Westside Barbell Podcast #51 - Coe & Gritter, The Night Crew

Bob Coe and Jeff "Gritter" Adams ran the Night Crew at Westside for many years. Coe initially came to Westside in 1979, alongside Matt Dimmel while Gritter started in 1994. after being invited to train there by Louie. Their development of Night Crew and the resulting achievements became an integral part to the legacy of Westside Barbell and Louie's training methodologies. 

Topics Covered include:

- The history and culture of the Night Crew

- Training Dave Hoff

- Chuck's brief stint in the Night Crew

00:00 intro00:35 Coe & Gritters beginnings at Westside07:30 Louie & The First Arnold, Coe's Olympia Stories10:00 Westside Competing at the Arnold's, Anthony Clarke11:27 The Night Crew16:28 Eskill and The Night Crew19:46 What stood out with the Night Crew22:00 Achievements of the Night Crew27:11 Coe, a benchshirt, and a 100 scratches31:20 Feats of Strength in the Gym, injury rates, training with bands for the first time34:54 Louie's training experiments,39:30 Why People Stayed, bar fights, meeting Matt Dimmel, early Westside days42:16 Ohio Strong, Black's Strength World44:48 Matt Dimmel48:30 Louie's Gyms, The Board54:00 Coe as a Handler, hand outs, Training with Dave off1:00:00 Never Dump The Bar1:03:00 Hoff - 30051:04:00 Chuck1:09:20 The Westside Method1:13:00 The Newark Crew1:17:55 Louie and The Crew, The Hoffs1:21:30 Jerry O, Tony Ramos, back to Hoff1:26:00 Parting Thoughts on Louie1:29:23 Outro    

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