rack pulls from just above the knee and a good box squat with 885 lbs. I know they tried to kill me, but I am still in good enough shape to be their pallbearer, you assholes.Ĭhuck was one of the strongest men I ever trained with. who could never do enough in the workouts, and the two carried me along with them. He was a great training partner with his Zippy fired personality, along with Chuck V. His name was Zippy in the gym, when the crazy came out to play. Dave was very explosive and also very crazy.
But after six months of no progress, he jumped on board and began to make great progress. Like today, only top ranked lifters trained at Westside back in the 90’s.ĭave Tate came to Westside but was not sure about our system. Gerry O was to win a national championship. It was very profound when George said he learned a lot from JM and Kenny, but that they never learned anything from him. Then there was Jim, who was very slow but not explosive. George was a real student of the game, he was very fast. These numbers seem crazy after Matt Dimel’s 1,010 lb. Until his teammate Dave Hoff would do 1,210 at 271 lb. He was the greatest squatter of all time. But all still holds the world record at 42 of 1,140 lbs. he was the lightest man ever to squat 1,000 lbs. Chuck Vogelpohl would eventually not only break world records, but do so in three different weight classes. benchers, wow it has come a long way.Īrnold Coleman was just starting and later became the world record holder in the squat and total at 181. In ’93, I wrote an article in Powerlifting USA, entitled Three of a Kind. His main training partners were Kenny Patterson and Gerry O. To Tom Waddle, you talked George into coming. He said, “I heard those Westside guys are crazy”, but he eventually became a Westsider and still is today. I guess this is what George said is why he did not come to Westside for 2 years. One day I challenged Chuck V., who had the number one bench, to bench and he said, “Mother F’er, catch us when we are out of shape”, I said “You mother F’ers are always out of shape!” When it was done, they beat us by 10 lbs. There were just three benches and about 15 of us, so you really had to earn your spot. Only our top benchers were allowed to go to Tim’s to bench, the rest had to stay at Westside and suffer. Tom Waddle knew George and said he would like him to come bench with us on Sunday, at Tim Vanhorn’s place. Jimmy told George that he could do more in a shirt, but George said he made only 473 lbs. raw, as they say today, and was second to Jimmy Ritchie with 475 lbs. At the time, in 1991, a shirt was only good for 25 to 50 lbs. We were at a local bench meet when I saw a jacked up guy lift without gear. Little did I know, I would return again for yet another 20 years, But, let’s talk about the men who made Westside what it is today. I was 43 in ’91 and said I was done powerlifting after this miss hap. I woke up three days later and spent another four days afterwards in the hospital. I stopped breathing for four minutes and had to be trached as well as given chest tubes. I am very sensitive to anesthesia, and the doctor knew this, but somehow after giving me a shot to calm me down for surgery, I fell asleep and they gave me anesthesia. I ruptured my patella tendon during a low box squat. A lot happened from 1991-2000 at Westside.
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