TRAINING SECRETS OF EASTERN EUROPEAN ARMWRESTLERS!

[@MonsterMichaelTodd]

TIME STAMPS 00:00 start 00:12 Taras Ivakin 02:05 Denis Cyplenkov 08:15 Prudnik 10:57 Andre Pushkar Link to original videos in the description.

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Part 2

[@jamesdjl4359]

Prime Denis was a completely different monster. His physique was on another level back then. Some of the freakiest looking arms ever. But, after his health problems, he will never be the same. Hell, I've never really quite been the same since my cancer treatment. Sometimes a big health problem can have life-long consequences. That's why before his match with Devon, i kept leaving comments saying, "Don't expect to see a prime Denis." Denis is still a monster, but nothing like his earlier days. The Denis vs Pushkar matches of the early to mid 2010's were some of my favorites. Those guys were constantly pushing each other to get better. Pushkar was/is an absolute legend. Nice to see him included here. Great video, Michael and Rebecca!

[@brandonwalker6781]

Sure, Denis may never be what he was, but Devon also, is twice what he has ten years ago. What we’re seeing now IS PRIME DEVON.

[@jamesdjl4359]

​​@@brandonwalker6781 That may well be true, my friend. But, i wasn't commenting on Devon at all here. The two points are not mutually exclusive. Simply pointing out, it's not entirely realistic to expect Denis to get back to his prime after such a serious health scare.

[@mcfarvo]

Sometimes blasting PEDs for years has profound consequences for the remainder of one's life

[@Sapphire24-ie5uf]

​@@mcfarvodevon and levan do that too son. Everyone does. A lot more than denis did

[@Pepe-pq3om]

I think he might be able to compensate what he lacks now with others strengths, like better technics and training more of his hand. His hands are still just as freak as they used to, and thought his back pressure might never be as good as it used to, it's still super strong and I bet one of the strongest even among other top super heavyweights

[@DenyMontana]

Thank you for remembering a great Ukrainian champion Andrei Pushkar. I wish we did more videos with him back then… it was the only day we trained together.

[@jamesdjl4359]

One of the all time greats! One of my personal favorites. A legendary figure.

[@Jesusisthelordandsavior]

Why deny montana huh? Also I agree But not with the username.

[@frankomikulic1306]

Can't wait for your comeback Champ 💪 God bless you and your family ❤

[@MonsterMichaelTodd]

Thank you & God Bless you as well

[@brandonwalker6781]

33 yrs young, rip Andrey Pushcar❤

[@kylestyleLEGO]

300lb Dennis doing muscle-ups is something I thought I’d never see 🤯💨

[@MonsterMichaelTodd]

Crazy impressive.

[@nonebelievingbeliever3753]

I remember when you used to translate Levan's English to English for Larry wheels

[@justrebecca412]

He did what? lol

[@ddssdd8894]

Continue this series, it's really great and we want more players

[@zackarytheriault2584]

I'm really starting to look forwards to your uploads, keep up the great content!

[@MonsterMichaelTodd]

I appreciate that!

[@Joker_Mindz69]

MMT is Back i cant wait for your Rampage to the Top your Injury was a Blessing in Disguise now you can do things that you couldn't before God Bless my Brother stay Strong 💪🏼👊🏼💯🙏🏼

[@MonsterMichaelTodd]

Thank you & God Bless you as well!!

[@Narbros]

Love the vid Mike, its so great how you show respect to other athletes and point out their strengths and complimenting them, cant wait to see u back in action. Great informative vid

[@saylorlucysmagicaladventur922]

These types of videos are also very fun to watch. Lot of education/ training Style with Michael’s point of view .

[@anubhav5641]

So glad you're back mmt, dont listen to the haters all they do is comment, after all actions speak louder than words. Show everyone that you are back in the game 💪💪💪

[@winsome564]

The best thing of you is the observation, deep knowledge of Arm wrestling. All the best you and your family.

[@AlSemz]

I think you mis understood what Denis meant, he was saying the cheat curl is good for stopping the opponent but it does NOT have enough range of motion as an excercise to help develop the muscles and tendons needed to fight back once you lost that angle. So its important to also do other exercises that train that range of motion to have the ability to fight back if they blow through the lock on the angle developed by the cheat curl.

[@Bigramt]

I followed the channel from a few years ago when i found it. However, i have been a fan of armwrestling for decades The channel has grown a lot ans the content, editing etc is really top notch I remember commenting a while back saying the channel will surpass 100k subscribers before you know it. I can see it growing more exponentially in the coming years. It can only help promote sport, especially while you are still an active armwrestler

[@jamesalderson6803]

Love these new style of videos

[@timmynastics]

Pushkar is painfully right about resting. Less is more….well without stemcells he is 100% right. With the types of juice on the self today at your disposal maybe the game has changed? I come from the “crazy gymnast strength” area of training and have very rarely met someone who is close to me strength wise lbs per lbs. As I’ve gotten older I realised I don’t actually have to do the volume I used to in order to maintain and gain in strength. A very hard workout pushing very close to failure then resting until I feel good again is definitely the way to go for me. Keep training Mike. Very happy you’re back!

[@g-man2507]

Very fascinating. The benefit of doing really heavy cheats to failure is that it stimulates overall growth and power, although not necessarily directly to table strength. With that newfound power, you do the more specific arm wrestling training which has a more direct translation to the table.

[@Pepe-pq3om]

Not really optimal for growth, unless you cheat the way up and control the weight to go down slowly

[@fataliity101]

I agree with all his talks with using single arm bicep training. That stability is important to train to control it while also doing a compound movement like in arm wrestling.

[@nakodares5982]

Really cool video. Great to hear you insight and perspective, and actually being humble enough to continue trying to learn at your level

[@MonsterMichaelTodd]

When you stop learning is when you start dying.

[@janschmidt1952]

I wish Denis could reach that form again, but I doubt that will happen anymore :/

[@MesutTemiz]

Very helpful information really... Thanks Michael... 🙏

[@Aaron.Drake.Ames.]

Love these videos diving into European training. Much to learn!

[@s4squatch1]

Cyplenkov's fingers are like baby's legs

[@MonsterMichaelTodd]

his toes too! i saw him wearing beach shoes and was impressed lol

[@bradleyjames4291]

I like to work right up til a day or two from tournaments but light and with bands. I feel more explosive than when I shut down for a week.

[@kingwillie206]

Me too

[@benk6192]

8:30 Technically Ongarbayev lost his riser vs Irakli and he managed to ninja his way to get it back.

[@MonsterMichaelTodd]

he's an outlier for sure

[@NavidDragon]

I would like it if you were to do a collaboration with Dr. Mile Israetel if possible. I think he'd be immensely interested in your views and training philosophy as an arm wrestler.

[@thedrew24]

KZbin algorithm boosting comment 💪 ... always love learning about all the other way to train, give me even more ideas

[@steva_nolimits]

Rlly wish you all the luck and all the help you can get

[@RICHIE_RICH89]

Wonder why taras dont come back. Levons been benching a ton latley. So many valid interesting points here. I love this style of video mike. Dude pushkar was bad ass strong. That guy was no joke.and was mega intense. If he was around today there is no saying where he would be or how the ratings would be. Many have said including devon he could and probably would be no.1 today. Man i loved his work remember when he was ypung and he arm wrestled that one guy they almost killed eachother. I have to look it up now. Warm up is so important to prevent injury i can kinda believe andre because if you over train arm wrestling world ligaments and tendons heal slower if they are over worked or dont have time to catch up maybe they tear or fail. Knowing and feeling and reading your body is the best thing i ever heard said and is very true. Some parts can get over worked and need a break and some may just need more becuase they are behing. Super interesting mike cool vid.

[@DevonLarrattFeet]

Lol just realized that guy Shark was on Pushkar´s video haha

[@josteincarlsen2905]

If I don’t warm up before bench I am not as strong.. BIG difference

[@Guitarist19887]

How do you warm up for bench? Just curious

[@GrannySoupLadle]

The Shatneresque intros are doin it for me

[@samakshuppal]

Denis 💯💪

[@mihnea8637]

who is your editor the quality is insane

[@evel5771]

Give im hell Champ !

[@samlazar1053]

The Hyperborean method...running up and down the ural mauntans

[@massdupp]

M.m.t top 4 entertaining armwrestlers to watch imo Devon m.m.t r.v.j . Matt mask

[@johnnysmith4553]

I think to have a good bench you need a good strong wrist? I think that's why all the guys that have a great bench are perty good at arm wrestling? Just my take.

[@sandroodisharia8999]

he made video about strong eastern europians and did not mention levan saginashvili, irakli and some other top georgian arm wrestlers :D

[@codyreece7871]

I think pull ups would help a ton

[@shonshishka877]

Denis is actually also Ukrainian but moved to ruzzia sometime ago

[@RavagerRideout]

woo

[@mayankmohan4005]

Make a video for hook

[@whitedeath1753]

You are much stronger than he You don't need his workout routine You have better You are really monster now💪❤

[@matel34-96]

Stop being delusional man

[@adelali8912]

He won't warm up.

[@bulletproof1581]

Could you imagine if Michael became the number in the world, and all it took was doing a warm up 😂😂😂

[@Arshi-M]

Really really appreciate for the translation 🫶

[@SloneSupreme316]

Great Video MMT.

[@mrsmonstertodd]

Does ANYONE talk faster than you? 🤯

[@MonsterMichaelTodd]

lol, doubtful 😂

[@deceptiveautobot]

Back when he was on P.E.D.s...

[@Paul-q3m7k]

Prime or when his body could handle the PEDS

[@CarlySB]

I noticed this in previous videos but it's even more pronounced in this one. Has somebody told Michael that he needs to talk faster in videos? If they did, I think they are wrong and he ought to disregard their advice.

[@MonsterMichaelTodd]

lol. No one did. But I agree. I’ll work on slowing it down a bit.

[@thatarmwrestler]

It's hard not to talk fast when you are really excited about what your talking about.

[@Contingentx]

Train like devon haha

[@MonsterMichaelTodd]

Nah. This is training from prime Denis

[@patricksoares6253]

oh ffs

[@carlosholguin4765]

Devon’s training might be the best one, he’s the world champion

[@carlosholguin4765]

Also look how strong Auden is just right now

[@footballera-hj7jp]

first pin🎉

[@RICHIE_RICH89]

Devon does tons of short short range motions it must be great. Mr. todd, cool video. Miss chatting to you on Instagram. My account got ruined. Maybe i can recover it. And oh ya we need to trane together someday.

[@alexanderbohm607]

Michael, how much of the pectorals come into play when arm wrestling? I was surprised when Travis tore his arm wrestling.

[@MonsterMichaelTodd]

Depends on the technique, but they can have a big role

[@Ssupdawg]

Cool episode! I’ll watch it twice

[@evgenyglukhov3298]

Please do more videos like that