMBERS?  30:46 WHAT DROVE THEM? 43:30 THE INTENSITY OF WESTSIDE 51:27 THE LEGEND OF ESKILL CONTINUES 54:51 WHAT WAS MORE FUN - MEETS OR GYM TRAINING? 1:00:23 STRONG FOR THE GYM 1:03:06 LOUIE AS A TRAINING PARTNER 1:08:23 THE MEET AT WESTSIDE 1:18:22 WHAT AT WESTSIDE ARE THEY MOST PROUD OF? 1:30:55 FINAL THOUGHTS/OUTRO Merch: https://www.westside-barbell.com/collections/apparel Website: https://www.conjugateclub.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/westsidebar... Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/conjugatecl... Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/westsidebarb... Podcast: https://westsidebarbell.podbean.com/​ Blog: https://www.westside-barbell.com/blog...  

Bill and Jim were a part of the original crew that trained under the guidance of Louie.  Bill was Louie's first training partner back in the when Louie trained in his basement.  Jim is also the Founder of Bandbell, a company that specializes in O.K.E. training equipment such as the Earthquake and Rhinoflex series of bars. Checkout Bandbell Here. https://www.bandbell.com 00:00 INTRO 00:20 HOW BILL STARTED TRAINING 02:35 BILL'S FIRST IMPRESSION OF LOUIE 05:52 WHAT GROUP LIKE AS IT GREW? 08:53 WHAT WAS THE MINDSET BACK THEN? HOW ID THEY STAY MOTIVATED? 10:25 DID PEOPLE HAVE A SPECIFIC ROLE? 11:01 AMAZING FEATS SEEN IN THE GYM 13:31 DID THEY TALK ABOUT TRAINING? 15:04 HOW LONG WERE YOU AT WESTSIDE? 17:44 BILL'S STORIES OF WESTSIDE 22:26 THE FAMILY ASPECT 24:50 THE START OF THE REVERSE HYPER 26:19 HOW DID THEY GET EQUIPMENT 29:15 HOW DID THEY LEARN TO SPOT AND LOAD 32:26 WHO WAS INNOVATING EQUIPMENT BACK THEN 35:02 HOW DID THEY DO EXERCISE SELECTION 41:39 THE ATMOSPHERE WHILE TRAINING 43:54 HOW TO CORRECT A LIFT 44:37 LOUIE'S DEVELOPMENT AS A COACH 51:09 HOW MUCH FUN WERE MEETS? 54:09 LOUIE'S LIFE IS A SERIES OF SHORT STORIES 58:31 THE HISTORY OF BACK THEN 1:02:26 WHAT DID TIM AND GARY ADD TO THE GROUP? 1:05:35 HOW HARD WAS THE TRANSITION OUT 1:06:38 MORE STORIES 1:15:09 OUTRO Merch: https://www.westside-barbell.com/collections/apparel Website: https://www.conjugateclub.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/westsidebar... Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/conjugatecl... Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/westsidebarb... Podcast: https://westsidebarbell.podbean.com/​ Blog: https://www.westside-barbell.com/blog... _____

In this episode, Tom and Loper sit down to answer your questions on training for Combat Sports Timesstamps 00:00 intro 00:27 In-season Wrestling Training 01:53 Ab Movemnt for MMA 03:30 Day 3 for a Condensed Conjugate Progam 04:17 Does Dana Know? 05:07 What type of Strengths to address and when? 07:20 How ot increase explosiveness 08:20 Whay are MMA workouts so damn long? 10:24 Weighted Carries 12:13 How to split Upper and Lower Days 13:35 Training Boxers vs Mixed Martial Artists 15:42 Tom's Favourite Carry 17:00 Sprints 17:51 What lifts has the most correspondence to punching power 19:15 Speed Squats - Time vs Reps 20:05 KPI's For Stand Up Fighters vs Grapplers 22:15 Training for Muay Thai 24:32 How do change leading up to the fight? 27:07 Best excercises for wrestling 28:32 Outro   Follow Loper: https://www.instagram.com/jeremyloper https://twitter.com/jeremyloper https://www.tiktok.com/@realjeremyloper _____ Merch: https://www.westside-barbell.com/collections/apparel Website: https://www.conjugateclub.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/westsidebar... Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/conjugatecl... Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/westsidebarb... Podcast: https://westsidebarbell.podbean.com/​ Blog: https://www.westside-barbell.com/blog...

Laura Phelps-Stackhouse currently holds 5 all-time world records, has the #1 total, by formula, across all weight classes, and is the first female to total 11x Bodyweight. She is a shining example of Westside and it's legacy. Aside from achieving G.O.A.T. status, Laura is an accomplished coach, actively training lifters through Queen Bee Power. Tony Ramos is a professional powerlifter and loyal member of Westside Barbell. He has earned the nickname "The Ninja" because of how he disappears and reappears all the time. Outside of the gym, Tony owns and operates multiple successful businesses, of which his leading company TFR construction, continues to grow and lead the way in concrete installation. Follow Laura: https://www.instagram.com/queenbeepower/ https://www.queenbeepower.com/   00:00 Intro 00:10 Start 00:33 Tony's Start at Westside 07:00 Tony's first meet at westside 11:46 Laura's Start at westside 18:45 Tony's Party House, 23:07 What made westside so special? 25:25 Training people to break your own records? 26:30 Tony & Westside 31:31 Louie knew how to treat everyone 36:19 How Westside helped Laura, how they motivated people 41:50 Louie would test you in every way, perfect form, seated deadlifts 45:49 Unique training moments, new forms of training, training to get stronger 53:45 origin of the 5x5s, transition between crews, Louie led by example 1:01:30 Circa max with chains 1:03:00 Tony free squatting, meet stories 1:04:55 Routine up to the bar, life stories 1:14:40 Tony always had everyone's back, Tony & Louie 1:17:41 Louie's network, Louie's numbers 1:24:25 Final thoughts _____ Merch: https://www.westside-barbell.com/collections/apparel Website: https://www.conjugateclub.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/westsidebar... Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/conjugatecl... Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/westsidebarb... Podcast: https://westsidebarbell.podbean.com/​ Blog: https://www.westside-barbell.com/blog... _____

This is special episode of the podcast as it's the first podcast recorded inside the gym of Westside Barbell. The guests for today's podcast couldn't be more appropriate for this occasion: Chuck Vogelpohl: Other than Louie himself, Chuck V is probably the most associated name with Westside Barbell. A living legend of Westside history, as well as setting world records, Chuck is the embodiment of both the Westside mentality and the achievements of the club. Marcus Marinelli: Founder of Strong Style MMA in Cleveland. Marcus based his gym after the time he spent training with Louie and the crew at Westside. Strong Style is home to many great martial artists including former UFC Heavyweight Champion Stipe Miocic. Dominic Rotolo and Tom Waddle are integral members of Westside History, part of the morning crew with Chuck and Marcus, they both have contributed to the Westside Legacy. Follow Chuck V: https://www.instagram.com/chuckvogelpohl Check Out Marcus and Strong Style Here: https://strongstyle.com/ 00:00:00 Intro 00:00:25 Marcus starting at Westside, meeting Dom, meeting Chuck 00:07:24 Chuck's Start 00:09:30 Dom's Start, being around Louie 00:18:06 Tom Waddle's Start, Louie the Chameleon 00:23:55 A Strong Mind 00:27:00 Chuck's Neck 00:28:56 The impact of Westside's culture, Matt Dimmel 00:36:27 Characters at Westside 00:40:00 Comp Behavior, The Pecking Order 00:41:30 Briggs Rd, Matt working the front 00:43:40 Competing as a team, going out as a team, comradery 01:00:00 Learning from Louie 01:03:45 Louie Simmons, Nitro 01:12:11 Training Stories 01:14:15 a UPS delivery 01:17:15 Woo! _____ Merch: https://www.westside-barbell.com/collections/apparel Website: https://www.conjugateclub.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/westsidebar... Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/conjugatecl... Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/westsidebarb... Podcast: https://westsidebarbell.podbean.com/​ Blog: https://www.westside-barbell.com/blog... _____