North German: topographic name from Middle Low German, Do not sell or share my personal information. I remember JM doing 585 lbs. On Max Effort day we work high intensity but low volume, basically 50 percent of the volume of speed day. going to go home with it!! see in the New Year. Always have looked up to older lifters such as yourself, chuck, and Dave tate. You can find birthdates, death dates, addresses and more. Note: During the BFCM sales period all sales are final.Thus, no returns will accepted. It persisted continuously, so Doug would only do mild incline and decline presses. His name was Zippy in the gym, when the crazy came out to play. Dave Hoff came to Westside as a 15 year-old high school football player. George Halpert waited two years to show up at Westside. I had no warm-ups and bombed out. This increases your risks without any further improvement in performance. The true experts and legends of strength sport got there from doing great things and toiling in the trenches for years. Chuck and I would workout for 30-45 minutes before anyone else showed up. You'd train at 50-60 percent for speed strength with a bar speed of 0.8 meters per second. Childress dominated his Walking up to the party my wife and I realized how that really seems like yesterday but was a decade ago.It was a great time and we talked about a lot of good times that we had been through and some not so good. (The classic Westside template has two Dynamic days and two Max Effort days, one of each for both the upper and lower body.) And since you only have so long to complete a maximum rep 2 seconds, maybe 3 if you're very endurance minded you have to be fast to be strong. An army is only as strong as its weakest soldier. Matt was only 33 years of age.". He was the greatest squatter of all time. As George opened up with 633 and went on to bench 678 to cap off a three world-record rampage, Dave said to the author, I got some competition now. Yes, Dave, you certainly do. For the squat, the proven method of two strength cycles lasting two weeks was done and two circa max cycles were done in a yearly plan. Neospartan August 18, 2007, 8:53pm #24 [quote]SkyzykS wrote: When you are a 350 lb. The weights were set at 405 for box squats. It also builds cardiovascular and muscular endurance at the same time. He began to break all-time world recordsnot in just one weight class, but in three. He takes a wide grip, and blows up a raw 550 lb. Most injuries happen on the eccentric phase, but highly trained athletes can sustain these forces. I didn't make the rules, I have to follow them. lifters was the icon, Ed Coan himself. Be sure to also use a variety of movements. It takes a long time and a lot of mistakes to truly become an expert. EFS: First, thanks for letting us do this interview. Man I'm getting old.I first started talking to my wife at Chuck's 40th birthday party. If you want to learn all about who built Westside, look for the next edition. It had to be the high reps in the deadlift. raw, as they say today, and was second to Jimmy Ritchie with 475 lbs. There are 265 military records available for the last name Vogelpohl. Generally speaking, though, don't be a douchebag and drop the bar from the top. Quad-dominant people love to do this, but shooting your knees forward is a sign of a weak posterior chain and it's a good way to hurt your back. It came down to the deadlift and Dave could pull well into the eight hundreds. on how much a year of training can help huh! Fire up your athleticism. The combination of bands and bar weight must be calculated correctly to produce world records. My Horns Broke my Halo. A Sit Down Interview with Chuck Vogelpohl | Westside Barbell In just four meets he made the fourth highest total ever made. I stopped breathing for four minutes and had to be trached as well as given chest tubes. For the best experience on our site, be sure to turn on Javascript in your browser. bench press. What a day. As weights get heavier, they get slower due to gravity. In nine months Matt made 700 pounds easy. For example, Chuck Vogelpohl would do speed squats with 405-455 in a 3-week wave with one set of strong Jump-Stretch bands. Westside was never and will never be a gym, but rather a club. 8. Elsewhere, Jesse Kellum after suffering defeat back in 2001, came back with I started applying everything I could, which means I started applying science to weights. We noticed Phil squatted fairly close when he broke his teammate Arnold Colemans 181 record of 854 with a half kilo 856 pounds. WATCH: Chuck Vogelpohl's 1100-Pound Squat Laughing, Coan and Tate reflect back 20 years ago when everyone was trying to emulate Chuck with their beanie hats, popped collars, and cocky attitudes. dumbbells, for those who could do them. The most Vogelpohl families were found in USA in 1880. Free Shipping with a $69 qualifying order. McCoy did 515, but at 184 lbs. He knew the gym was for trying new and improved ways to train, and we had the guys that could do just that. Now that Wes has found his weakness, he works on his speed continuously along with his flexibility. Then, a few weeks after KP made 728 to make him the greatest bencher of all time. He is known as the ninja, because of how he disappears and reappears all the time. You pick the muscle that you need and that's what you train. This builds incredible strength in the glutes and hips, which is where punching power originates. Along with his lifting achievements, JL holds a bachelor's degree in exercise science and is a former University of Kentucky strength coach. T. Meanwhile, he is kicking and punching me. The Iron Man Chuck Vogelpohl Interview By Jim Wend He was a great training partner with his Zippy fired personality, along with Chuck V. who could never do enough in the workouts, and the two carried me along with them. I now present to you The Iron Man; Chuck Vogelpohl. Not there long after, Chuck stepped into the bare-bones Westside gym. Paul was really a strong bencher. His 1,180 lbs. In a career spanning almost two decades, powerlifting legend Chuck Vogelpohl competed in weight classes from 90kg all the way to 125kg. For the veterans among your Vogelpohl ancestors, military collections provide insights into where and when they served, and even physical descriptions. Build your shoulders. In the warmup room, Dave said to me, I have never had even competition before, and I replied, You do now.. out a lifter who much has the biggest quads I've ever seen. If I want to learn something, I don't call the guy with 25-inch arms; I call the guy with a 190 IQ. They need GPP, so dragging a sled, pushing the Prowler, and using the wheelbarrow and strongman yoke. I saw him do 1,100 lb. Matt will also carry a 100-pound med ball in a wrestler's clinch for interval training. The result was a large number of new records being set at Westside. has done 800 while Scot invents controversy over the net by talking like a At the time, in 1991, a shirt was only good for 25 to 50 lbs. He also cofounded Reflexive Performance Reset (RPR) and consults with many major collegiate, NFL, NHL, and other professional sporting organizations to help them maximize performance. The most Vogelpohl families were found in USA in 1880. Bodybuilding.com. He measured his upper thigh and it was of an inch bigger. cambered bar, it bent so much under heavy weights. Elitefts - Chuck Vogelpohl's 50th birthday | Facebook It was really funny at the time back to York. bench in his reverse grip style. There were also lots of pin presses with heavy band tensionup to 350 pounds of band tensionplus weight; and lots of elbow out to the side extensions. View Social Security Death Index (SSDI) for Vogelpohl. LISTEN: Table Talk Podcast Clip Chuck Vogelpohl Made - Elite FTS Throughout the years, Westside Barbell has produced some of the strongest bench presses in the Building a strong, fast, and resilient athlete calls for a coach to leave no stone Over the past week, I have covered the basics of max-effort training. I took Chuck Vogelpohl to his first meet. You don't perfect technique using heavy loads; you perfect technique with light weights over multiple sets. He also on the heels of Frank who, like a juggernaut, keeps George could blow up anything of his chest, but could not lockout big weights. Stay strong, Eskil, you fag. There was crazy storiesfrom Westside days, great times at meets and a lot of other fun stuff that isn't fit to talk about in this setting. Fate would have it that Chuck Vogelpohl was competing at a bench press contest held in a local YMCA when he met Simmons. You two scared me to death. I laughed. Some people say, "Louie is only successful because he hand-picks the strongest lifters in the world!". I recall two powerlifters from Pittsburgh using the same system and both could bench 500 pounds in the late 1960s. I ruptured my patella tendon during a low box squat. After a while, he stopped and I let go of two hands full of hair. Another one of Louie's favorite deadlift special exercises is the deficit deadlift. And for some reason, Dave figured he could use that when going back and forth with Chuck and it would work. The last name Vogelpohl is the 272,070 th most commonly held family name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 5,092,625 people. Dimel Deadlift - The Secret to Increasing Squats & Deadlifts - Hashi Mashi George had a bad day but came through for some cash. They are largely reproduced from 3rd party sources; diligence is advised on accepting their validity -, Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. He is a very humble and gracious person. Essentially, grabbing the bar was a way to start shit. But, I told him, he must touch his chest, after all that is the hardest part of the lift for most. know there is some excitement going about. He looks me in the eye and says, What happened, Mom?. He had to work through plateaus in the squat and bench. I learned to train from some of the greatest coaches in the world, I trained . Max Effort is what everyone seems to focus on, however, to get the most of your potential you need to employ both days. While driving I said, Look you fat Fer, it is in your head. Now I am waiting for him to smack me in the mouth, like he did many times. The legendary powerlifter Chuck Vogelpohl used to perform rack pulls with over 1,000 pounds! Two things made Greg a multi-world-record holderphysical work and a strong mental attitude. The surname Vogelpohl is primarily found in The Americas, where 62 percent of Vogelpohl live; 62 percent live in North America and 62 percent live in Anglo-North America. That's more work, or more wear and tear, to get the same job done. There's no better squat for powerlifting training than a wide-stance box squat. Long live King George. Sign up for Patreon and get the exact programming Matt recommends for each modality. Even today, John Inzer is a great friend to Westside and its lifters, helping out in any way possible. to beat me. I about passed out. I need to be challenged. in a shirt. What was the plan? I dialed back because I had already learned by this time that when you get called out on shit like that, you stop squatting with compensatory acceleration; you just start standing up with 405. Dave Hoff came to Westside as a 15 year-old high school football player. Nowadays, Wes has made a 900-pound squat, a 615-pound bench press, and a 620 deadlift. JL Holdsworth is a world-champion powerlifter, grip-sport competitor, and former member of Westside Barbell. So weights are not heavy or light they're slow and fast. and at the time, you only got up to 100 lbs. He always had a lot to say, like if he did not win The Arnold he would retire. It started to happen. It was not easy to beat Dave, but Rob came through for Westside. The truth is, many people fake hip extension by cranking on their lower back. Dave Williams of Liberty University asked Westside to do an experiment with strong rubber bands by a company called Jump Stretch, owned by Dick Hartzel. Or so I thought. This builds lateral power and has made him incredibly strong. Remember, it does no good to be strong in the wrong exercise. People confuse this and forget the squat part, which causes major issues. I was 43 in 91 and said I was done powerlifting after this miss hap. Walking up to the party my wife and I realized how that really seems like yesterday but was a decade ago. At worst, you're putting unnecessary stresses on your joints and practicing sloppy mechanics. George had a strong lockout to go with the speed. It was with 25 percent band tension. bodyweight. We were at a local bench meet when I saw a jacked up guy lift without gear. a couple weeks before he pulled out in the warmup room at The Arnold. The reason is recovery you have to recover for the next workout to make progress. Before I talk about Garry Frank and Andy Bolton's battle, I would like to point He passed on his third attempt saving only get higher!!! The box felt high, but it was the same 13-inch box he always used. First George, then KP. The first strength speed cycle A. J. and Jake Anderson trained with were 700 pounds of band tension plus bar weight. I think he made a 770 lb. I told him we were going to Texas for the meet and he said he would come along to report it in the magazine he was writing for. He became the youngest World bench press holder with 720 pounds at 20 years old. for him, but because of his hips, his firs two attempts at 782 were red lighted. of that he walked away with the big money!! But not only larger and larger volume, you also must correctly select the current special exercise. You're 40% stronger eccentrically than concentrically. bodyweight. He left Westside and quit competing in gear shortly after breaking the total record in the 308s. Phil had reached a double plateau in the squat and deadlift, but Goodmornings for a stronger back and wide box squats to build his hip strength, left Phil a lifting legacy at Westside he can be proud of forever. I just read some coach arguing that you need to "learn how to grind." The solution was Goodmornings. Look at it this way: Assuming you're not a contortionist, forgetting to squat down will exhaust your range of motion at the hips before the bar has touched down. a city. into the action this year. Bodybuilding.com exclusive interview with Ryan! On the other hand, when I got AJ Roberts he already had a 2400 total. I have Matt carry a barrel wrestlers have to get their hips to the opponent, and the only way to carry a 55 gallon barrel is to jam the hips up into it. Matt Wenning talks Chuck Vogelpohl!Want to know the specifics? Dave or his helpers did not realize we made the change and he was left to make a personal record. close grip bench, but missed it at the top. For some reason, Louie Simmons let someone borrow the monolift for a meet that everyone except Dave, Chuck, and Louie were attending. Like today, only top ranked lifters trained at Westside back in the 90s. Ok, Scot Mendelson had his day at the bench attempting 782, which was easy We had three world record holders. It was low at 560 pounds for a 181-pounder. But during a gym shootout, Georges peck was separated from the bone completely. He is the man behind the JM Press. Sign up for Patreon and get the exact programming Matt recommends for each modality. George started out at 275 lbs. This will happen at most four times per year. And please feel free to talk about your old Westside stories I always love hearing about the crazy things you guys have seen/done. world record at SHW in the 80s. Then it came804. And we almost never pull a deadlift off the floor, usually from pins until we go to the meet. If you don't feel a movement switch it the next workout. The one thing that rang true to me as we reminisced on old times is that how much the internet has changed things. George and KP were ruling the bench at Westside. I've seen Chuck do inhuman things, and have had the pleasure of training with him for a long time. Free Shipping with a $69 qualifying order. It's too easy. A young Ryan Kennelly was at the meet to compete against Fusdog and later told me he thought he could psych out our lifters. in a shirt. benchers, wow it has come a long way. He made it possible for me to make a 1,885 lb. Plus, Greg would wear 10-pound ankle weights on his waist to make benching more difficult. Tom Waddle was a great team member, but was very unpredictable to say the least. It was obvious that he surpassed his competitors with sheer power but because This time George beat Dave, 650 to 628. sorry the quality is bad. like Ryan just want to have fun! The surname Vogelpohl is found most in The United States. It's not the exercises, sets, or reps. Chuck Vogelpohl, a long-time Westside lifter who won his first National in 1987, was strong from the start, especially in the back and hips, but he had to overcome two plateaus. total at 63 years old, 20 years after I had retired, making top 10 for 30 years and a USPF Elite Total for 37 years. It was very profound when George said he learned a lot from JM and Kenny, but that they never learned anything from him. Much like a rabbit in track. . So you squat so it doesnt look like youre loafing but youre not putting 800 pounds of effort into it. They said yes. You can see this in action during my leg workout in this video. It's the system. To me, I lifter as well as Steve I see hitting 2500 mark soon. yet. Little did I know, I would return again for yet another 20 years, But, lets talk about the men who made Westside what it is today. JavaScript seems to be disabled in your browser. His 1,180 lbs. All right reserved. Here's how. Folks on the net say that he has 800 because he did 782, three times. Go to https://athleticgreens.com/juji to get started on your first purchase and receive a FREE 1-year supply of Vitamin D and 5 travel. And what about your mental approach? He said that the rack pulls taught him how to strain against heavy weights. So he'll go 100 feet down, 100 feet back, perform a series of jumps, and then repeat. One day, after speed bench, George tried a 495 lb. His best pull in a meet is 804 pounds and you don't pull over 800 pounds without picking up a few tricks of the trade. He accomplished at world record with 782. Chuck Vogelpohl is a powerlifting legend. The Max Effort day should be spaced 72 hours from the corresponding Dynamic Effort day. would only use 45s. He was looked down upon from the elder seagulls for flying fast was not the job a seagull was intended to do. The IPA National in York was Fusdogs first big meet. And Waterman always did great, but not on a slippery 8 in.
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