Westside Barbell Podcast #42 - Five things you should know about the Bench Press!

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Westside Barbell Podcast #42 - Five things you should know about the Bench Press!

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Mar 25, 2020

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Louie is going over some crucial teaching points for those wanting a better bench.
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Strength and Conditioning based education aimed for coaches, athletes, and fitness enthusiast. Hosted by Tom Barry with Strength Guru Louie Simmons.

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Episode 8- The Importance Of Monitoring Volume and Intensity in Training: In this episode Louie goes in to great detail on Training Volume and how to calculated it optimally for maximal results. Louie also discuses the importance of rotating volumes and utilizing correct training intensities, I hope you enjoy this episode, Tom by Westside Barbell
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Episode 7-The 5 Phases Of Sprinting: Within this podcast Louie discuses each individual phase of the sprint, how to increase a fast rate of force development, sports specific mass and correct exercise selection amongst the vast array of topics covered today. Joining us today is our Intern F... by Westside Barbell
90 min listen
Episode 2-Hamstring and Knee Injury Prevention: In this Episode Louie Simmons, Tom Barry and John Quint discuss in great detail the role of hamstrings in all sports. Why there is such a high rate of hamstring and knee injury and what can be done to prevent injury or how to greatly reduce the chance of... by Westside Barbell
64 min listen
Episode 21 - Louie Simmons reveals how he overcame his injuries to succeed: In this podcast Louie Simmons reveals in detail how he rehabbed from multiple career ending injuries to become stronger than ever. Today Louie is joined by John Quint who provides a more detailed physiological breakdown of how these injuries occurred and... by Westside Barbell
92 min listen
Episode 18 - The Static Dynamic Developer and Daniel Di Pasqua Melbourne Storm Head Strength Coach: This podcast begins with Louie Simmons breaking down in great detail his latest patented invention The Static Dynamic Developer. It covers its concept, how it works, sets and reps, and the difference is special strengths and why they need to built. We th... by Westside Barbell
72 min listen
Episode 4-Facts and Fallacies of Strength Training For Sprinting: I this episode Louie Simmons provides in-depth insight on on 40 yards sprint training, sprinting for track and field, implementing jumping and its volume, strength training to run faster, injury prevention, and lots lots more. This is a must for any coac... by Westside Barbell
65 min listen
Episode 1-Eccentrics: In our first podcast Louie Simmons Owner and Founder of the World famous Gym Westside Barbell along side John Quint (Neuromuscular therapist and Active Release Technique provider) and Tom Barry (BA Exercise and Health Science and Westside Barbell Special... by Westside Barbell
60 min listen
Episode 30 - Low Back Pain Syndrome: Louie, Tom, and John are finally back with a bite-sized podcast on the importance of having a strong lower back. Podcast guest today is Westside Barbell lifter, Travis Schafer. by Westside Barbell
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Episode 5-Deadlift For Sprinting: The Deadlift is such an important exercise for sprinting yet some coaches avoid implementing them for maximum effort movements and others think they are too dangerous to use. In this podcast Louie Simmons with Tom Barry and Brian Silfies get to the botto... by Westside Barbell
47 min listen
Episode 22 - The Weaknesses of a Weightlifter: In this podcast Louie Simmons evaluates the strength of a weightlifter that just came and trained at Westside Barbell. Warning Louie's findings may surprise you. Stay Strong Tom Check Out Louie's New Book here! by Westside Barbell
89 min listen
Episode 29 - The Rule Of Three: In this podcast, Louie Simmons, John Quint, Trent Murphy (Washington Redskins) and Tom Barry talk about the paths they took to arrive at their chosen profession. The role of a stable G.P.P base for young athletes is discussed in detail among other streng... by Westside Barbell
80 min listen
Episode 17 - Travis Mash Interviews Louie Simmons: This is the very successful podcast recorded by Travis Mash while he interviews Louie Simmons Hope you enjoy, -Tom by Westside Barbell
67 min listen
Episode 3-A Review of Resistance Bands In Academia and Strength Training: In todays bitesized podcast Louie Simmons and Tom Barry were inspired by a publicized study on resistance bands to discuss even further about correct use of resistance bands in training, the correct percentages to use, fallacies of some studies and lots ... by Westside Barbell
34 min listen
Episode 12- The Origin Of The Conjugate System: In this episode Louie talks in depth about the true Conjugate System of training and where it came from. He also elaborates upon how he cross-referenced multiple authors to utilize the system of training Westside Barbell executes. Louie also answers ques... by Westside Barbell
85 min listen
Episode 33 - Lift Lab Meets Louie Simmons: We took audio from an interview done by Lift Lab when they visited Westside Barbell back in 2016. Louie drops some valuable nuggets of information during this segment. Sadly the Audio Quality is pretty poor as it was recorded via a phone! Hope you enjoy!... by Westside Barbell
51 min listen
Episode 27 - Strong8 and IFBB Pro Seth Shaw: In this episode Louie Simmons and Tom Barry are joined by JJ Morris and Josh Wade from Strong Eight along with IFBB Pro Seth Shaw and Westside's John Quint. In this episode we have two diverse demographics explaining how they have used the methods of Wes... by Westside Barbell
100 min listen
Westside Audio Articles - Assessing The Assessment: This a free episode of our pilot audio article more of which can be found exclusively within our membership club. To sign up today go to https://www.conjugateclub.com/ Hope you enjoy, Tom by Westside Barbell
24 min listen
Episode 13- The Deadlift: In this podcast Louie Simmons, Tom Barry, John Quint, and Chris Marrang talk about how to program to increase your deadlift and how to implement special exercises to make your lower back indestructible, Hope You Enjoy, Tom by Westside Barbell
88 min listen
Westside Barbell Audio Articles 02 - Strength training for the sprinter: In this article, Louie goes in-depth on how to accurately train strength for a sprinter, Hope You Enjoy, Tom by Westside Barbell
16 min listen
Episode 16 - Westside on Weightlifting: This episode was recorded after the very successful podcast recorded by Travis Mash on Olympic Lifting. Louie had a few more areas he wanted to discuss in deeper detail and hence this podcast. Hope You Enjoy, Tom by Westside Barbell
70 min listen
Westside Barbell Podcast #43 - Behind These Walls: In this podcast, Louie Simmons shares the real history of Westside Barbell and what impact the originalWestside Barbell Club in Culver City had on him. From training as a twelve-year-old in this basementall the way up to the current location of Westside ... by Westside Barbell
58 min listen
Episode 23 - Training outside the groove: In our new podcast studio Tom Barry records a test podcast with John Quint. The topic being discussed is the importance of training in new ranges of motion and how it will reduce the risk of injury. Hope you enjoy, Tom by Westside Barbell
71 min listen
Westside Barbell Podcast #47 - Olympic Weightlifting: Louie and Tom discuss the USA weightlifting team's performance at the 2020 Olympics. Louie outlines the challenges facing American weightlifting and what needs to change in regards to the training and development of athletes in order to overcome these ob... by Westside Barbell
34 min listen
Episode 34 - Untold Fitness Meets Louie Simmons: Another audio segment that was snagged from a phone call interview Louie did with Untold Fitness, Hope you Enjoy by Westside Barbell
37 min listen
Episode 35 - Louie Simmons meets Ashley Jones: In this months podcast, John Ashley Jones joins us for a discussion on his journey through strength and conditioning. Ashley is a HIGHLY respected strength coach and has an endless wealth of knowledge to share especially when it comes to a common sense a... by Westside Barbell
61 min listen
Westside Barbell Podcast #45 - Louie Simmons and John Quint - NFL Injuries: In this episode, John Quint joins Louie Simmons and Tom Barry to discuss the injury rate in the NFL. Within the first week of 2019, the NFL lost about half a billion dollars for starters not playing. Some of the topics discussed are: Optimal trainin... by Westside Barbell
72 min listen
Episode 14- The Force Posture Strength Curve: Within this episode Louie Simmons, John Quint and Chris Marrang explain the importance of understanding the force posture curve and why partial ranges of movement are sometime beneficial for training, I hope you enjoy, Tom by Westside Barbell
92 min listen
Episode 38 - Tom Barry talks with Matt Brown: In this episode, Tom Barry talks with UFC fighter Matt Brown to discuss the athletes perspective on a good strength and conditioning system and coach. To watch the full video of this interview head over to conjugateclub.com and become a member today. H... by Westside Barbell
52 min listen
Episode 25 - Athletic Float Restoration: In this episode Tom talks with Pat Gerke from True Rest Columbus and John Quint on the benefits of floatation restoration for athletes, We hope you enjoy this episode, by Westside Barbell
58 min listen
Westside Barbell Audio Articles 04 - Westside Mass Production: Louie briefly talks about Westside Barbells submaximal effort that helped developed 10 athletes to have raw benched over 600lbs. Hope You Enjoy, Tom by Westside Barbell
10 min listen

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Westside Barbell Podcast #42 - Five things you should know about the Bench Press!

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