Jim Seitzer has an elite total of 1824.3 and is a former Mr. USA. Jim was a founding member of Westside Barbell, training under Louie back in the Basement Days through various inceptions of Westside. He is also the Founder of Bandbell (https://www.bandbell.com/), a company that specializes in O.K.E. training equipment such as the Earthquake and Rhinoflex series of bars
Topics covered include:
- Meeting Louie Simmons
- The Original Crew and training in the 70's
- Jim's bodybuilding career and the importance power-building played
00:10 - Intro
00:30 - Starting as gymnast/Discovering weight training
04:40 - Meeting Louie Simmons/The Original Crew
11:15 - Louie's Early training and developing his system
17:40 - Developing the Reverse Hyper
23:45 - When Louie broke his back
25:40 - The Board/Louie's Coaching/Crew Mentality
32:00 - Generations of Westside/Louie at Westside
39:57 - Louie's Favorite Hobby/Training with Louie
46:00 - Ohio Strong
49:00 - Jim's Bodybuilding Career/Powerlifting Career
58:00 - Louie Stories
01:08:00 - Jim on Louie
01:10:30 - Outro
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Episode 38 - Tom Barry talks with Matt Brown
Episode 37 - Louie Simmons talks with Dan Green
Episode 36 - Louie Simmons talks with Dave Hoff
Episode 35 - Louie Simmons meets Ashley Jones
Westside Barbell Audio Articles 04 - Westside Mass Production
Westside Barbell Audio Articles 03 - No Body Said It Would Be Easy
Westside Barbell Audio Articles 02 - Strength training for the sprinter
CC Bitesize Chat - Dr. Nicholas Romanov and Louie Simmons
Episode 34 - Untold Fitness Meets Louie Simmons
Episode 33 - Lift Lab Meets Louie Simmons
Westside Audio Articles - Assessing The Assessment
Episode 32 - Box Squatting
Episode 31 - Raising Work Capacity
Episode 30 - Low Back Pain Syndrome
Episode 29 - The Rule Of Three
Episode 28 - Conjugate Periodization
Episode 27 - Strong8 and IFBB Pro Seth Shaw
Episode 26 - Bobby Maximus (Gym Jones)