Westside Barbell Podcast #50 - Jim Seizter, The First Member

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     _____ Merch: https://www.westside-barbell.com/collections/apparel Website: https://www.conjugateclub.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/westsidebar... Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/conjugatecl... Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/westsidebarb... Podcast: https://westsidebarbell.podbean.com/​ Blog: https://www.westside-barbell.com/blog... _____