Lived in grove city throughout my 20’s, had a lot of mutual friends with chuck and got to know him when he’d come into the power shack. Cool ass dude and tons of knowledge. 🤘🏽
Chuck was the only powerlifter I saw that when he was up to lift ,there would be an audible buzz in the crowd and many Would stand to see him .It really was a totally different feel when he lifted .
Chuck is like 5'7"??!! That is the biggest 5'7 I have ever seen!! I'm 5'7" so that brought a on a grin. My workouts have improved lately due to watching the Westside VS The World documentary and seeing everyone's intensity. Matt I appreciate your videos and the knowledge you bring!
I wonder if he used to be taller but due to surgeries on his back he lost some inches. Every video I see he looks a normal height (5'10 ish) but then again I always thought Panora was big but hes only 5'6.
Matt, I've watched all of your Westside stories. I must say, you have a very natural gifted talent on the art of the storytelling. Very addicting. Thanks for sharing brother
I don't know chuck and never trained with him. But I was doing a Lexen meet and Chuck was watching me pull. And after the meet he came up to talk to me about deadlifting. One of the greatest squatters ever just wanted to give me some tips. That's pretty cool. He didn't have to do that. We all know he's an intense dude but he also seemed like someone who just wanted to help others . Unsurprisingly I had the exact same thing happen with Lou.
5:15 mark I completely agree with you. I see so many gym teachers, fitness trainers, strength coaches that are completely out of shape or live off of their glory days. There's something about that energy of someone who actually lives that life. Very good point.
Great video. Cant wait to hear more. You bring a great combo of scientific theory. Practical application and legit credibility and experience to your vidoes
I like hearing you and Dave Tate tell these stories, it allows me to have an appreciation for the history and everything these guys did for the sport without the multiply stuff ruining it for me ( I get that it’s still hard, not one of those people that thinks you can just throw on a shirt or suit and immediately do more weight, I just don’t like the idea of the suits or shirts or how the standard for the lifts weren’t followed very strictly by any means by the end of its popularity)
Matt, you should do a story on your Westside barbell tattoo, and why you covered it up. I think we all know the reasoning, but it would be a good story to hear!
I know chuck was department of corrections officer, as much as I’d like to hear some training stories from him I think hearing his stories from the prison would be cool as well!
@@WenningStrength and I completely understand him wanting privacy in a day In Age where everyone knows everything. It’s just a shame because younger people could learn a plethora of knowledge from him as well as work ethic role model
Matt Dimel must have been one bad dude! I was around when he was competing and I thought he was vying for the 1000 lb squat mark when only a few like Moran and Hatfield had hit that number. Late 80s Was around that time. Then I heard he went down in a squat and broke both his legs or something like that. Vogelpohl looked like a real tough wild guy and Dimel bodyslammed him! Wow! I remember Dimel just looking like a big strong clean cut guy I thought.
Back then we didn't have internet or anything so I only saw a picture or two of him at meets in Powerlifting USA. That was all I had to go by but I don't remember him with facial hair or all tattooed up and rough looking. Thanks for your response Matt. It would be great if you could do a video on him. I am pretty knowledgeable on powerlifting history relative to most and I know next to nothing about him except what I related above. There is almost nothing about him anywhere.
Pardon me but is Chuck Vogelpohl still alive? It sounds like he is not, but I can not find anything related to it. I just never see him interviewed anywhere in the last half decade.
I always ask myself, why are the boys from westside aren't very good deadlifters? The best deadlifts I seen from westside are somewhere in der range of 700 till 800 pounds and there are so many guys who deadlift way more without a suit. I never understood this.
@@Weighthunter if you think about fatigue to stimulus ratios, deadlift would just bump bench and squat down a tonne and it would be such a minuscule total increase with higher injury risk.
Vogelpohl has been all over the internet lately... he seems to be a literal ghost though at this point. All the footage on youtube is over a decade or more old. Probably closer to 15 to 25 years. He wasn't joking when he decided to retire
I would love to meet chuck, I’ve looked up to him for a long time. I feel like I could meet Any famous person and be fine but if by Chance I met chuck i would just fan girl 😂😂😂
My question is, who is the bald guy that is in the picture with Chuck, when they talk about Chuck's crew in the Westside vs. The World documentary. Is that Al Mehan? He seems pretty crazy. Then again, if you were in Chuck's crew, you probably had to be, lol!
Obviously it’s all speculation, but given your knowledge on training and intensity, what do you think Chuck could’ve gotten to in the squat if he never had those injuries and degradation in the neck , spine, and ribs? Do you think 1,300 lbs. was in the cards if he stayed healthy?
@@WenningStrength Seriously, that totally made my breath catch. I hit up google and couldn't find anything about him dying. Luckily I read the comments before I posted asking if he was still alive.
@@WenningStrength He must like to lay low then, I can’t find much from him lately. I’m surprised he wasn’t interviewed at all for Westside Vs. The World
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They story of Dave Tate and Chuck doing 45 sets was both legendary and hilarious
Right before my time around them
Lived in grove city throughout my 20’s, had a lot of mutual friends with chuck and got to know him when he’d come into the power shack. Cool ass dude and tons of knowledge. 🤘🏽
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Chuck was the only powerlifter I saw that when he was up to lift ,there would be an audible buzz in the crowd and many Would stand to see him .It really was a totally different feel when he lifted .
For sure!!!
Chuck is like 5'7"??!! That is the biggest 5'7 I have ever seen!! I'm 5'7" so that brought a on a grin. My workouts have improved lately due to watching the Westside VS The World documentary and seeing everyone's intensity. Matt I appreciate your videos and the knowledge you bring!
I wonder if he used to be taller but due to surgeries on his back he lost some inches. Every video I see he looks a normal height (5'10 ish) but then again I always thought Panora was big but hes only 5'6.
Chuck is at least 5-10
Chuck was the epitome of intensity & was one of the few multiply lifters I’ve seen who would actually squat to parallel.
He was an animal!!
It would be cool to see you, Dave Tate, and JM Blakley have a discussion on training bench with Julius Maddox
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"Every workout someone's eyes or nose was bleeding." - this is an entirely different level of intensity. Geeze.
It was the real deal
I heard Louie say he told chuck not to fuck with Matt but he didn’t listen 😂😂
Yea they were both very wild at that time
Chuck was probably just as much of a badass as Matt but almost literally only half the size 😂 Dimel was HUGE
Matt, I've watched all of your Westside stories. I must say, you have a very natural gifted talent on the art of the storytelling. Very addicting. Thanks for sharing brother
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Awesome recognition of Chuck. I was fortunate enough to train with Greg Panora and Mike Lawrence for a few years. Learned a ton from them.
The guy is simply a legend and still revered to this day!
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I don't know chuck and never trained with him. But I was doing a Lexen meet and Chuck was watching me pull. And after the meet he came up to talk to me about deadlifting. One of the greatest squatters ever just wanted to give me some tips. That's pretty cool. He didn't have to do that. We all know he's an intense dude but he also seemed like someone who just wanted to help others . Unsurprisingly I had the exact same thing happen with Lou.
5:15 mark I completely agree with you. I see so many gym teachers, fitness trainers, strength coaches that are completely out of shape or live off of their glory days. There's something about that energy of someone who actually lives that life. Very good point.
Trained w him last week. He still had the rage :)
Could listen to these stories all day thanks for sharing. Big fan of the channel!
Great video. Cant wait to hear more. You bring a great combo of scientific theory. Practical application and legit credibility and experience to your vidoes
Thanks please share!!!!
I like hearing you and Dave Tate tell these stories, it allows me to have an appreciation for the history and everything these guys did for the sport without the multiply stuff ruining it for me ( I get that it’s still hard, not one of those people that thinks you can just throw on a shirt or suit and immediately do more weight, I just don’t like the idea of the suits or shirts or how the standard for the lifts weren’t followed very strictly by any means by the end of its popularity)
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Matt, you should do a story on your Westside barbell tattoo, and why you covered it up. I think we all know the reasoning, but it would be a good story to hear!
Not a bad idea !!! I’ll do a video on Louie here soon
Why did he cover it up
we love you matt.... thanks bud
Please share around !!! Maybe one day these videos will hit 6 figures :)
@@WenningStrength absolutely bro thanks matt
Great job on this video bro! Great job on accomplishing your goals and setting world records along with being a great coach. God bless
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You need to get him on and get him to tell his story aswell.
Yea good luck with that. Asked him 20x. He just doesn’t care to share
@@WenningStrength Seriously? That's a shame, would looove to hear his story and stories
@benchmstrIn "360 cut - Chuck Vogelpohl's back" he actually speaks a couple of sentences.
1:53 the bloat was real LOL
Oh for sure!!! Things we do to squat 1200
Another absolute legend chuck I still watch his lifts
He is an animal
I've seen Vlad's squat videos, had no idea he was at westside. Mind blown
Watch the video. He’s in the pic with us
I was trained by a guy from there in TN I just moved to NC last year Brent he knows all yall strong he helped me for sure cell block strong
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I can't wait for Harvey's story
He’s a nut job lol!!
@@mattwenning2164 like... dangerous nut Job??
Crazy to be a hardcore powerlifter with a broken freakin neck
Hardcore
More. We want more.
Share and repost - we will do our best
Damn man Thats crazy
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Wish I had a hard worker like him to train with. Must be awesome.
It was that’s for sure!!!
Need more stories! O have have ur creeper assistant sit next to u while u talk!!!!
He’s fired lol!!
I know chuck was department of corrections officer, as much as I’d like to hear some training stories from him I think hearing his stories from the prison would be cool as well!
Yep- he won’t get on camera. Tried numerous times I give up
@@WenningStrength and I completely understand him wanting privacy in a day In Age where everyone knows everything. It’s just a shame because younger people could learn a plethora of knowledge from him as well as work ethic role model
Isn't he also known for setting up/cleaning/and putting weights back ect
yeah he is, I believe Dave said it in an interview or his podcast
Matt Dimel must have been one bad dude!
I was around when he was competing and I thought he was vying for the 1000 lb squat mark when only a few like Moran and Hatfield had hit that number.
Late 80s Was around that time.
Then I heard he went down in a squat and broke both his legs or something like that.
Vogelpohl looked like a real tough wild guy and Dimel bodyslammed him!
Wow!
I remember Dimel just looking like a big strong clean cut guy I thought.
Clean cut. Lol. Far from but amazingly strong
Back then we didn't have internet or anything so I only saw a picture or two of him at meets in Powerlifting USA.
That was all I had to go by but I don't remember him with facial hair or all tattooed up and rough looking.
Thanks for your response Matt.
It would be great if you could do a video on him.
I am pretty knowledgeable on powerlifting history relative to most and I know next to nothing about him except what I related above.
There is almost nothing about him anywhere.
Pardon me but is Chuck Vogelpohl still alive? It sounds like he is not, but I can not find anything related to it. I just never see him interviewed anywhere in the last half decade.
Yes he is still around
I always ask myself, why are the boys from westside aren't very good deadlifters? The best deadlifts I seen from westside are somewhere in der range of 700 till 800 pounds and there are so many guys who deadlift way more without a suit. I never understood this.
Much emphasis was placed on totals
@@WenningStrength but with big deadlifts, you also get a higher total or is this a problem with the fatigue?
@@Weighthunter if you think about fatigue to stimulus ratios, deadlift would just bump bench and squat down a tonne and it would be such a minuscule total increase with higher injury risk.
@@ScruffyLeKing maybe it's in equipped lifting different, but in raw is this not a problem!
@@Weighthunter could be wrong but an equipt squat has more potential than an equipt deadlift, so they most likely put more focus on the squat?
Vogelpohl has been all over the internet lately... he seems to be a literal ghost though at this point. All the footage on youtube is over a decade or more old. Probably closer to 15 to 25 years. He wasn't joking when he decided to retire
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Any Dave Tate stories?
Hmm he was on the way out when I showed up
I would love to meet chuck, I’ve looked up to him for a long time. I feel like I could meet Any famous person and be fine but if by Chance I met chuck i would just fan girl 😂😂😂
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My question is, who is the bald guy that is in the picture with Chuck, when they talk about Chuck's crew in the Westside vs. The World documentary. Is that Al Mehan? He seems pretty crazy. Then again, if you were in Chuck's crew, you probably had to be, lol!
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Obviously it’s all speculation, but given your knowledge on training and intensity, what do you think Chuck could’ve gotten to in the squat if he never had those injuries and degradation in the neck , spine, and ribs?
Do you think 1,300 lbs. was in the cards if he stayed healthy?
In Westside abs The World, Louie said Chuck was already at a 1300lbs squat if he was just peak properly, but Chuck never wanted too
Woah woah woah.....did I hear you correctly??? @2:57 "Last Few years of his life" Chuck has passed away???????!
Yea I fucked up meant career
@@WenningStrength Seriously, that totally made my breath catch. I hit up google and couldn't find anything about him dying. Luckily I read the comments before I posted asking if he was still alive.
1200lbs on the squat is insane. There are a lot of people who can’t leg press that.
Yep totally crazy
I mean this sincerely, but I hope it was worth it to him personally.
Life’s all about checks and balances
I get the impression this guy just tells stories about real lifters.
If you mean lifters that were my training partners that I actually know - yep your right 💪💪💪💪
Please share and repost!!!
It threw me off when you said "The last few years of his life". I thought maybe he died and I didn't hear about it.
Yea shot it live and messed up 😎 meant the last few years of his lifting
Im sorry if i missed this but did chuck pass away? I heard “in the last few years of his life”
No I messed up shooting live is hard
Meant to say last few years of his career
2:56 is Chuck dead?
No sir -
Is Chuck still alive???
Yes
How come he squats so deep ?
Rules bro!
Did chuck suffer from medial knee pain
??? He suffered from EVERY body part . Did you listen to Wenning ???
Lol!!! His knees were good as far a I knew. Mostly back and rib issues. Along with tricep damage from the broken neck
Chuck and Louie probably were the Most injured people in the world
Is chuck still alive?
Yes was just shooting a video and didn’t mean to talk past tense
He coaches at Westside I believe
Gianni Russo tonight chuck how to squat.
What’s Chuck doing nowadays?
Still trains here and there and BJJ
@@WenningStrength wow i didn't knew chuck would ever be interested in bjj.
Did chuck pass away?
No I just made a few mistakes making the video
Is Chuck Vogelpohl still alive??
Yep!
@@WenningStrength He must like to lay low then, I can’t find much from him lately. I’m surprised he wasn’t interviewed at all for Westside Vs. The World
@@almost41632 pretty sure he works at the gym
Thought Chuck was like 5 10".
You thought wrong 😂😂😂
@@WenningStrength so Louie must be like 5' 4" then. Chuck is much taller then Louie who was supposed to be 5'6 "
He is very short
I wonder if chuck still lifts
Yes
He still lifts.... WOW
I seen a Instagram vid from someone who filmed chuck pulling like a 750 raw sumo like it was nothing in 2019👀
Didnt he break someones neck
He got his neck broke
@@WenningStrength oh lol
@@WenningStrength oh wait thats not funny
Chuck is dead???!?
No I just slipped up and used past tense - videos can be tough some days
@@WenningStrength haha ok
BRAND NAME FOR THAT BEANIE
No idea
When did he die?
He didn’t I messed up talking
I'm Single 😍😥
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Not even to depth on that first one. I’m out ✌️
Your disrespect is not acceptable here anyway so bye Felicia
Is chuck still alive?
Yea I messed up and said something past tense
Is chuck still alive?
Yup!!