Table Talk With John Brzenk | What is the BEST way to train for Armwrestling?

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[@wickywills]

Camera needs to pan down lower on John, so we can see Todd.

[@heyhey2810]

have you seen the younger m todd fight?

[@lazyarmwrestler]

Ahahahahaahhaahha

[@kevipurielhoungu8313]

Hahaha he is never gonna be under breznk table😂😂😂

[@patrickm4935]

Lol. I never get tired of Todd jokes. He's been such a stain on the sport.

[@countrymorgan2942]

Where you going buddy?

[@leonardoarambula7283]

If its john brzenk i believe him. First

[@somerandom7672]

You know.. Brzenk once said that messaging me your bank details is a surefire way to get better at armwrestling. Just throwing that out there.

[@leonardoarambula7283]

Shit!!! And i without a bank account!!

[@somerandom7672]

​@@leonardoarambula7283 Tough luck man. I don't know how you're gonna pay for all those arm breaks ;)

[@malek3719]

Leonardo Arámbula and Devon Larratt

[@thanos5149]

Leonardo Arámbula Where do I send my bank acc details?

[@DrumDisciple1]

Guys, John is saying you should have a max session for 1.5 hours every week. It should be so intense, that if you added any other intense workouts, it would push you over the edge and into overtraining. The session should be so intense that you require a week or so to recover. A light session in between gets the blood moving and aids recovery. This resembles some advanced strength training protocols that push your CNS and tissues to their limit, then incorporate light days to maintain motor pattern and aid recovery. It makes perfect sense.

[@johannesanchez98]

Brzenk is the Mentzer of Arm Wrestling.

[@eclipsesolar8345]

When you look at someone that looks just like a normal regular guy and suddenly found out that he is Superman in arm wrestlin. It's almost unreal to grasp this man. GOAT

[@Nedeljko0012]

Trust me he isn't look like normal guy.. His hand is crazy.. I shake his hand, that's crazy how big and thick is his fist.

[@LeahRobb]

I agree he looks pretty average until ou get a proper look at his hand.

[@GokuTheGod0104]

The greatest arm wrestler of all time!

[@74superglide]

@@hemingway3508 who is?

[@davidc7656]

@@hemingway3508 after voevoda stop armwrestling, there were more competitors that were coming in the game, brzenk armwrestled them. Voevoda didn't. Voevoda didn't prove for the long run

[@Alex-1750]

Left hand Denis by far ...the only untouched left in history

[@nvmffs]

@@Alex-1750 Right hand too. Once he got the hang of the sport he started dominating Brzenk and everyone else

[@lexh.7034]

Greatest athlete of all time. No athlete in history has been as dominant over such a long period of time.

[@asb1619]

I think John would beat most pros when he’s over 70

[@eclipsesolar8345]

He already beats almost all of them ( if not all ) today being 20 years older on average, so, wouldn't be surprised.

[@hasoonnine]

Maybe not heavyweights though

[@ThumbMan.]

​@@hasoonnineBeat Petrenko,Head to head with irakli,Destroyed Zurab,Dominated Voevoda at the ripe age of 59 YEARS OLD,And world title match 11th Nov.

[@dailyplan-et411]

The real question is what was cut off in the end! He gave you even more secrets didn't he.... DIDNT HE!? Lmao nah great vid man when are you competing again?

[@LeahRobb]

My thought exactly.

[@Sleepl3ss]

Amazing! More John!

[@Aasmraudio]

john looking in shape.

[@Lunarpollo5622]

Me here wandering how did a fly manage to get on ur pic, man it gives me that uncomfortable feeling

[@jaygramz07]

I miss ya john,used to look forward to you pulling almost every other event

[@Lunarpollo5622]

I work very well in a defensive and offensive hook, but my problem is getting my opponent in a hook, some supination training is all that is needed, but at the same time i can deliver a neat top roll, i can work with both techniques, as training is concerned i do small range movements and some static holds,it all seems to work, but remember that training on an actual table trains you arm way better than weights, good to hear from john and keep the videos coming Ryan.

[@mikerosa1276]

❤ john brzenk

[@nfrost1986]

I remember I’m pulling John he said he did a lot of pull-ups

[@Armwrestlingchef]

no he never said this.

[@nfrost1986]

@@Armwrestlingchef really maybe I miss heared it

[@Armwrestlingchef]

@@nfrost1986 yes he only did that for the movie... because they nedeed training scenes, but John does rarly workout, so they went to that kids playfield and he did some exerices for them....

[@nfrost1986]

@@Armwrestlingchef thanks man

[@rocktotpaldeka2815]

that's what my coach says too! John Brezenk is the best.

[@DriftmanX]

Hey bud, I’ve been subscribed to you for awhile now. Huge props for getting John onto the podcast. If I may, could you ask John about his brother. I used to watch the old classic arm wrestling videos of the late 80s early 90s and remember watching them both. Hope all is well with Johns brother. Guy was very strong as well and not too far behind John in strength.

[@DriftmanX]

Bill Brzenk

[@onthe1481]

Woody Xyooj--Great Question I was going to ask the same thing but I was a little timid to do so

[@bradmiddleton300]

The tournament was The Yukon Jack... They definitely have great pulling genetics.

[@onthe1481]

@@StephenDoty84 lol :-)

[@discgolflife]

I'm glad god made the GOAT so humble!!! A true living legend much love and respect!!!!

[@kappa5379]

Thanks for the advices. Here in Bulgaria we sometimes train up to 3 times A DAY ( every day ). Sounds crazy but the top bulgarian armwrestlers actually stick to this . Cool to see that the GOAT has a compliatly different approach .

[@yeetspageet5679]

You Bulgarians max out the same exercise every day for weeks as well. Crazy guys.

[@aueret]

thats maybe why he is the GOAT :D

[@We_are_the_light]

A great human

[@kevipurielhoungu8313]

I don't take other armwrstlers advice seriously that much but I'm gonna listen to john

[@micktrickmp]

Mint advice especially for young kids coming up

[@paulosborne1409]

So humble 👌💪

[@ButterBallTheOpossum]

Why does his table have Travis Bagents name on it?

[@ryanbluebowen]

It was a gift from the big man :)

[@johnbraucher1499]

People say he doesn't respect the goat. Dude respects all his peers, its an ACT. Travis is a very solid, moralistically driven dude. They ALL yell at eachothers faces and tap into that beast when at the table. Its called passion and hyping too is part of it. If people just stood there and pulled and nothing else happened it wouldn't be as diverse or big as it is getting right now.

[@danielkandou9415]

John Brzenk is a Legend💪

[@johnphilip8848]

Armwrestling is such a cool sport. For my size, I've got pretty big and strong biceps, triceps, shoulders, pecs and back... but I'm hopeless because I've got short arms, thin wrists and small hands lol. Ah well, I'll just continue to enjoy watching these videos. Always a pleasure to see Brzenk!

[@WilliamAstromAW]

that’s a really weak excuse! short arms,strong biceps, back ,chest and shoulder? sounds like you can be a great hooker. And there can even be advantages to having a smaller hand if you know how to use it, now you might not be nr 1 in the world but don’t use the excuse that you are genetically handicaps

[@donshekn9114]

I have a big weiner.

[@f...kthatpoliticalrightwor1900]

Respect John Brzenk

[@bigantigout]

The GOAT 💪🏼

[@jankowalski88741]

The Legend.

[@tommyschilb10]

I love your stuff

[@somerandom7672]

Hah. I love that he's using the Bagent snaplock.

[@user-xl5xd4xy9m]

Persuasive than any other armwrestlers

[@jakemitchell1671]

mind-boggling that this man dominated for 25+ years without intensive weight training. Right, wrong, or otherwise, you can't argue with success. It worked for him. (understatement of the year? lol)

[@donnasmith9942]

He has never used weight training and is natural, you cant say that about other arm wrestlers.....

[@cassiusgaio9524]

Ok, so let's be more precise. What are the best assistance exercises for arm wrestling?

[@Curitibaas]

Awesome!

[@gregnikolsky631]

John is the best and the LEGEND. And of course he is right. BUT.....to have group of guys to help you to armwrestle it's very difficult. That's why people training in the gym.

[@freddiemehrcurry428]

I guess John will take the secret of his arm wrestling technique into his grave. There must be some special thing he was doing which no one else did. Its incredible that he can win against guys which are 3-4 inches taller and have huge size advantages in nearly every aspect.

[@mussa6823]

yeap cuz he easily fought against Denis in 2008 2009 without gym.....

[@gabryielthomas9285]

@@mussa6823 Its called breaking your arm to increase your tendon strength

[@r2dadizubz]

@@gabryielthomas9285 wtf

[@aokiaoki4238]

He has been training since a kid

[@jasonvoorhees8899]

Was this clip cut from a longer Video ?

[@RecklessLife76]

0 thumbs down for the GOAT

[@dazburnside7340]

RecklessLife76 and because of this comment some dick will think it’s clever to do that now

[@kkn5523]

@@dazburnside7340 lmfao

[@remikremii4376]

only 9 dislikes

[@joydeepdeb7940]

Nice.

[@kobamamamtavrishvili3600]

Best video jhon brzenk trening only table sparing ?

[@user-du1fw9ji7d]

Arm John Brzenk #1☺☝👍✊

[@chavedaffee520]

I've never fully agreed with John on this. He is just too gifted. Everybody else on the planet, no matter how elite, requires extensive weight training together with table time. Asking someone with a talent why they are good at something doesn't really make sense. He is just too perfect of a storm.

[@2DReanimation]

Yep, I mean pulling heavy on the table once a week might be fine. But doing lots of volume really helps in recovery, and maybe even getting stronger I'm noticing. Well, at least I feel really recovered and strong on the muscles I've done lots of volume on. And then there's developing muscles that are used but weren't hit as hard during your tabletime training. I mean, why not train everything involved to the greatest of your recovering ability, or at least to a certain extent, right?

[@stephenmcsweeney357]

Have you ever given it a try?? I thought I was doing my best by doing table time once a week and then 2 other days of weights, etc. Now I've cut back to just table time once a week and my strength has gone way up very fast 😳🦾 Don't knock it unless you've tried it lad 👍👍

[@chavedaffee520]

@@stephenmcsweeney357 Been doing it for years, due to laziness with the weights. The perceived gains in strength you feel now is almost certainly only because you are more fresh when pulling, and thus very short-term. I take it you cut back for a few weeks and cannot believe your power on pull-day? Alas, a few months down the line, you will have lost a few months of gains. Anyone on your level will likely crush you a year from now if they train weights and do table time, compared to if you only do table time. 3 is more than 1. Wish it wasn't the case, would've suited me perfectly. Stay strong💪

[@user-dz4ty5tj7q]

I thought arm wrestling was a pushing movement but I always here pulling

[@LovingTinha]

Well pretty sure that big Russian that beat Larrat easily does a lot of focused weight training, and doesn't just arm wrestle for training. Think of it like MMA you can spar all you want, but if you don't train your body for conditioning, strength and other things outside of just sparring, you aren't going to be good enough. It's same with arm wrestling if all you do is arm-wrestle and you go against someone that is your equal but they also do focused arm-wrestling weight strengthening, then they are going to have an advantage over you. Just arm wrestling your training partners won't be enough going forward in the sport.

[@ambiguousgh0243]

Thank You The Russian you are talking about is voevoda and the only reason he beat john is because john was 20 years past his prime

[@LovingTinha]

@@ambiguousgh0243 was actually talking about DEVON LARRATT VS DENIS CYPLENKOV

[@ambiguousgh0243]

Thank You my bad I misread that totally

[@Kizdo69]

he never said you shouldn’t condition though... if you were an MMA fighter and you didn’t spar much you’d be fucked. That’s what John (best arm wrestler in history) is saying

[@saltedllama2759]

A pitcher can workout in the gym, but they get their best gains from? Throwing pitches. A quarterback can workout in the gym, but most practices are spent? Throwing passes and reading defenses. A boxer lifts weights, but they learn to throw punches, take punches, and master space? By sparring. The gym isn't the key to success. In fact, a lot of guys break down their own connective tissue by doing too much in the gym. Skeletomuscular tissue doesn't grow and repair the same way connective tissue does. They are vascularized differently. Hence the phrase, "Don't leave it all in the gym." The gym should be about baseline strength and bloodflow/repair. Not top end strength, and not where you expect to receive gains on the table. Denis lifts a lot of weights when he's competing in weightlifting. He scales is way back when he's competing in arm wrestling though and does do a lot of work at the table. But those are basically closed sessions. It's the same reason a football team doesn't air their practices on KZbin - you keep that secretive. Just because you see some weight lifting videos on the internet doesn't mean that's all he's doing. Denis has a good team around him and he works at the table a lot. Furthermore, John Brzenk has a winning record against Cyplenkov. With John was in his 40's and Denis in his prime, he beat Denis multiple times. A guy who weights almost 100 pounds more than he does too. John went undefeated for nearly 20 years in the super-match format; he's been the only guy who can consistently crack Michael Todd's king's move; he beat a prime Chaffee at the A1 3-0 at nearly 50 years old; he joins the WAL for one season and takes the right-handed trophy with relative ease following a massive shoulder injury. So I think John knows what he's talking about. The game hasn't "evolved" past him. Weights will not bring you more success than table time. P.S. He never said to not lift weights. Just that table time is the MOST IMPORTANT thing to do the most of.

[@roberttaylor8906]

John and Ryan, what're your opinions about training high level calisthenics that build tendon and ligament strength like one arm pull ups, the front lever, and the planche in terms of benefit to armwrestling?

[@VietSouthen]

Robert Taylor Firstly, i’m not an armwrestler, but i’ve been training Calisthenics for over 1,5 years (i decided to quit 3,5 year of weight training in gym) and i can hold some static, dynamic skills as you mentioned about. Next, i realized that my tendons & ligaments, muscles become really strong (i was really surprised because i could win a friend with 20kg heavier than me. He’s a guy always won me easily before)

[@mainemotivation]

Does anyone know where I can get Armwrestling Table Specs? Finding the ones that are online are all different?

[@loj718]

The GOAT

[@tjipke95]

So what do you do the rest of the week? just train 2x a week 1 heavy 1 light

[@marlon1171]

This is interesting.. 2 of the best arm wrestlers in the world with 2 different training styles.

[@worldundergroundwrestlingp8013]

Same training as in jiu jitsu and martial arts, best way to train is by doing it.

[@leroy5383]

his born on my birthday!

[@nealthomasmatthews4675]

I fucking love this channel, and then GOD Did an appearance, anyone wanna pull, not you John 😎

[@getgcs]

Speaking subjectively however, Dennis C. would be an example for why weights work well also, he curls 300lbs and he is the champ currently. Beating Devon easily 4 out of 5 times.

[@unidentifiedx9391]

He has been professional armwrestling for years now.

[@getgcs]

@Aaron Neville True but he is the leader and also the only one curling those numbers. Why make comments like genius when you dont know me? lol

[@abcwarrior91]

@@getgcs and don't forgot the roids

[@truthfilter]

Yeah but Denis was majorly abusing steroids

[@ddt8883]

🐐

[@lgstyli374]

What about injurys i did exactly what he said until i got injured??

[@saltedllama2759]

The internet community probably hates this video because most of them believe steroids and weights are the way to arm wrestling greatness. Lest they forget, this is the guy who has beaten them all. Sure, the PED users from eastern block countries grow to ridiculous proportions and have feats of impressive strength for blips of time. But it isn't sustainable, and top end strength isn't enough in arm wrestling. This is the greatest puller of all-time talking here. This is a guy who, in his 40's, beat a prime Cyplenkov with ease multiple times. Nearly 50 years old, he beat Chaffee at the A1 with relative ease. He's been the only one who consistently cracks Michael Todd's King's Move. The only guy he never got a chance to come back and re-match was Pushkar. He went nearly 20 years unbeaten in the super-match format. John does it all naturally. He isn't intimidated by any challenge, but he also doesn't make excuses when he loses.

[@yeetspageet5679]

He doesn't do it naturally. That's being delusional. You need at least test for recovery. Two reasons for that- you can practice technique and motor patterns more so your nervous system is more effective and you recover faster so you can get to the table more often. That's without the fact that they pack on mass and increase strength in general. He isn't on any anabolic cocktail, but he's on something. Steroids do make that much of a difference and a fully trained natty vs a fully trained megaman (which is really what steroids make you) the user wins.

[@mikepellettiere8541]

@@yeetspageet5679 he admits he's on trt. But not til his 40s. Big woop

[@Alex-1750]

Brzenk was on steroids,testosterone injections and he won a young inexperienced Denis who just started -not a prime Denis- right hand(Denis left is untouched) Facts

[@mixedman841]

Are the offset pads better then the pads directly across from each other?

[@XTHEREKONINGX]

Yes

[@hoyt_arms]

The real wild thing here is John uses a "Travis Bagent" armwrestling table lol

[@Mornepin]

"just pull" :D

[@adairdouglass4391]

Genetics has a lot to do with it!! I do think John is the. Goat. But you are definitely going to get stronger lifting!??

[@Nirsterkur]

The GOAT!

[@rajatbhardwaj5841]

The only problem is i don't have squad or people near me interested in armwrestling. With obvious reasons..i.e the main reason i didn't get varieties of hands.

[@stevelleremy1685]

John doesnt care about normal gym machines but nowadays are a Lot of machines designed for imitate armwrestling fights SO nowadays this kind of gyms are good for armwrestling obviously

[@tupelomississippiflash968]

is that a travis bagent table ?

[@ButterBallTheOpossum]

greg gregson it was a gift from him.

[@jasonvoorhees8899]

@@ButterBallTheOpossum Why would I give you a picture of myself as a gift ??

[@yeetspageet5679]

+Humam Slayer because travis is the greatest ;)

[@poslovnivedran110]

Whats the best finger exercises

[@armwrestling9796]

Watch climbing finger exercises is the best

[@LeahRobb]

"You have to trust it I mean I..." GOAT gets cut off. You mean what!? :D

[@fares.b1301]

So he is basically saying i don’t use weights like waaaatttt

[@evanodum563]

P4P Im gonna call you Red Lightning

[@shillongnatureasmr3602]

Many armswrestler are focused in weights but Brzenk is different

[@futbolero4152]

did you guys hear to send me your stimulous check to be a better arm wrestler?? i sure as hell did!

[@somex68soportes44]

Deberian de poner sustitulos en español

[@clanwarexperiment2397]

"Bagent" table?

[@pizzametal7903]

I have no one to arm wrestle with :(

[@johnbraucher1499]

People get so pissed when they hear the truth. Lol its amazing. He does pull ups and regular every day shit. He's saying getting big or killing yourself and this sport with HGH and steroids, is not the way. As devon has demonstrated with the mountain, previously, it does not matter how strong you are to a certain extent. Work on your srmwresrking and figure out your weaknesses and strengths, work on all of them. Its IMPOSSIBLE to figure all this out by simply lifting weights. If we have to EXPLAIN this then what makes you think you're ever going to be able to make it in armwrestling. Seriously. Lol good God. Its pretty fucking simple.

[@jamesbond8252]

I would disagree with John, because he's the only arm wrestler I hear talking like that, but I can't argue against the best ever.

[@onthe1481]

Who has the most wins in Armwrestling History. Is it the Brzenker or is it Ron Bath?

[@monkeyb1820]

what about Fisher?

[@kevindavis8016]

Or Mr.Johnny Walker.He owned Brzenk for years!Then Brzenk finally caught him or age did!

[@onthe1481]

Paul Davis --huh? Johnny walker you joking around.

[@onthe1481]

Paul Davis --just got off work Googled and found JOHNNY THE ICEMAN WALKER.. wtf.. Thanx for the knowledge.

[@bradmiddleton300]

Gino Rossellini John is in the Guiness Book as the greatest armwrestler of all times. I'm not sure who has won more matches, even tried to find that information for you. What is known, though... Without question, is that no-one has been able to do what John did... To be a middleweight puller who was able to... Year end, year out... To dominate in the open division... With both hands, for decades. Oleg is similar, with a birth defect anomaly as the main reason, but only for a short time and only with the one arm.

[@misteriouscity4432]

João birzenqui kkkkkkkk

[@jojojlc7070]

"Best exercise"? You mean Brzenk's exercise?

[@Dunnohowtodraw]

brzenk is/was the best

[@JaxsonParis]

Brzenk ..... Decades of Dominance ........ everyone else is second place.

[@onthe1481]

Let's not forget about Geoff The Haleraiser Hale... :-)

[@BFaluup]

Khalid proved that wrong...he is not an armwrestler and went toe to toe with school boy...his tendons were conditioned though.

[@maalikserebryakov]

Khalid is a proven liar

[@BFaluup]

@@maalikserebryakov how so? Even if he trained it wasn’t long enough to be world class

[@AlexOliveira-hm7xx]

Please, translate for portuguese Brazil!

[@MrGodofcar]

Please, learn English.

[@AlexOliveira-hm7xx]

@@MrGodofcar please, don't bother!

[@pro-russianwesterneuropean415]

of course armwrestling is the best training for armwrestling but if you don't have a partner and have to train alone, resistance bands are the best solution. Hang it somewhere on the wall at a good angle so that you can pull it towards you as if it were an opposing hand. Thanks John, thanks for everything.

[@montanawhite5699]

Ugh, I have no one to arm wrestle against. No one I know likes it. I beat them all once and they don’t want to pull ever again. I live on the big island of Hawaii. No one seems to like arm wrestling here except me. Guess I can’t train.

[@ryanbluebowen]

Download ArmBet. You'll be suprised

[@montanawhite5699]

Ryan Blue Bowen i did, I’m all alone here.

[@jasonvoorhees8899]

Sadly , his suggestion doesn't work with everybody.

[@nickyyam2503]

What you all up to .

[@DanielOrejuela-im8yf]

spanishh

[@iimarksmaniii2170]

Was that real gorilla?

[@orionverduijn5539]

II MARKSMAN III yes

[@jrhawk]

Well... gravity is simply density... see Eric Dubay Atlantian Conspiracy Flat earth truth

[@RICHIE_RICH89]

Ryan your killing yourself with all these mental heavy weights. Your trashing your body. You will be like ronnie coleman , not like jay cutler who is in perfect condition. Brezenk reminds me of jay cutler he trained for longevity. Dont mess your body up. All these jack ass lifts will waste your joints tendons bones and cartilage. Your shoulder already shows wear. Be safe is all.

[@CT2507]

"work all the different angles". right... that helps a lot. thanks for not showing anything of value.

[@luisa.martinez3028]

Who is this guy I dont know him Why is he giving advices for armwrestler if no body knows him What a clown (Not mean ryan bowen)

[@jordanramedace7722]

His name is john brzenk, look in google before you Call him clown

[@ryanbluebowen]

Lol. I missed this comment. Quite funny.

[@iacobemil1588]

pulling for what? pain and 0 cash , this sport is 0