Gary Benford is world record holding powerlifter and loyal member of the Westside Barbell Alumni. He starting training with Louie back in 590 Larcomb in the Late 70's and still competes to this day. Since the age of 50, Benford has broken 27 world records in the bench press, competing in five different powerlifting federations, in the age categories of 50-54. 55-59 and 60-64 in the 198-pound bodyweight class. Aside from being known as an elite level powerlifter, Gary has been an effective and efficient meet director and published author.
00:00 Intro
00:34 First Time Hearing About Westside
05:43 Role Models
08:20 Garage Days
13:12 Meeting Louie/Role in Gym
23:08 Lessons Learned From Running Meets
28:30 Gerry & Powerlifting/The Importance of the Crew
37:37 Louie The Problem Solver/Louie The Lifter
44:26 What Made It So Special?
55:33 Favourite Louie Stories
1:04:25 Growing Older And Still Training
1:07:40 Garry's Proudest Moment/Outro
Lance Palmer - WSBB #76
Conjugate & Skateboarding, Being a Pro Athlete, Resilience - Neen Williams - WSSB#75
Strongman at Westside, MMA Coaching, Onnit - Craig Bongelli - WSBB#74
Westside Style MMA Training, Muay Thai Champion, Double Knockout - WSBB #73 - Dorian Price
Beginner’s Guide To Conjugate: The Maximal Effort Method
Internship at Westside Barbell, Learning From Louie, Integrity - WSBB #72 - Jordan Syatt
Beginner’s Guide To Conjugate - Introduction
Working with MMA Athletes, Stipe Miocic, being a Performance Coach and more.. -WSBB#71-Bobby Kaleal
Professional Grappling, Pioneering Strength Training in BJJ, The Illusion of going ”All Out”-WSBB#70
Conjugate for Tactical Training, Training Different Demographics & More, - Jason ”Gus” Gusic - WSBB#69
Utilizing The Conjugate Method, Dedication To Athletes And More... - WSBB#68 -Brian Bott
”Adapt On The Fly” - Dustin Brancheau - WSBB#66
”At Least 3” - Gerry 0 - WSBB#65
Training Always Evolves - George Halbert & Tony Ramos - WSBB#65
Q’n’A with Louie Simmons - WSBB #64
”God Damn Chicken Hawk” - Chicken Hawk - WSBB #63
Functional Range Conditioning - DR. ANDREO A. SPINA & John Quint - WSBB #62
Return Of The Newark Boys - Josh Gutridge, Joe Bayless, Tim Harold & Zach Cole - WSBB#61
Always Analyze, Never Criticize - Gary Sanger - WSBB#60