Louie Simmons Bench Press
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Louie simmons bench press. Louie simmons of westside barbell shares tips for success in crossfit and weightlifting episode 68 duration. Or more and he shared a few secrets with crossfitters at the first powerlifting cert dec. Raw bench pressing westside lifts in mostly gear meets. Many know about our max effort day workouts each week choosing a different barbell exercise.
Lesson 4 max out regularly. Marvin eder trains for the press paul waldman 1. The westside barbell philosophy challenges popular beliefs about the wa. Introduction the westside barbell program is the brainchild of powerlifter and strength coach louie simmons.
Here s an article by louie simmons from a 92 issue of plusa. I ll be 66 wee years old come the end of this month and it don t bother me at all to be half deaf. Whatever it is find it press play and make it work for you. The westside barbell method is demanding but it produces big results.
His raw bench has gone from 365 to 565 and his shirt bench has gone from 405 to 805 in 2 years. Roberts explain how to set up for a press and use all parts of your body to get the best results. Many women have held the all time bench record as well from doris simmons at 105 pounds to laura phelps at 165 pounds benching 530 pounds and then at 182 pounds benching 540. There is a lot to learn on how to use a bench shirt but you must also raise your raw strength as well.
Westside has had nine men capable of a 600 pound raw bench over the years. Barbell shrugged 236 330 views 1 00 14. Louie simmons of westside barbell has coached 30 athletes to a bench of 700 lb. So you want to bench press louie simmons 1992 marvin eder trains for the bench press barton ho.
Westside has a method to its madness and travis bell utilizes this perfectly. April 12 2013 april 12 2013 mark williams. Bench pressing tips by. With westside athlete travis bell 770 lb.
The program s principles are borrowing from soviet and bulgarian weightlifting training techniques and ingeniously adapted to powerlifting. Pr on the bench louie and a j. These seven examples show the range of exercises. The bench press by louie simmons of westside barbell.