Louie’s Lesson: The Importance of General Physical Preparedness [GPP]

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  • Опубликовано: 3 дек 2020
  • In this video, Louie Simmons answers questions about General Physical Preparedness (GPP). Louie is adamant about continuously improving one's GPP to constantly break records.
    Learn:
    - When to do a GPP workout
    - Why it is necessary
    - How Louie improves his lifters' GPP
    - How GPP impacts your ability to break records
    - What kind of exercises you should do
    - And more!
    *There were some technical issues with the audio, so make sure to turn on the closed captions.
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    Louie Simmons is widely regarded as the 'Strength Coaches', Strength Coach' and is the founder of the world-renowned gym called Westside Barbell in Columbus, Ohio.
    Westside Barbell is an invitation-only training laboratory where only the strongest of mind and body survive. Our goal is simple: “To become the best and push every boundary known to man in doing so.”
    This gym has produced more world records in powerlifting than any other in the World, and Louie has been regarded as one of the main reasons that the conjugate style of training has been popularized in today's training methods.
    Outside of powerlifting, Louie is a strength consultant for many NFL, NBA, MBA teams, along with having trained gold medal sprinters, pro boxers, UFC fighters, and many more athletes out of his gym via the conjugate method of strength training.
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Комментарии • 150

  • @buttneked3963
    @buttneked3963 3 года назад +289

    PEOPLE MUST UNDERSTAND you never get this level of information from a “coach” without being on his team. And it’s on your tube FREE. God Bless this man

    • @WestsideBarbellOfficial
      @WestsideBarbellOfficial  3 года назад +40

      Thanks for the comment !

    • @philipevans576
      @philipevans576 Год назад

      Freakin luv this - mind blown - I see the matrix code now…

    • @McCarthy1776
      @McCarthy1776 Год назад +2

      And he's arguably the best powerlifting coach in history and coached athletes in a large diversity of sports. This crane operator who had PhDs and pro strength and conditioning coaches come to learn from him. RIP

    • @catedoge3206
      @catedoge3206 6 месяцев назад

      real

    • @heveyweightheveyweight5399
      @heveyweightheveyweight5399 Месяц назад

      This stuff is in books 📚 I learned a this without going to a channel . Bigger faster stronger in high-school taught this an I learned more about in books . No coach required

  • @scottscifers5428
    @scottscifers5428 3 года назад +91

    I feel so stupid when I listen to Louie speak, he just understands things on a completely different level. I have to listen again and when it finally settles in, I'm completely blown away. He's a genius.

  • @vonchubbz9843
    @vonchubbz9843 3 года назад +33

    I just started lifting weights at 43 years old
    Better late than never
    This man is a LEGEND
    He is like the Wise man on the mountain.

    • @Darin451
      @Darin451 23 дня назад

      Right on brother, better late than never keep kicking ass.

  • @29ervitus80
    @29ervitus80 3 года назад +72

    I’ve done tire pulls for years. Cheap set up. Outside , fresh air. Get an old tire and a strap, fill with rocks or dead bodies
    Walk!

    • @ShawnJonesHellion
      @ShawnJonesHellion 3 года назад +27

      I don't know nothing about them bodies if anyone asks.

    • @adtjtjdjsj
      @adtjtjdjsj 11 месяцев назад +2

      ​@@ShawnJonesHellionme neither.

  • @bigpizza5319
    @bigpizza5319 10 месяцев назад +1

    Louie made so much sense. Get ready for anything is the plain and simple message but only Louie will take you there seamlessly. All he needs is payment in blood.

  • @ismailaboobaker5735
    @ismailaboobaker5735 11 месяцев назад

    In my humble opinion, that destroyer from the top of the ladder through the table is the best spot ive ever seen. The balls to do it, the execution,and nobody got hurt. Amazing stuff

  • @markosekulic
    @markosekulic 3 года назад +1

    God bless you guys! 🙏

  • @stevenagle615
    @stevenagle615 8 месяцев назад +1

    I remember when you had to buy a VHS tape to hear Louie speak.
    A man way ahead of his time, RIP 😢

    • @Darin451
      @Darin451 23 дня назад

      The good old days when we had PLUSA to read

  • @hunterholistichealth
    @hunterholistichealth 3 года назад +4

    This is gold...

  • @keithlittle293
    @keithlittle293 2 года назад

    Outstanding knowledge 🙌🏼🙌🏼👍🙏🏻

  • @pretty_flaco
    @pretty_flaco 3 года назад +14

    official grandpa dropping gems as usual

  • @brandongreen5884
    @brandongreen5884 3 года назад +7

    Very good! My understanding of GPP came from what I read from the
    "'Soviets Sports Review", Dr. Yessis (Michael Yessis) consults and what
    I read in the "Charniga translations" of Soviet Weightlifting theory. Not just
    "fitness" but "coordination, speed, etc." I saw the USSR volleyball team in the '80s
    (1987 specifically) in the old LA Laker forum in Inglewood, Ca. as part of a "round-robin"
    tournament. In the finals, the Soviets came out, and their warm-up looked like a "circus"
    -Walking on hands, Back Flips, Foward Flips, and then execute a "skill" (such as a "dig").
    Except for the "setter" who would "windmill" one arm going in one direction and the other arm
    going the other at the same time and then switch!
    .

  • @lordtimothy9740
    @lordtimothy9740 Год назад +3

    Priceless info by Louie rip

  • @pinksupremacy6076
    @pinksupremacy6076 Год назад +7

    Louie seems like such a likable and genuine guy. I would die for such a mentor. Very much appreciated🙏

    • @WestsideBarbellOfficial
      @WestsideBarbellOfficial  Год назад +3

      Thank you

    • @McCarthy1776
      @McCarthy1776 Год назад

      Hahah he was evidently quite the opposite in real life. A great man and an amazing coach but he was notorious for being very hard, stubborn and aggressive but it worked for Westside Barbell. It's not Planet Fitness after all 😂

    • @cutechicken2534
      @cutechicken2534 6 месяцев назад +1

      @@McCarthy1776 I would rather have a tough coach rather than a soft one . Makes me work harder to meet his expectations . Like my Dad lol

  • @bullerd82
    @bullerd82 3 года назад +9

    Got to love Louis

    • @jasveenpal
      @jasveenpal 3 года назад

      Its Louie..
      Its in the title man.

  • @theliftleague4090
    @theliftleague4090 Год назад +3

    I love listening to Louie talk shop. We're not powerlifting but we do try to implement conjugate methods combined with GPP, J.C. Santana's linear methods and the findings of Dr. Kraemer's non-linear studies. It ain't perfect but we're definitely on to something.

  • @konstantinviktory4199
    @konstantinviktory4199 3 года назад

    Functional training. This is the good stuff.

  • @davidduffy3021
    @davidduffy3021 3 года назад +2

    Brilliant

  • @michaelderenne9838
    @michaelderenne9838 Год назад +1

    Such good info

  • @josephwilkinson1610
    @josephwilkinson1610 2 года назад +1

    Great stuff

  • @gareththomas3234
    @gareththomas3234 Месяц назад

    You gotta listen to this guy

  • @LionelsHeart
    @LionelsHeart Год назад +1

    St Peter welcomed Louie at the Pearly gates and announced, "we're having a deadlift contest!,get your ass in here 😊

  • @HardcoreNaturalFitness
    @HardcoreNaturalFitness 3 года назад

    Too good

  • @kv3515
    @kv3515 3 года назад

    This is great stuff.

  • @run2fire
    @run2fire 3 года назад +9

    I work with some guys that farm also. They are strong too! They don’t lift weights but lots of physical labor!

  • @gilmartinbodytempering1014
    @gilmartinbodytempering1014 3 года назад +7

    Thanks for this Excellent video . My question is I am a trail runner how would the workouts look like ie. frequency and duration. listening to Louie it's like a living encyclopedia of info.

    • @MaddTrapper-gn8qs
      @MaddTrapper-gn8qs Год назад +1

      Are you talking about using conjugate to structure your running workouts? Or how to use weight training to benefit your running?

    • @gilmartinbodytempering1014
      @gilmartinbodytempering1014 Год назад

      @@MaddTrapper-gn8qs The latter weight training to compliment the running.

  • @ericgraham3344
    @ericgraham3344 3 года назад +3

    Louis is the “MAN”‼️‼️‼️‼️

  • @ResistanceQuest
    @ResistanceQuest 3 года назад +3

    The Cus D'Amato of lifting, and Cus is the Louie of boxing

  • @helmutkrusemann9194
    @helmutkrusemann9194 3 года назад +5

    does anyone know where I can buy a program where I can build GPP from scratch the right way? Thanks! Thank you very much westside barbell for sharing so much great content!

    • @jimmypax7367
      @jimmypax7367 3 года назад +3

      If you train as a lifter I’d recommend Matt wennings channel for GPP workouts, he trained under Louie at westside. Search wenning warm ups on YT if you’re still looking, found them pretty helpful getting in shape personally (and it’s free)

    • @ettcnt3822
      @ettcnt3822 3 года назад

      8weeksout maybe

  • @29ervitus80
    @29ervitus80 3 года назад

    Love Louie

  • @garrettday4086
    @garrettday4086 3 года назад

    all efficiency matters

  • @glenntimmons4203
    @glenntimmons4203 2 года назад +1

    Good ole Louie..the man

  • @bobbydenezza7795
    @bobbydenezza7795 2 года назад +1

    So from what Louie is saying in this video, can you do GPP as warm ups before your max effort lifts?

    • @MaddTrapper-gn8qs
      @MaddTrapper-gn8qs Год назад

      No, you'd want a specific warmup i.e. hip extension for squat or deadlift. The nature of gpp is not specific

  • @plumtree844
    @plumtree844 2 года назад +1

    Didnt Tia Claire Toomey goto the Olympics in Weightlifting?

  • @JR-RKO
    @JR-RKO 3 года назад +9

    I wish Louie would make more videos! I'd like to know what Lou recommends for healing rotator cuff issues

    • @louisl1616
      @louisl1616 3 года назад +5

      Banded pull aparts and super high rep band work.

    • @RturokDaw
      @RturokDaw 3 года назад +4

      Go over to Donnie Thompson's page.

    • @patricksomaine3700
      @patricksomaine3700 3 года назад

      He talked about that. Lot of bamboo bar, battling rope/chain, indian clubs, etc..

    • @WestsideBarbellOfficial
      @WestsideBarbellOfficial  3 года назад +3

      Look up podcast 21 with John Quint

  • @noahsegraves4256
    @noahsegraves4256 3 года назад

    Garage gym thoughts?

  • @mayankprasad7317
    @mayankprasad7317 3 года назад +1

    🙏🙏🙏

  • @CWBush73
    @CWBush73 3 года назад

    So what would a GPP be for a soccer player? At first he said GPP should not be far off from the sport. I know I can use GPP as I get tired during a weight training workout.

  • @greffett1969
    @greffett1969 2 года назад +2

    What gpp excercises for jiu jitsu/ submission grappling ?

    • @WestsideBarbellOfficial
      @WestsideBarbellOfficial  2 года назад +3

      www.westside-barbell.com/blogs/the-blog/wsbb-blog-gpp-for-wrestlers?_pos=4&_sid=42d06e7c6&_ss=r Start here!

  • @mozzer920
    @mozzer920 3 года назад +5

    What about that Johnny Cash and Elvis picture in the background?

    • @louisl1616
      @louisl1616 3 года назад

      Louie likes good music?

  • @rubberducky6159
    @rubberducky6159 3 года назад +10

    You down with GPP?

  • @2kix
    @2kix 3 года назад +1

    Did Big Lou say K BOX? (Kbox4 Platform)

  • @fatman9196
    @fatman9196 2 месяца назад

    Gpp book???

  • @its_james_fitness
    @its_james_fitness 3 года назад +1

    I don't have the money or space for a sled, I wonder what Louie thinks of hill sprints as a similar alternative (if not a substitute)

    • @darksidetraining9815
      @darksidetraining9815 3 года назад +4

      I’ve heard him say it’s not sport specific for powerlifting, you could get an old tire or something but they sell sleds for cheap $80 I think. The guy from 531 talks about hill sprints though, I think great for gpp prob but not if your going for huge total

    • @chasecotter3077
      @chasecotter3077 3 года назад +4

      kettelbells are great for gpp

    • @darksidetraining9815
      @darksidetraining9815 3 года назад +1

      @TurboBaner more then sprinting, u can load a sled. Moving heavy objects, it like doing a heavy leg curl.

    • @darksidetraining9815
      @darksidetraining9815 3 года назад +1

      @TurboBaner I would thing strengthening the hamstring is yes. What kind of work do u do to get your deadlifts up? Have u actually tried these things? I have, it Works.

    • @darksidetraining9815
      @darksidetraining9815 3 года назад +1

      @TurboBaner dude this is a thread on westside. If u follow there stuff Louie recommends sled drags and has said that sprints are not useful to a power lifter. Everything else your arguing is semantics. I’m quoting things I’ve heard him say. Go listen to all the podcasts, buy the book of methods and get back to me.

  • @lewishumphries1630
    @lewishumphries1630 3 года назад +3

    Isn't it strange that GPP came on the Westside channel , here 6 days ago . Then on the Super Training channel 4 days ago??! 🤨

    • @xx-vi1mj
      @xx-vi1mj 3 года назад

      Are you saying anyone who talks about GPP is ripping off Westside?

  • @DM-jt4rh
    @DM-jt4rh 3 года назад +4

    I thought the 3 week pendulum wave %ages were 75/80/85........they just keep going up lol

  • @tylercobb1516
    @tylercobb1516 3 года назад

    What would a football driven gpp program look like?

    • @Sealed_Chamber
      @Sealed_Chamber 3 года назад +1

      idk

    • @WestsideBarbellOfficial
      @WestsideBarbellOfficial  3 года назад +9

      prowler, sled, wheelbarrow!

    • @ResistanceQuest
      @ResistanceQuest 3 года назад +1

      @@Sealed_Chamber "IDK", is that some kind of exercise? Is there a Titan Fitness machine I can buy for that exercise? How much of the stack should start with? Sets/reps?

    • @Sealed_Chamber
      @Sealed_Chamber 3 года назад +3

      @@ResistanceQuest Yeah.

    • @ResistanceQuest
      @ResistanceQuest 3 года назад +1

      @@Sealed_Chamber oh, nice

  • @duchaneaux
    @duchaneaux 9 месяцев назад +1

    “GPP is general pacific.” What did he mean by this

  • @stefanomagaddino6868
    @stefanomagaddino6868 3 года назад +3

    Love Louie, but geez I can't understand half of what he says. Either he's talking too fast or changes his train of thought in mid sentence. Still, the man is fascinating.

  • @davidmb3376
    @davidmb3376 3 года назад +4

    So what kinda warmup does Louie recommend? He says it’s worthless to warm up and then a couple minutes later he talks about being fatigued from his warmup before squats

    • @jividenpower8195
      @jividenpower8195 3 года назад +11

      He specifically said to warmup with the movement you're doing. lol He said the people doing all the crazy drills, foam rolling and stuff was not needed.

    • @ZaneGeeting
      @ZaneGeeting 2 года назад +2

      @@jividenpower8195 this. Also sled dragging. Treat your extra workout as your warm up.

    • @bobbydenezza7795
      @bobbydenezza7795 2 года назад +1

      @@ZaneGeeting So basically do GPP work as your warm-ups before doing your heavy singles for ME lower or upper day?

    • @ZaneGeeting
      @ZaneGeeting 2 года назад

      @@bobbydenezza7795 I'm not speaking for Lou here (RIP) but I have trained conjugate for a long time, and Lou took time to help me on several different occasions. I like to pick 3 or 4 exercises for my weak points and hit them for a few high rep sets before my main movement. Right now I drag a sled backwards, do reverse hypers, and banded hamstring curls. I do them as a circuit for 3-4 rotations.

    • @incorectulpolitic
      @incorectulpolitic Год назад

      @@jividenpower8195 by drills you mean a/b/c skip, heel to butt etc?

  • @keithlittle293
    @keithlittle293 3 года назад +2

    What’s a whirl whirl??

    • @DaveFrazier69420
      @DaveFrazier69420 3 года назад +2

      Don't quote me. but I believe that he meant "Wheel Barrow"

    • @keithlittle293
      @keithlittle293 3 года назад

      @@DaveFrazier69420 haha really

    • @DaveFrazier69420
      @DaveFrazier69420 3 года назад +1

      @@keithlittle293 for sure. In their podcast I’ve heard him talk about different wheel barrow exercises. He loves em.

    • @keithlittle293
      @keithlittle293 3 года назад +2

      @@DaveFrazier69420 I was laughing cos I heard whirl whirl..
      Wheel barrow would make a ton more sense

    • @DaveFrazier69420
      @DaveFrazier69420 3 года назад +1

      @@keithlittle293 agreed. He totally said whirl whirl. And everyone walked right by it like “... right. Let’s not question Lou, I’m sure whirl whirl is great”

  • @boxerfencer
    @boxerfencer 3 года назад +2

    1:50 by definition 25 reps with 80%1RM or an 8RM, is NOT 80% because it isn't an 8RM, but a 25 RM.

    • @ggooch97
      @ggooch97 3 года назад +3

      55% bar weight 25% accommodating resistance.

    • @davidmb3376
      @davidmb3376 3 года назад +3

      It’s bar weight and bands combined to make 80%. Way different than 80% straight weight

    • @boxerfencer
      @boxerfencer Год назад

      Shit, it doesn't matter how the external load is composed. If you're getting 25 reps with it, it's not 80% RM period. No ifs, ands, or buts about it. To do so is like insisting the earth is flat or denying gravity.

    • @incorectulpolitic
      @incorectulpolitic Год назад

      @@boxerfencer 'gravity', the glue that sticks all the none sense lies together.

  • @ufcjunkie7
    @ufcjunkie7 3 года назад +10

    You can have better sound than that guys

  • @bones2937
    @bones2937 3 года назад

    What is some gpp stuff for ice hockey

  • @DiegoGarcia-vt5kr
    @DiegoGarcia-vt5kr 3 года назад

    I don’t understand 20 reps @ 80%

    • @WestsideBarbellOfficial
      @WestsideBarbellOfficial  3 года назад +2

      That was done as an experiment. 1 set of 20 reps for speed strength. The lifters were able to maintain the same speed for each rep. A high level of GPP is required to be able to do this.

  • @louisl1616
    @louisl1616 3 года назад +2

    How tall is a pyramid.

    • @Sealed_Chamber
      @Sealed_Chamber 3 года назад +1

      idk

    • @louisl1616
      @louisl1616 3 года назад +4

      As tall as its base is wide. It's what louie always says about GPP. It's the base. You won't become great without GPP

    • @Sealed_Chamber
      @Sealed_Chamber 3 года назад

      @@louisl1616 Thank you.

  • @TeamOMT
    @TeamOMT 3 года назад +2

    Louie, Love you stuff. BUT, you are wrong about the transferability to competition from GPP to another sport. When you were talking about CrossFit, Tia Clair Toomey 4x Fittest Woman on earth, went to the Common Wealth Games for Australia, and won GOLD in weightlifting, in the middle of a CrossFit season.... She also just a couple days ago announced she is now going to join Team Australia Bobsled to qualify for the Olympics, just a couple months after winning her 4th CONSECUTIVE CrossFit games title. It CAN be done.

    • @minecraftlord568
      @minecraftlord568 3 года назад +2

      You’re talking about a freak though.

    • @FFAR05
      @FFAR05 3 года назад +3

      Women sports on the whole are highly uncompetitive especially niche sports like these. Tia with her fitness advantage can just overpower most competition.

    • @ZaneGeeting
      @ZaneGeeting 2 года назад +1

      Extreme genetic outliers are always the exception and never the rule.

    • @Dr_Footbrake
      @Dr_Footbrake Год назад

      The standard to represent Australia in bobsleigh is pretty low.
      Even I was only $$$ to go to America for a year away from making our team ~10 years ago, and about the only qualifying standard was that you were willing to move overseas lol

    • @bpswank429
      @bpswank429 Год назад

      But Claire is juiced to the gills

  • @frankm2911
    @frankm2911 2 года назад

    Is interviewer Irish?

  • @christianbolt5761
    @christianbolt5761 3 года назад +3

    The Thomas Edison of power lifting.

  • @frankrizzo334
    @frankrizzo334 3 года назад

    my gym is push up anywhere

  • @ShawnJonesHellion
    @ShawnJonesHellion 3 года назад

    0 thumbs down

  • @jamesjanotta2363
    @jamesjanotta2363 5 месяцев назад +1

    I wish he didn’t talk so gosh damn fast

  • @jw1741
    @jw1741 3 года назад

    Am I the only lab rat that thought GPP was a supplement? I will WILINGLY do whatever it takes...☣️ Yes!...Yes...YESS! 😳😶😑😳 Oh ya of course not, I knew that....well I figured... probably wouldn't have done it anyway.... 🤕😔😔😭

  • @evanoliver6949
    @evanoliver6949 2 года назад

    So wrong with his logic about rest times

  • @SolRC
    @SolRC Год назад +1

    I really am enjoying this, but I wonder when he says it's the Bulgarian athletes mental toughness vs the judgement of the team trainer. It's a really subjective way to make a point and therefore suss.