I know the canvas makes it very hard to hit depth, but what about muscle memory? These cookies will be stored in your browser only with your consent. Chuck:Todays lifters, for the most part, are not as passionate as 20 years ago. Percentages work well with beginners and intermediate lifters; they need guidelines and somewhere to start. Chuck V: Whats the deal with your tattoos? Chuck is known for his incredible squatting prowess, but as Louie says it is improving your weakest lift will make you a champion. This ranges from the weekend athletes to the professional athletes. Rick's method is intuitive and essentially zen like. None of this ever dawned on him. You were right; the 220-pound class was no more. So what do I mean by saying he had to do what he had to do? im sure he has a good idea, but everyone was really concerned with depth at this meet as many had bombed. That's really surprising, but I guess stuff happens. I provided lots of education so younger lifters wont make the mistakes we did. Good luck, Chuckie V. Who knows? Chuck Vogelpohl 1260 w/Rev Green. I remember that if your team were 25 pounds behind in, lets say a rack pull; somehow, you would pull a big pull record to win the contest. For me the enjoyment is planning and organizing the training for myself. we have 3 teams rick calls them they A,B,and Turd teams.. Man I'm getting old.I first started talking to my wife at Chuck's 40th birthday party. Confused, I flagged down Louie Simmons to ask him what the hell Chuck was doing. It was the original IPF, the father of the USPF. 1:33. This could get my lifts only so high, but as usual, you came into our training and added putting chains onto the bar for Accommodating Resistance. Dave Tate thought I was crazy, but that would soon change everything at Westside. Are you eating the right stuff? :: 351 registrierte und 1645 Gste, Mitglieder insgesamt 312427 Oh well, I think we hijacked the heck out of this thread. Jon Call AKA Jujimufu is an American fitness celebrity with a massive following on social media. They are not the same as most; you dont have a max effort day and dynamic effort day. I had no warm-ups and bombed out. Louie has done more for powerlifting across the world, the United States, Columbus, Ohio and has yet to always been able to give 1000 times more to his lifters in the gym. If you are willing to give 100% in the weight room, he is willing to help you reach your goals. A coach can find weaknesses and strengthen them, a coach can tell you to hang it up for the day if you are weak that day. EFS: What kind of percentages do you use? We have had some awesome lifters come out and train, including jason fry, al caslow, rob kolberer, paul childress, jill mills, rob luyando thats just a few. Louie, you were really pissed off. [quote=docjim] Although Vogelpohl isnt breaking world records these days, you can find him showcasing some of his wisdom on his Instagram page, with his latest post showing hamstring glute sit backs using the belt squat and of course a box. Nevertheless, from a coaching perspective, one persons opinion is never enough to take a lifters performance to the next level. Plus, Louie is always challenging you and I cant back down from the old man. This consisted of a 1,050 lbs squat, 635 lbs bench press, and 820 lbs deadlift. Vogelpohl ist der Familienname von: Alfons Vogelpohl (* 1932), deutscher Chemieingenieur; Georg Vogelpohl (1900-1975), deutscher Physiker und Reibungsforscher; Heinrich Vogelpohl, deutscher Lebensmitteltechnologe; Dies ist eine Begriffsklrungsseite zur Unterscheidung mehrerer mit demselben Wort bezeichneter Begriffe. Best of luck to Chuck, Louie, and to all those still at Westside. None the less, Chuck overcame these potentially debilitating injuries to win the WPO by being incredible at each of the three powerlifts. Kinda like stoking a fire. Tate would challenge these imitators, saying that if they really wanted to be like Chuck, then they should be the first person in the gym and the last one out at the end of the day. OK, give a football team some drills to run and let them go out and make their own calls. But no, Chuck is alive and well in another undeground gym in Columbus. 8 years ago. even though most people wont understand it.lol most of whom are our teammates. thanks Brad. Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly. The name Jujimufu came from his AOL profile, and its been with him since. In truth, Chuck is far from the person that people think he is. What do you think from the man who just had to do what he had to do? its just another for of abuse that we all get from rick This isnt him being cocky; its just the way he is. He will be just fine and still crushing #'s in the future. Good luck Chuck. His best squat to date was 860 lbs, and he was opening with a 40 lb personal record. You wanted me to gain weight into the 308 and break Paul Childress 1168-pound world record, but it was hard on my health. LOL.thats funny sh^t. The Chuck Vogelpohl, POWERPOHL is now for sale. Dave is married to elitefts co-owner Traci Arnold-Tate, and they reside in London, Ohio, with their two sons. https://www.youtube.com/user/eliteftsMobile[Follow JOEY here!] chuckvogelpohl Follow Lexen Xtreme 2,920 likes chuckvogelpohl Powerpohl hip thrusters, the gym was pretty loud when I recorded but this exercise is meant to be done at the end of your workout to get blood into your glutes, hips and lower back. [quote=Rob Kolberer]Paul dont you think having the expertise would speed up your own learning curve. They are Fate would have it that Chuck Vogelpohl was competing at a bench press contest held in a local YMCA when he met Simmons. If a lifter cant do a weight he is told to back off. So I plug away and hit 610 at my next meet and I'm happy. Get your greens today! am 06 Jul 2011 21:49, Insgesamt sind 1996 Besucher online Rick's method is intuitive and essentially zen like. Louie:I could think of two things that took your lifts up, especially the squat, to unbelievable levels. What do you think from the man who just had to do what he had to do? Read on for more about Chuck V and this ridiculous 40+ set squat workout with loads over 300 lbs. 5. EFS: So do you still do your speed stuff before you work up to a heavy single or double on the squat? He really makes a lifters life that much easier and BETTER as their numbers show (OVER AND OVER). Mind you; this was the mid-1990s before they were using chains or bands at Westside, not to mention, Chuck had recently had neck surgery. So what do I mean by saying he had to . Chuck V: When I started training at Westside, I think in 1986, I was just another lifter, another member of the team. When you miss an attempt it sets you back 2-3 weeks. For a moment there, I actually thought he might have a chance. It's good to see so many people posting about Big Iron. [quote=Anonymous]my question though is what would happen if someone came to BIG and decided they didn't want to train that way anymore, but still wanted to train at BIG? Big Iron, in just a week there and through Brad Hecks advice has led to PR for me even as a single ply guy, on a horrible day when I WAS FIGHT A A COLD AND THEY ARE THE CONSUMATE TEAM, nad all humble and there numbers speak for themselves their group dominate not Lou's guys!I think with there training methos and focus I MAY BENCH CLOSE TO 600 hundred at 220 in a single.Thanks for all there help, and best of Luck to Chuck! I was moving up to the 242-class for the first time. Chuck:Thanks, Louie. But opting out of some of these cookies may affect your browsing experience. As they went set for set during this workout, Dave realized he miscalculated Chucks disdain for losing. 4. EFS: How do you decide what hat to wear on squat day? At that time, I ruptured my left patella tendon and would be out for some time. While there are a lot of stories about Chuck, Dave simply said, Chuck is all Westside. : https://glow.fm/davetatestabletalk/ About the HostDave Tate is the founder and co-owner of elitefts.com. Oh, yes, I remember you told me not to mess with him; that he was too big and too fast. At age 41, Vogelpohl had a total of 2,605 lbs, his highest ever. Bringing in a fresh perspective to a training challenge should not be viewed as a failure rather, the failure would be refusing to do so. You wanted me to gain weight into the 308 and break Paul Childress' 1168-pound world record, but it was hard on my health. It was NOT so people had a chace to "sucker" punch guys like Rick and his methods. Yeah they are incredible lifters. I still do weighted sit-ups. I was still in high school, and Kenny Read helped handle me. and I put 55 lbs on my bench. There is a video on YouTube entitled Chuck Vogelpohl 633 bench at the 2006 Arnold Classic which shows what an incredible strength athlete Chuck is. John Grimek Workout + Strength Training in Your 40s. Feb 18, 2012. Out of these, the cookies that are categorized as necessary are stored on your browser as they are essential for the working of basic functionalities of the website. ), some of the answers were hard to understand upon listening to it. EFS: First, thanks for letting us do this interview. its more for fun. Oktober 2017 um 11:07 Uhr bearbeitet . Your email address will not be published. I know you won some cash, but when everyone showed up at 5 am, no one showed up to pay. Thats how I am and thats what happens when you train here [Westside Barbell]. In this 45 minute workout, both Jujimufu and Joey do 2-5 box squats per set. Surrender; Follow This and You Can't Fail. I asked him about the limp, and he told me that he had pulled a glute but that it was no big deal. These are" And you would do Reverse Hypers or pull a weight sled for your warm-up. Expereince? However, while this kind of intensity can drive a powerlifters competitive performance, at times it can also be, as Tate puts it, a curse. Dave asks, how many more are you going to do?, this is when Chuck says, one more than you. They ended up finishing the workout at 40 sets!!! The look in his eye told me that it didnt matter what I said. If you have seen the amazing documentary Westside vs the World, you know that Chuck returns home to train again with Louie Simmons and Westside Barbell.Powerlifting entrepreneur Mark Bell posted a great tribute video to a 1260 lb reverse band squat that Chuck did in preparation for another world record breaking meet shortly after this overloaded training lift. He will always stick around to help load, spot, hold boards and help set bench shirts. At that point, we had gone a year and a half to check the progress we had made before you would write about it. While its always nice to give back to the lifting community, its also a huge task full of months of hard work preparing for the event. There is a video on YouTube entitled Chuck Vogelpohl 633 bench at the 2006 Arnold Classic which shows what an incredible strength athlete Chuck is. [quote=Anonymous]Westside has alot of great lifters. I then came to your garage gym on Larcomb on the Westside. The difference between Westside and B.I.G is Rick actually coaches all his lifters and Lou does not. so rather than fall victim to the stricter judging he put his trust in his coach. You both would stand the test of time while KP would hold world records in the bench along with George Halbert, and you would first break the 220-class squat record along with Matt Dimel. I became only the third to do it with two-hour weigh-ins. Another example; my very first meet was the 2001 IPA Nationals, the same meet that Chuck squatted his first 1000lbs. We are not EliteFitness.com. This is doing what you have to do. Oh guess who is the cover of the westside web site now? The workout session consisted of dynamic speed work of back squats with a bar loaded to 405lbs. Matt always speaks extremely highly of Chuck, the viewer of any of these videos can tell how much reverence Matt has for Chuck. Simply put, Dave said that he is the most dependable, hardest working, most competitive lifter hes ever seen. The store will not work correctly in the case when cookies are disabled. The difference between Westside and B.I.G is Rick actually coaches all his lifters and Lou does not. I need to pull something heavier than I will pull in a competition. Best of luck to Chuck, wherever he goes. Brandon Lilly. All right reserved. Chuck V.: Thanks. [/quote] Your thoughts on Rick are completely wrong Paul. Another YouTube clip shows Chuck squatting the all time world record of 1110 lbs in the 242 lb class. This would make him the lightest man ever to do it. You guys are being too hard on Lou. Chuck has had numerous upper body injuries to overcome to include a broken neck which caused severe nerve issues in his upper body. Thats the nature of the sport. The gym had just a power rack, a lat pulldown, a calf-ham glute bench, a back-raise bench, and lots of weights, but most of all, lots of attitude. Chuck V.: Well I should point out that I did perform a max effort day and dynamic effort day for almost twenty years. Seriously, what the hell is he even doing at the meet? That, and all his lifters really trust and respect his judgements to allow him to dictate the protocols.. It was just my opinion, and with my LIMITED knoweldge, and VERY limited meet/training experience I believe that the BIG IRON way of training is the way to go. It was good somehow, and you would later go on at your third attempt with 738 pounds. At this point, Chuck finished with a couple of sets of elevated glute-ham raises and went home. In this clip, Tate and Coan address the question of what it was like to train with Chuck. In referencing Louie Simmons, Tate says that he engrained in them that its their responsibility to make everyone else better. With the explosion in the internet since the late 1990s, Powerlifting competitors and fans around the world have been able to see the best lifters compete and train. For a while, I did some tough man fights and won a couple of tournaments, but got the power bug. These are not easy workouts though. there is really no set numbers. Not one word was ever said about the second accident. GoNewsIndia . Chuck Vogelpohl is an American powerlifter that set numerous world records and was known for his unmatched tenacity. NOV 2002 I personally wouldn't enjoy training if I had someone telling me what to do every step of the way. The same stuff that most everyone still does. Chuck:I knew that those bands would lead to more experiments, and eccentric, concentric, and over-speed eccentric training. Chuck V: A lot of lat work, low back work on the 45 degree back raise, Reverse Hyperextensions, Back Attack, glute ham raises. You take a man fishing and they eat for a day, you TEACH a man to fish and they eat for the rest of their life. First off, back in early 2002, Chuck Vogelpohl became the first man under 300 pounds to squat over a 1000 in competition so it was needless to say that more was expected out of him this time around. He is the author of twenty books and has logged more than 40,000 hours of training and consulting. EFS: What did your max effort work use to be like? Take your time big dawg! Mark notes that Chuck squatted over 1000lbs in the 220, 242, and 275 lb class. He passed on his third attempt saving himself for the other two lifts, but his focus was so intense it could light up a city. JavaScript seems to be disabled in your browser. Are you still doing this? Chuck Vogelpohl of Westside Barbell totals 2562 lbs.