22/11/2020
Rules to live by
Could you huck it at Westside Barbell? If you can follow these rules, you MIGHT have had a shot...
Here are some of Louie's Laws from Dave's tenure:
"-Powerlifting had to be your FIRST priority.
-Don’t miss sessions EVER. Don’t be late EVER! I saw and was part of kicking very good lifters out for those two.
-You compete or leave.
-Once you commit to the meet you do it, no matter what. I never missed a meet and had many poor meets or bomb outs because I lifted injured. Never back out!
-Make those less than you better than you.
-Never sit during a dynamic squat or bench session.
-Leave your drama outside the door. It took me years to find out that some of the guys I trained with were married. We talked s**t and we talked training. That was it.
-Go to meets to help your team and pay your own way there.
-ONLY enter the open division.
-Everyone trained the same lifts on the same day (except supplemental movements that were weak-point specific).
-Know the program.
-There is an AM crew and a PM crew. No other crew. Train in one or the other or not at all.
-Keep your hands off the board unless you were putting your name on it.
-No cameras.
-Make the gym better.
-If you get called out, step up
-If your Ego started to get the best of you, you would quickly be reminded to - take it to the meet. In other words, shut the f**k up. It doesn't matter in the gym.
-Realize you don’t matter at all - your numbers do, and those are only as good as your last meet.
-Training hard was not expected, it was a given. If you couldn’t handle it, leave.
-Don’t be the one who worked the least. That would make you a “twead” and your exit would be soon.
-If you got on the cover of PLUSA, your lifting days won't last much longer. Publicity was the kiss of death to a Powerlifter.
-Stay out of the Bulls**t and let your lifting do the talking."
