Honoring a Legend: Mark Bell Remembers Louie Simmons

Today Mark Bell shares his stories of learning from his mentor, Louie Simmons. Louie Simmons was an American powerlifter and strength coach. He was active as a powerlifter and coach for more than fifty years. Simmons was the founder of Westside Barbell and has developed several training protocols, including the "Conjugate Method Join The Power Project Discord:   / discord   Subscribe to the new Power Project Clips Channel:    / @powerprojectclips5137   Special perks for our listeners below! ➢https://www.vivobarefoot.com/us/power... Code POWERPROJECT for 20% off Vivo Barefoot shoes! ➢https://markbellslingshot.com/ Code POWERPROJECT10 for 10% off site wide including Within You supplements! ➢https://mindbullet.com/ Code POWERPROJECT for 20% off! ➢https://eatlegendary.com Use Code POWERPROJECT for 20% off! ➢https://bubsnaturals.com Use code POWERPROJECT for 20% of your next order! ➢https://verticaldiet.com/ Use code POWERPROJECT for 20% off your first order! ➢https://vuoriclothing.com/powerproject to automatically save 20% off your first order at Vuori! ➢https://www.eightsleep.com/powerproject to automatically save $150 off the Pod Pro at 8 Sleep! ➢https://marekhealth.com Use code POWERPROJECT10 for 10% off ALL LABS at Marek Health! Also check out the Power Project Panel: https://marekhealth.com/powerproject Use code POWERPROJECT for $101 off! ➢Piedmontese Beef: https://www.piedmontese.com/ Use Code POWER at checkout for 25% off your order plus FREE 2-Day Shipping on orders of $150 Follow Mark Bell's Power Project Podcast ➢ https://lnk.to/PowerProjectPodcast ➢ Insta:   / markbellspowerproject   ➢   / markbellspowerproject   ➢ Twitter:   / mbpowerproject   ➢ LinkedIn:  / powerproject   ➢ YouTube:    / markbellspowerproject   ➢TikTok: http://bit.ly/pptiktok FOLLOW Mark Bell ➢ Instagram:   / marksmellybell   ➢  / marksmellybell   ➢ Facebook:   / markbellsupertraining   ➢ Twitter:   / marksmellybell   Follow Nsima Inyang ➢ https://www.breakthebar.com/learn-more ➢YouTube:    / nsimainyang   ➢Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nsimainyang... ➢TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@nsimayinyang?... Follow Andrew Zaragoza on all platforms ➢ https://direct.me/iamandrewz Stamps: 0:00 - Episode Preview. 2:10 - Mark's feelings on the death of Louie. 6:04 - What made Mark go to Louie's gym & start training? 10:21 - Did Mark plan on replicating West Side? 15:53 - How did Louie introduce Sled training & other inventions? 19:11 - Did Louie ever care about what other coaches were doing? 25:04 - How would Louie handle when fights broke out in the gym? 26:42 - Mark's favorite thing about Louie. 28:30 - Was Louie always curious about learning new things? 38:33 - Would Louie walk around the gym & tinker the way Mark does? 45:42 - Did Mark keep contact with Louie? 49:15 - Why did Louie tinker around messing with some of the lifts? 52:44 - According to Mark, what one thing people don't know about Louie. 56:28 - Louie and the Cleveland Browns. 57:47 - Did it make it easier for Mark to create Slingshot by learning from Louie? 1:04:59 - Impact that Louie made on Mark & others. 1:09:38 - Like, Share, Subscribe, Comment,& Follow the podcast. 1:12:29 - Outro. #LouieSimmons #WestSidevsTheWorld #PowerProject #Podcast #MarkBell