Louie Simmons, the legendary powerlifter, coach, Westside Barbell founder, inventor, and man recognized as the mastermind behind conjugated training He reportedly died at the age of 74... At the time of this article’s publication, it is not clear when Simmons died or what was the cause of his death.
Westside Barbell announced that Simmons has passed the official Instagram page on March 24, 2022.
“It’s from the bottom of my heart to announce the death of Louie Simmons,” the post said. “After processing the loss, we will officially announce it.” This post also includes an excerpt from the famous poem “Good night” by Welsh poet Dylan Thomas.
“Don’t be kind to that good night. Get angry, get angry against the death of the light.”
Louie Simmons Legacy
Louie Simmons was born on October 12, 1947. He became obsessed with weight training early on and entered the world of powerlifting in his early twenties. He spent the next 50 years of his life teaching the most notable elite rivals in sports such as Chuck Vogelhall, Elite FTS founder Dave Tate, Jim Wendler and JM Breakley. ..
Simmons was the founder of the famous Westside Barbell Gym in Columbus, Ohio, and invented both the reverse hypermachine and the belt squat machine. He also developed a conjugate training method, sometimes called the Westside Barbell Conjugate Method. This helped popularize the use of chains and resistance bands as a way to add adaptive resistance to specific lifts.
Simmons himself was a skilled athlete.according to Open powerlifting, He competed from 1979 to the final tournament in 2012. Simmons mainly competed in equipped powerlifting to allow the use of bench shirts and squat suits.
His best competition lifts in the 100kg and 110kg classes are:
- Squat (single ply) — 821 lbs
- Squat (multiply) — £ 920
- Bench press (raw) — £ 496
- Bench press (single ply) — 530 pounds
- Bench press (multi-ply) — £ 600
- Deadlift (single ply) — 705 pounds
- Deadlift (multi-ply)) — 715 pounds
2019 documentary Westside vs. World Released. Recording Simmons’ myriad contributions to strength sports and his provocative and controversial powerlifting club, the film helped introduce Simmons and Westside Barbell to a new generation of fans. Documentaries can be rented and purchased at Amazon Prime.
Immediately after the news of Simmons’ death was reported, a handful of prominent powerlifters Barbend Posted on social media to react to the news of his death.
Ed Corn
“No one will ever be crazy about powerlifting and strength. He was alive and loved it all.”
dumbbell
“I’m honestly still shocked. I didn’t really believe the guy would go. I pray that one day I will have a legacy equal to a fraction of him. [legacy] Yes, and will always be. “
CT Fletcher
“I learned a lot from Louie Simmons. RIP Legend.”
Matt Wening
“Good night, brothers, you have changed many of us for the better, and that’s all we can really achieve in this life.”
Julius Maddox
“Sleep peacefully, Legend. I and Lou held a seminar at Strength Beyond Fitness last year and are forever grateful for that experience.”
Barbend We will update this article with details of Simmons’ passage when Simmons is published.
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