Credit to: http://www.hardcorestrength.tv
I found this on Youtube and though some of you guys may like it...
AJ Roberts takes you inside the famous Westside Barbell Gym.
Over in Ohio there exists a gym. We aren't talking about a franchise fitness center here that looks nice where you can be comfortable and have your happy workout. We are talking about a real gym. You know a scary place but a place where scary lifting is encouraged. This is a gym by the name of "Westside Barbell", a club for serious powerlifters.
So you walk into the gym and who knows what you will find. Maybe you will find a stronger version of men who look like Adul the butcher that are squatting two Yokozuna heavy weight sumo wrestlers on their back! And make that a room of 53 members, can you believe it! At the Westside barbell club, they have had over 53 freaks of nature that have totaled elite and 27 members who have totaled 2,000 with growing statistics weekly. This gym is prestigious and it's like a different planet then all the other gyms. Not because it looks special or anything but because it's a place where strong men become larger than life, where heavy weights become scary weights, and where your dark monster turns golden, because victory is on your way! Beware when you enter this gym! The weights will stare at you giving you no other choice than to growl right back at the weights. Westside is a gym with so much attitude, so much intensity, with so many freaks that look like they are from another world that you will have no other choice but be ready for a weight lifting war, a personal war against yourself, to beat your personal records.
Some lifters don't want to enter this gym. Why you might ask? Lou Simmons is a manipulator, an authoritarian, and you will have to do what Louie wants you to do. If you slack off, he will throw you out. If you come a few minutes late he will kick you out and Simmons totally monitors the training of his clients. Westside doesn't just accept the genetically gifted, but they accept the lifters who display a great deal of will power. These are the lifters that can gain from the Westside. The mentally weak will not survive at a club like Westside. If you are the type that walks around who judges the chicks, how big other guys are, how pretty others are, and how similar or different you are to others then Westside is not the place for you. Getting stronger has very little to do with an insecure animus phenomenon where lifters are looking to be socially accepted among men and women, rather Westside is a place to become the strongest man that you can be. And at Westside it doesn't matter how handsome, smart and rich you are. All that matters is that you love the feel of the chalk, the iron, the attitude and most of all to lift the drive to "LIFT MORE WEIGHTS"!
excerpt taken from " Westside Barbell" written by Ben Tator - criticalbench.com
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12-20-2010, 08:57 PM #16100+ posts
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Westside Barbell Gym Tour (Youtube 2 videos)
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12-21-2010, 05:53 AM #2Nothing To See Here
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Some friends who own a gym locally here took a trip up there a couple of months ago. They took a bunch of pictures showing pretty much everything in that video. The place look(s) incredible and I would kill for half of that equipment.
The only thing I don't like about it is how freaken destroyed it looks. The chaotic "organization" would drive me nuts. As much as I would love to lift and absorb the knowledge there....that mess would be enough for me to stop going."Hard work beats talent when talent doesn't work hard"
The more I workout at commercial gyms, the more I hate commercial gyms.
Psalms 144:1
Praise be to the Lord my Rock, who trains my hands for war, my fingers for battle.
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12-21-2010, 07:13 AM #3livin' the high life
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that is awesome. i've seen pics here and there, but the video tour is cooler. thanks accutron, reps when i spread enough. well, i get you everytime i can anyway, huh
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12-21-2010, 07:47 AM #4Nothing To See Here
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animalfan
Man, I've seen that gif I don't know how many times....and it disturbs me each time....
I'll have nightmares to night...thanks."Hard work beats talent when talent doesn't work hard"
The more I workout at commercial gyms, the more I hate commercial gyms.
Psalms 144:1
Praise be to the Lord my Rock, who trains my hands for war, my fingers for battle.
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12-21-2010, 09:02 AM #5Equipment Geek Mod
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The lack of organization would push me right over the edge too.
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12-21-2010, 09:19 AM #6Nothing To See Here
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Or, "we don't respect the other people who have to dig through all this crap to find the stuff they need to use"Originally Posted by Wildtim
"Hard work beats talent when talent doesn't work hard"
The more I workout at commercial gyms, the more I hate commercial gyms.
Psalms 144:1
Praise be to the Lord my Rock, who trains my hands for war, my fingers for battle.
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12-21-2010, 12:55 PM #76100+ posts
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Thanks bro!Originally Posted by animalfan
that is awesome. i've seen pics here and there, but the video tour is cooler. thanks accutron, reps when i spread enough. well, i get you everytime i can anyway, huh
I rep all the regulars too all the time, AF, you and Keet, but mostly it always tells me to wait for the spread...
Anyway you're right its a really nice gym, or at least kind of a famous place, or at least it is to me.
CGC - I agree it could be tidied up a bit more from what was in that vid. But I think the video makes it look messier than it is.
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12-21-2010, 12:57 PM #86100+ posts
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Westside Power Rack video:
Hyper Machine
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12-21-2010, 01:00 PM #9Registered User
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O Yea miss the old school gyms.Tired of getting dirty looks when sometimes i forget to wipe a machine down!!!!!!
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12-21-2010, 01:02 PM #106100+ posts
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This is Westside Barbell
Forza Bench - Westside-Barbell.com
Those t-shirts in the black and green are pretty cool looking too.
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12-21-2010, 01:08 PM #11Nothing To See Here
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Grab yourself a case of staph and you'll be wiping stuff down and giving dirty looks to others as well...lol.Originally Posted by sanman89
"Hard work beats talent when talent doesn't work hard"
The more I workout at commercial gyms, the more I hate commercial gyms.
Psalms 144:1
Praise be to the Lord my Rock, who trains my hands for war, my fingers for battle.
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12-21-2010, 01:37 PM #12livin' the high life
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lol, i used to use it all the time. now i save it for special occasionsOriginally Posted by cgc
sorry for the nightmares!
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12-21-2010, 01:51 PM #13ɹǝsn pǝɹǝʇsıƃǝɹ
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That is definetly a hardcore gym, and they have some sweet equipment but I gotta agree with the organization. It would also drive me nuts. I am a very organized person.
I'll watch the rest of the vids tonight.
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12-21-2010, 02:38 PM #14livin' the high life
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i guess i'm in the minority- i don't mind the mess.
i am glad most of you missed the time i first saw that gif, i posted it everywhere. until keetman told me it was "weird", then i decided to use it sparingly. i also really like this one:
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12-21-2010, 02:40 PM #15ɹǝsn pǝɹǝʇsıƃǝɹ
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Yea, That gif ^^^ is cool. Most hardcore gyms I have seen are pretty messy. There is nothing wrong with that, I am just a very organized person and it would drive me crazy. Guess that's why I like having my own gym so much.
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12-21-2010, 03:04 PM #16livin' the high life
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i keep my gym pretty straight, but mainly because it's in the basement and the kids go down there. if i had a dedicated to a gym, it would probably look more like the videos. i'm more of an organized chaos kind of guy, like my dad. maybe someday...Originally Posted by JJ-
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12-21-2010, 04:04 PM #17Registered User
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This one is my favoriteOriginally Posted by animalfan
lol, i used to use it all the time. now i save it for special occasions sorry for the nightmares!
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12-22-2010, 07:25 AM #18Stiff knee guy
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Here's a couple more. What has happened to this thread? See what you started Animal?Originally Posted by fishingeek
This one is my favorite
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12-22-2010, 07:34 AM #19livin' the high life
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sorry accutron...
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12-22-2010, 10:08 AM #20ɹǝsn pǝɹǝʇsıƃǝɹ
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So now we know who has been hanging out in the misc. ....
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12-22-2010, 11:24 AM #216100+ posts
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Tour of DeFranco Gym.
Talks about and shows lots of nice equipment. Lots of EFTS equipment, qty=4 3x3 racks and platforms (4:30sec) , and other cool things.
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12-22-2010, 11:30 AM #226100+ posts
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Elitefts.com - November 2009 Gym Tour
Zach Even - Esh Tours The Elite FTS Compound
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12-22-2010, 12:03 PM #23ɹǝsn pǝɹǝʇsıƃǝɹ
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DeFrancos gym is awesome. I especially like the ipod sign.
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12-22-2010, 12:21 PM #24Nothing To See Here
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See....to me....that's far more organized (and appealing) to me than Westsides. I would workout there in a heartbeat and it wouldn't drive me crazy...Originally Posted by Accutron
"Hard work beats talent when talent doesn't work hard"
The more I workout at commercial gyms, the more I hate commercial gyms.
Psalms 144:1
Praise be to the Lord my Rock, who trains my hands for war, my fingers for battle.
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12-22-2010, 12:46 PM #25Equipment Geek Mod
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Looking at those videos with Louie you can see he made them clean up, if that not how it stays when he is in the house. This is obviously the image he wants people to have of his gym. That looks like a place you would want to train.
I like DeFranco's too and Elite, you can see how they are each different because of the different focuses they have in their athletes.
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12-22-2010, 02:16 PM #26livin' the high life
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i don't know which would be my first choice, but i think elite would. i think there would be more of a variety of training styles to learn there.Originally Posted by Wildtim
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12-22-2010, 02:20 PM #27Squating in the curl rack
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What is the general focus of these gyms? It seems like DeFrancos, while simple, is pretty focused on athletic performance. Westside seems like a mix of strength and athleticism. And EliteFTS seems a little more well rounded with an edge toward strength.
Is there such a thing as a "bodybuilding" gym? Or would that just be a bigger Golds Gym that has been endorsed by some random bodybuilding guy?
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12-22-2010, 05:03 PM #28Registered User
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All these vids are sick!
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12-22-2010, 06:05 PM #29Equipment Geek Mod
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Actually Elite is also Athleticism and Strength, with a touch of Bodybuilding.Originally Posted by OutKlast
There really is no such thing as a Bodybuilding gym. They are pretty much gone as bodybuilding is pretty much what can be done at any modern gym or old school ones.
If there is any left it would be this one:
http://www.seeing-stars.com/play/goldsgym.shtml
Not the chain but this one.
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12-23-2010, 02:06 PM #30Deadlift King
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Known about these videos for a while. I would love to train there in that atmosphere. Man....
I don't care.
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