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WESTSIDE BARBELL (Netflix)

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samue1son		WESTSIDE BARBELL (Netflix)	12-10-2019 @ 19:08
Member 4416, 1369 posts SQ 210, BP 175, DL 240 625.0 kgs @ 122kgs UnEq	So, I just started watching this yesterday. Half to go. Anybody else watched it? Anybody know or met Lou Simmons? I wonder how mnuch the bizarre and unnecessarily hostile environment contributed to the success of that gym. Though I never found the Westside method or demeanour appealing, I did recognise that I don't get half as fired up as I should when I lift.
Billytheold		...	12-10-2019 @ 20:17
Sugdens crazy old person. Member 4936, 7288 posts SQ 270, BP 155, DL 270 695.0 kgs @ 100kgs UnEq	Imagine a sunny beautiful day riding your bike Dow a hill into a valley and BANG a Buck runs right int your bike. That’s not the way to lift in my opinion. So what your weak! This is what you should tune in whiled lifting. https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=RDoACXhpM79pk
Billytheold		...	12-10-2019 @ 20:18
Sugdens crazy old person. Member 4936, 7288 posts SQ 270, BP 155, DL 270 695.0 kgs @ 100kgs UnEq	https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=RDoACXhpM79pk
danbaseley		...	12-10-2019 @ 23:34
A member for 10 years and still no mouldy peanuts Member 1252, 4473 posts SQ 160, BP 110, DL 215 485.0 kgs @ 98kgs UnEq	The film would have been better had they addressed some of the "issues" with the gym - Louis says in the film that Vogelpohl never tapered and left his best lifts in the gym. But, other lifters said Louis gave everyone s**t for tapering and deloading, or even taking it easy once in a while. Then there was the en masse federation hopping, to whichever meets would allow them to squat the highest, or - for instance - Dave Hoff to have knee wraps rolled up under his bench shirt. (This actually happened) I like the Westside method. I just feel it was a bit too much of a puff piece as a film.
rawlifter		...	16-10-2019 @ 20:39
Member 5584, 304 posts SQ 225, BP 157.5, DL 260 642.5 kgs @ 103kgs UnEq	I enjoyed it for what it was. Anyone recommend any other similar or strength focused docs Ive seen unlimited power and the eddie hall ones
KevC86		...	17-10-2019 @ 12:12
Member 5141, 4198 posts SQ 300, BP 180, DL 350 830.0 kgs @ 130kgs UnEq	Enjoyable as a tv show, not something that should really be regarded as a documentary though.
IrishMarc		...	21-10-2019 @ 11:12
no really Irish Member 1196, 5908 posts SQ 312, BP 230, DL 320 862.0 kgs @ 114kgs UnEq	Post Edited: 21.10.2019 @ 11:13 AM by IrishMarc Watched a crossfit documentary - Redemption or something which was enjoyable apart from the obviously protesting too much PED users pretending to be natty. Watched Westside Documentary straight after the crossfit one it was awful, got about 30-40 min before I tapped out just the usually cringey bulls**t. Try hard virgins.
samue1son		...	21-10-2019 @ 19:54
Member 4416, 1369 posts SQ 210, BP 175, DL 240 625.0 kgs @ 122kgs UnEq	Netflix is a funny one. They will host pretty much anything where there is a viewer market. I do agree. It is cringe heavy but also has some nuggets in it. I followed Strongman forever but I am still vague on a lot of powerlifting history. If Westside were the example for the general public, it is no wonder that it has an element of not being taken seriously. I saw a handful of "world records" being set with absurd "depth". Now Dan mentioned about that incident. It becomes hilarious. Anybody from their area post here?
danbaseley		...	21-10-2019 @ 22:58
A member for 10 years and still no mouldy peanuts Member 1252, 4473 posts SQ 160, BP 110, DL 215 485.0 kgs @ 98kgs UnEq	I'm sure it would be hilarious - as near death experiences can be - to train there. And one of the lifters barely mentioned on the documentary, Burley Hawke, is an absolute freak.
billynomates		...	27-10-2019 @ 13:45
Member 4923, 1795 posts	Watched it last night, found it entertaining. Simmons seems an interesting character and a knowledgeable guy. I'm sure creative liberties were taken in the telling of the stories.