It is a part of the sport called cutting weight that is dangerous in my opinion. The heart needs electrolytes/salt for the chemical signals to fire off to keep it pumping or it stops working. I had a neurologist once that told me their patients passed away from drinking too much water? For the experienced professional these water cuts are possible but like you said what is happening to the kidneys? I don't like them. The pursuit of excellence at any cost is not the best plan if you are not around to enjoy another day. I am concerned for Devon because those last few days he may be in a zombie state. He already looks worn out.

Devon has said in this moment that he is at 111kgs right now 🤷

This whole thing feels like an assignment deadline looming where you know you're not submitting it.

So Devon right now is maybe 113 kg with no shoes and clothes. That means 8 kg left to water cut. Now normally, that's a very manageable cut but in this case, Devon has already lost about 10 kg or so through eating at a calorie deficit and also cut out carbs meaning he lost a lot of glycogen weight. It's very unlikely that he can lose an additional 8 kg on top of the weight he's already lost in these past 3 weeks. I think chances are Devon doesn't make the cut since that's way too large of a cut, especially considering that he's older than he's ever been and this is the largest cut he has ever made. However, Devon has made a big show of saying he's going to prove everyone wrong and get this cut done so I can see him taking extreme measures like using diuretics and spending longer than healthy amounts in the sauna in order to make weight. If this happens, his body will be in a very vulnerable state against Oleg Petrenko and he may win overall but he'll likely to drop a round or two.

Dev surely has an extra % or so based on the steroid water retention

He will make the weight or end up in the hospital. If/when he makes weight what type of energy will he get back is the question. He had a few weeks of lack of discipline. He knows when in a weight class you can’t let your weight balloon up more than a decided up point. He allowed the Leonidas match to push his weight up high after his fast. He is now suffering for that decision. I hope he doesn’t have kidney problems from this.

I think he will make it by the skin of his teeth. He is mentally tough to the extreme, so yes it will probably work out for him even though it just looks like pointless risk to me. Your assessment makes perfect sense though for a normal human

I know 5 guys at least that lost 20lbs or more in a week for strongman with extreme water loading 3.5 days/cutting and then sauna. 24 hour weigh-in, then show up contest Saturday and run/carry/press their normal training weight. 114kg to 105kg , Sunday to Friday weigh-in is typical. Hard work, but reproducible and really a non-issue. And those guys usually did it for a trophy, not the average-Canadian-yearly-salary $$ Dev gets paid for this match lol . He's going to make it.

This my my thought the whole time him wanting to do 105. His body naturally wants to be at 270 plus when healthy and he’s way leaner than he used to be. In WAL 2018-2019 he was 250-260 with more fat than he has now at 270. I don’t think being on gear his body wants to be this light.

Well doing 10kgs water cut from your walk around weight is one thing. But to do it after being carb depleted, lean and dry is another. I dunno if he can do it.

But Devon hasnt to drop 10kgs. He was 114 yesterday with clothes and shoes on. So he was probably 112.5 5 days out. He has to lose 7.5kgs in 5 days. If eats close to nothing and does a shit ton of cardio. Imagining a 2.8k kcal deficit he can lose 400g of fat per day(if loses muscle he can actually even improve the weight loss). So it would be 2kg of real body mass lost. So he has to lose 5.5 of water. Extremely hard, but at the moment he is drinking like crazy to get in flushing mode before cutting water completely. I'm sure he can, he messed up, he definitely messed up and his performance will suffer from it. But he can reach the 105kg mark on friday.

Its interesting that you also weigh 0.3% to 0.5% less in turkey then you do in Canada. You weigh 1% more at the poles then you do at the equator. Because of that devon actually weighed 114kg with shoes and clothes on yesterday on engins scale. Still going to be close to impossible

RIP Devon

10lbs

62.5lbs

27.5 kg

Lol

🔥50kg?

30kg 🤡

39-ish kg?

39.99

37,5kg

33,75 kg

Devon's best rise was around 56kg. Maybe your first one was 38 and second was 40kg?

35kg?

45kg

Rise?

32 kg

Bokke😎

Would Travis's and Devon's setups be feints aswell

I know this is more related to the previous video, but you saw that Rino claim that he's natural? what you think about that, why he's lying? (I'm fan of him, but I don't like that he's lying)

This sports field has become increasingly popular recently, thanks for the tips.

The Hail Mary lean back has a good style

I’m not in a position to know if you know what your talking about. So far loving the channel very palatable.

Or you could have just pressed him???

This is easily achievable with a raw vegan diet

I haven't done a feint in arm wrestling yet. It is pretty advanced and works if your opponent also has enough table IQ to fall for your feint. I do change positions and styles while pulling because my opponents just do one move and don't adjust that much quickly to fall for feints.

Can you do a video explaining devon's toproll setup technique where he kicks his wrist back and supinates while rising. I have a hard time understanding the concept of why you should do the opposite of what you want to do in the setup.

And people thinks that a small positioning advantage doesn't make anything in this sport...🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️

Wow, you have great technical analysis. Now I want to go back to past matches I've watched to see if I saw a feint that I missed. Also I'm very curious to hear your technical analyisis on Devon vs Oleg at EvW 15. Thanks!

What do you think about people with short arms and small hands using a low hand top roll?

Challange for anyone willing to take me on.... i know Riekerd in person..... You name the place in Brisbane and you make the arrangements under your terms..... Of Riekerd test positive i will pay the bill and $1000 in your account..... If he test negative you pay the bill and $1000 in my account..... come on guys i need a robot cleaner for my pool..... easy win for me.

This is advanced technique, you need to be fast and versatile. Even top level armwrestlers can't do this

What about the setup faint? Like starting with your shoulder forwards like you’re setting up to press then go out to a toproll for example.

ongarbayaev or whatever how u spell it. Is fuckin insane

What weight? Love to travel for a match (Dustin Pulls)

0:13 looks at a picture of prime Eddie Hall

Natty my ass. When would retarded people realize that natural physique doesnt look like that no metter how good your genetics are

This interviewer is so naive 😂😂😂

80 % armwrestlers know that. but its useless against people with huge hands and people with very strong grip. You just tired yourself