When I watch John Brzenk pull I can see all those decades of experience on him. It's crazy, to think that more than half of this comment section wasn't even born, when the guy was already a phenom.
Todd Hutchings said "When you train with john, he will always try to be the weakest, he will always try to improof himself, people beat him in training..but never in a real match"
Well, you can see it at 9:20. The inner part of his forearm, around the elbow, is massive. That's where the Pronator Teres sits. When you see bodybuilders and Strongmen on the table, the rest of the forearm might look big and strong, but that area always is thin / flat.
@@TimmyTurner421 ya, the master of cup and pronation. I don't think it will be an easy road but John has a long time to train from now to the first match and between each of the next matches. He's obv improved and leaned out and is muscular again. I think he can win this. 95K is just a dif beast than open. Open class, at his age now, it would be extremely difficult. But 95k.....i think he can win. Can't wait!
Thankyou! Great content. Seeing you guys train is awesome. To see the goat seriously training "for real for real" is a dream come true. You have the best armwrestling channel out there and i watch them all.
Thank you brother 💪. Really grateful for you kind words and support. I still pinch myself that J get to call this a career. Incredibly grateful for the support. Without it, I couldn't travel like this and do what I love. So again, thank you. 💪
Johns hand, wrist, and arm looks so thick! Incredible to see him 30 years into armwrestling still being this good and serious competition for most arm wrestlers. Absolute legend, the GOAT
These videos are priceless.... Real gold for a true Arm wrestler. Please try to make more videos with John like u made with toddzilla. I love them. Thanks.
10:15 that's exactly how I look trying to toproll someone too strong for me. Backpressure isn't enough so using more lats, dumping the riser and pronating as hard as possible to not get turned in.
Arm wrestlers(top dogs) are hilarious. They walk like they have two bazookas attached to them. Like they have to hover their arms over an invisible tool belt. I love it, though!!!! Thanks for the video.
If you wanna top roll any bit in the strap you need a lose strap and keep the gap in between your palm and their palm. It’ll make it so u have room to pronate while the strap is on, because if u don’t you’ll be stuck hand to hand too much. That’s why your trying to stay fully pronated on the strap up to try and keep that gap. But that’s the focus. Not fully pronated, just try keeping a wide gapped cup and that’ll setup a lose strap.
Great video, keep the work you do now！！💪🔥 I have a question is that like this about John training video or interview during this time will be updated every day?😄
I agree with John, slipping hands should be a foul and straps done away with. Imagine having to pull strong enough to win but not enough to slip. Armwrestle purist. Imagine the tactics
Great stuff blue...... quick question... how much of armwrestling is a 'mental game'....?? Do you try and psyche out ur opponents? Any hints..tips? For example. Do u take on a certain persona...say stuff on purpose to help with your overall game? Does this really make a difference in ur expetience? Ps...love ur vids and your 'humble' approach to learning the sport... super super content here!
The best way in my opinion is to make them pin themselves. Trash talking really isn’t my game but holding them just above the pin line is the best way to drain their energy as well as make them feel weak/lose confidence which is what you want. However, holding them just above the pin pad should only be done if you are INCREDIBLY comfortable holding them in that position. The press is normally the best option as no side pressure hit can suddenly change the course of the match. But still be cautious by making sure your palm is always flat/parallel to the table and your arm is tucked all the way inside your body. A smart or experienced puller may immediately give up but stubborn pullers will just be killing themselves.
It isn't lopsided. It's perfectly level with the floor. It's just facing the couches and the parallel error is throwing you off. The left side of the tv is closer to the camera.
Ryan , John's pronation is other worldly obviously... even at his age , but was there anything else that may have shocked you about the 🐐 Goat now that you've had so much time gripping and practicing with him.??
I think u should have more confidence in ur power ryan I think ur strong enough to run thru a lot of guys more than u think especially done right in the strap
Dylan Jones ie Chris Gobby Jr. Look at you, running around slamming Ryan all over the place like a little bitch. You are a real piece of work. Jealous much? You must be a real tough guy huh? And Ryan overconfident? Ni way. What was he supposed to do, *not* be confident, plan on losing and telling everybody that? Who even does that? Lmfao! You're talking about Zloty, the most competitive league in the world. A lot of good pro's don't even go over there and compete for this very reason. They don't want to take the hits and stack losses. But Ryan doesn't care about that. He cares about getting better, continually iimproving and promoting the great sport of arm wtestling. Much like when Ermes gasparini came here and fough in WAL, he had to deal with different rules, different size pads, different setups not knowing the language, time zone change/jet lag etc. It was his first time, it's to be expected. Ryan was in the same boat but he never whined about that. Speed was the major difference. Europeans have that style, big hits off the go. It wasn't all about power. Ryan isn't a fast puller. He's a lot like Larratt. A slow burn. Absorbing the hits, bleeding his guy. Ryan just has to become faster after ready go and that'll improve his game a lot against the fast hard hitting style. He was not used to dealing with guys like that. But look how well he did against chance who hits fast n hard. Ryan has already improved a good amount since Zloty and will continue to. Where has he had his ass kicked besides there lately? He hasn't. He hasn't even lost a match outside of Zloty for about 2 years now. He beat Evan Heroine, Dallas Langston, Dan Moshier, Alan Guerra and Chance Shaw who is extremely good and a heavyweight. Ryan has done nothing but win lately And then he goes over there and loses for the first time in a long time and clowns like you want to jump all over him for it. You got a real hair across your ass If you dislike someone this much for nothing but loving arm wrestling and wanting to win. *No one wins every match dummy.* You don't even know the guy. He's done nothing but good things for the sport. If you love arm wrestling, then you'll appreciate this. But you dont. Your just hating. Then again, like I told in the other post on here, where you talked shit about John brzenk. Saying "John is a clown, a complete joke" ........ If you want to go around spreading your hate, at least do it to someone that deserves it. Do it to a real piece of shit. Like yourself. Not good people. But you're too stupid to understand that concept. Now, grab your little dunce cap, put it on and go sit in the corner and I'll let you know when it's time for you to come out and play. Until then, just shut your cocksucker. Staple it closed so you can't talk and cut ur fingers off so you can't type. Talking Shit about Ryan is bad enough. But talking shit about the GOAT as well? IMBECILE. That's your new name bud. Chris "The IMBECILE" Gobby Jr is perfect 👀🙊👌 P.S. I hope you appreciate the fact I took this much time out of my busy day 2 Try and educate you. I fear it shall be pointless but at least I tried. Don't be a douche. *Douche*
Hey ryan, when pulling in a hook is it best to grip a little lower on the hand? Thanks. Would really appreciate the insight on gripping when pulling hook
@Alden Harlac you answered it.. However if you’re “inside armwrestler” also very important is to leave a “gap” between your hand and the opponents hand in front so to create momentum with the ready go
Man...if he’s beating these arm wrestlers with ease, I can’t imagine what he’ll do to me if I tried arm wrestling him haha. I’m probably like a baby to him arm wrestling lmao. You can learn a lot just by watching the goat pull.
I see the Dustin dude pronating consistently. Like hes not hitting John in bursts of pronation but just keeps at a steady pressure till John's wrist slowly opens beyond a comfortable lvl. But to me it seems like Ryan pronates in bursts. It's almost like he pronates from 0-100% of his strength lvl.. then backs back down to 50% then jumps back up to 100% then backs back down again like hes trying to do a sort of re grip in pronation form. I think this is why Dustin is having a better time without a strap against John compared to Ryan.
I only pull straps tbh because every man, woman and child has a bigger hand than me, but i have strong cup and pronation and good armstrenght. I lost atleast 70% of people i beat in straps outside the straps if I hold on.
If you know you can't, then you DO try it. Not in competition obviously, but in practice, if you find a weakness, that means DEVELOPE that specific thing. You dont just decide youre not going to do it all the time. Why the hell wouldn't someone want to be better at what rheyre pretty much dedicating their LIVES to? I dont get that. Hard headedness is what that is. Lol not just in this video either ive seen it many times. Go after what you're weaker at, so you're not weaker anymore. Pretty simple. Lol
Now all the TH-cam doctors come out pretending to offer advice for John's shoulder as though he hasn't researched for himself (and/or been to real doctors about it).
Man, it's all about anthropometry, John has a bigger and longer arm than you, and when you set the grip, your points of contact are far from equal, he eats your grip completely, and you make unacceptable mistakes in the grip. Not in reproach to John this is said, he is certainly a legend, he is my favorite armwrestler, but this is a fact, this is the whole armwrestling, first of all it is ANTHROPOMETRY and therefore it is a hell of a job in the grade hall and so on.
John was acting like a student when he was lectured about straps lol but on his mind , what the hell are you talking about? I'm the goat of arm wrestling and you lecturing me about straps? lol John's ego is as low as the deepest ocean in the world.
Ryan you should tell John to go see Dr Beau Hightower. He is a chiropractor who has helped many elite athletes regain mobility and lessen if not eliminate their pains. Check out his TH-cam channel. Great videos!!
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It’s always refreshing to see John again. I just love his presence, he’s such a down to earth man.
Just Some Guy without a Mustache man we are literally the same person... a weeb who likes fitness shit and loves armwrestling
Just Some Guy without a Mustache I swear i see you on other lifting channels
I mean we are all down on earth. Apart from the astronauts'.
YOUR EVERYWHERE
When I watch John Brzenk pull I can see all those decades of experience on him. It's crazy, to think that more than half of this comment section wasn't even born, when the guy was already a phenom.
Todd Hutchings said "When you train with john, he will always try to be the weakest, he will always try to improof himself, people beat him in training..but never in a real match"
True agreed 💯% 🙏😎👍
John's pronation level is out of this world.
Yes indeed. His ace.
His cup too
Well, you can see it at 9:20. The inner part of his forearm, around the elbow, is massive. That's where the Pronator Teres sits.
When you see bodybuilders and Strongmen on the table, the rest of the forearm might look big and strong, but that area always is thin / flat.
@@TimmyTurner421 ya, the master of cup and pronation. I don't think it will be an easy road but John has a long time to train from now to the first match and between each of the next matches. He's obv improved and leaned out and is muscular again. I think he can win this. 95K is just a dif beast than open. Open class, at his age now, it would be extremely difficult. But 95k.....i think he can win. Can't wait!
@Dylan Jones says the imbecile with the IQ of a dorrito....
John is so humble. He became student for a bit in this vid when it comes to some of the strap tricks the other guy learned from Devon.
Thankyou! Great content. Seeing you guys train is awesome. To see the goat seriously training "for real for real" is a dream come true. You have the best armwrestling channel out there and i watch them all.
Thank you brother 💪. Really grateful for you kind words and support. I still pinch myself that J get to call this a career. Incredibly grateful for the support. Without it, I couldn't travel like this and do what I love. So again, thank you. 💪
Johns hand, wrist, and arm looks so thick! Incredible to see him 30 years into armwrestling still being this good and serious competition for most arm wrestlers. Absolute legend, the GOAT
I may be a man in my 40's , but I swear when I see any video that has John Brzenk in it ...... I instantly become a 13 yr old "Belieber". 😂
Great video, explaining the adjustments helps a lot. Thank you.
💪💪
18:50 Gold 😁
I lol’d
Lol
John has awkward strength. He's so strong its awkward.
Oh boy do i love these vids with the champ himself!
Ryan you're getting beefy!!
Finally starting to arrive with my strength 😁
See people. You don't need roids. Just time.
@@stoneeh no matter how natural they are , peoples will always said "they are on roids crap" 😑 make me wanna kill them 😂 Haha
@@syahfiekall4466 mostly genetics. Some people can build a lot of muscle naturally, some people can't build muscle even with roids.
@@stoneeh yeah that's true, but some people just don't get it haha
Crazy how strong John is man. You're knocking on the door of elite ability yet John just walks through you, total freak of nature
John's always a joy to watch training. He's the GOAT and acts like your neighbor or something. So damn normal and happy about training.
If there was a video of John just cleaning up his garage I'd watch that shit for days!!!
awesome! video, so much to learn here thanks.
That was mint. Great content Ryan
Glad you enjoyed it 😁 tha K you for letting me know. You're support means the world to me 💪
Incredibly informative and entertaining session.
Thanks to Brzenk and these videos I just got another Long Island friend into this sport! Dying to meet John one day!
Just enjoyed this so much thank you 🍀🇨🇮
These videos are priceless.... Real gold for a true Arm wrestler.
Please try to make more videos with John like u made with toddzilla. I love them. Thanks.
10:15 that's exactly how I look trying to toproll someone too strong for me. Backpressure isn't enough so using more lats, dumping the riser and pronating as hard as possible to not get turned in.
We want more of john 😊
Lol looks like it's time for another super match with Steve!
Awesome!!! Love these sessions 👌👌💪💪
We need to see a hand comparison video. Everyone talks about John's hand but it looks very similar to yours.
Elbow to fingertip John and I are the same. Hand wise, his is thicker everywhere by about 40%
@@ryanbluebowen insane! Do you spend and effort in building hand girth?
You can get decent sense of the hand thickness here th-cam.com/video/YIwQ_9EH9Pk/w-d-xo.html
Arm wrestlers(top dogs) are hilarious. They walk like they have two bazookas attached to them. Like they have to hover their arms over an invisible tool belt. I love it, though!!!! Thanks for the video.
Really enjoyable vid.
John looks incredible as usual. Geesh now I gotta work harder.......😳
23:32 his arm looks like a tree :o
John looks huge (Stong AF) !!! Is he getting ready for Levan? lol
If you wanna top roll any bit in the strap you need a lose strap and keep the gap in between your palm and their palm. It’ll make it so u have room to pronate while the strap is on, because if u don’t you’ll be stuck hand to hand too much. That’s why your trying to stay fully pronated on the strap up to try and keep that gap. But that’s the focus. Not fully pronated, just try keeping a wide gapped cup and that’ll setup a lose strap.
Hope John's gonna be ok, that shoulder popping is spooky.
What was john thinking at 12:25? His face was priceless.🤣🤣🤣
The hand of John. Looking strong af Ryan
Great video, keep the work you do now！！💪🔥 I have a question is that like this about John training video or interview during this time will be updated every day?😄
Pronation is your weak link, your arm and side is looking deadly
look at johns arm at 23:30/ pumped up and huge
I agree with John, slipping hands should be a foul and straps done away with. Imagine having to pull strong enough to win but not enough to slip. Armwrestle purist. Imagine the tactics
John / Ryan.....any chance you two would measure johns wrist cupping? Seems they might be quite high!
The goat knows how to pick training partners.
Question for John, can he wear a strap for his shoulder to keep it in place?
Cool 😎✌️ Big Things Come In Small Packages💪☯️💪 🙏.
Great stuff blue...... quick question... how much of armwrestling is a 'mental game'....?? Do you try and psyche out ur opponents? Any hints..tips? For example. Do u take on a certain persona...say stuff on purpose to help with your overall game? Does this really make a difference in ur expetience? Ps...love ur vids and your 'humble' approach to learning the sport... super super content here!
The best way in my opinion is to make them pin themselves. Trash talking really isn’t my game but holding them just above the pin line is the best way to drain their energy as well as make them feel weak/lose confidence which is what you want. However, holding them just above the pin pad should only be done if you are INCREDIBLY comfortable holding them in that position. The press is normally the best option as no side pressure hit can suddenly change the course of the match. But still be cautious by making sure your palm is always flat/parallel to the table and your arm is tucked all the way inside your body. A smart or experienced puller may immediately give up but stubborn pullers will just be killing themselves.
The TV is lopsided and its driving my OCD nuts!
It isn't lopsided. It's perfectly level with the floor. It's just facing the couches and the parallel error is throwing you off.
The left side of the tv is closer to the camera.
Ryan , John's pronation is other worldly obviously... even at his age , but was there anything else that may have shocked you about the 🐐 Goat now that you've had so much time gripping and practicing with him.??
Will you be doing "Ready Go"s with John to help condition him a bit?
Ryan you’ve wrestled both, John or chance? YOUR opinion plz. Thx
Where is John's trophy room?
Dave he has a house for his trophy lol
John train the kings move....it looks good on you.
Big Rig is pulling pretty tough
28 min!!! oh boy *popcorn*
Thumbs up if you want to see in 2021, John win against Devon, Levan, the guy who is always under the table😂, and Travis.💪
Ryan you seem to have had some serious growth on that right arm recently. It’s very noticeably larger than your left now it seems
I'd have to agree with John, 44% more side pressure seems accurate. #VectorRecker
I think u should have more confidence in ur power ryan I think ur strong enough to run thru a lot of guys more than u think especially done right in the strap
True, if he adds a little speed also, he'll get much better
Dylan Jones ie Chris Gobby Jr. Look at you, running around slamming Ryan all over the place like a little bitch. You are a real piece of work. Jealous much? You must be a real tough guy huh? And Ryan overconfident? Ni way. What was he supposed to do, *not* be confident, plan on losing and telling everybody that? Who even does that? Lmfao! You're talking about Zloty, the most competitive league in the world. A lot of good pro's don't even go over there and compete for this very reason. They don't want to take the hits and stack losses. But Ryan doesn't care about that. He cares about getting better, continually iimproving and promoting the great sport of arm wtestling. Much like when Ermes gasparini came here and fough in WAL, he had to deal with different rules, different size pads, different setups not knowing the language, time zone change/jet lag etc. It was his first time, it's to be expected. Ryan was in the same boat but he never whined about that. Speed was the major difference. Europeans have that style, big hits off the go. It wasn't all about power. Ryan isn't a fast puller. He's a lot like Larratt. A slow burn. Absorbing the hits, bleeding his guy. Ryan just has to become faster after ready go and that'll improve his game a lot against the fast hard hitting style. He was not used to dealing with guys like that. But look how well he did against chance who hits fast n hard. Ryan has already improved a good amount since Zloty and will continue to. Where has he had his ass kicked besides there lately? He hasn't. He hasn't even lost a match outside of Zloty for about 2 years now. He beat Evan Heroine, Dallas Langston, Dan Moshier, Alan Guerra and Chance Shaw who is extremely good and a heavyweight. Ryan has done nothing but win lately And then he goes over there and loses for the first time in a long time and clowns like you want to jump all over him for it. You got a real hair across your ass If you dislike someone this much for nothing but loving arm wrestling and wanting to win. *No one wins every match dummy.* You don't even know the guy. He's done nothing but good things for the sport. If you love arm wrestling, then you'll appreciate this. But you dont. Your just hating. Then again, like I told in the other post on here, where you talked shit about John brzenk. Saying "John is a clown, a complete joke" ........ If you want to go around spreading your hate, at least do it to someone that deserves it. Do it to a real piece of shit. Like yourself. Not good people. But you're too stupid to understand that concept. Now, grab your little dunce cap, put it on and go sit in the corner and I'll let you know when it's time for you to come out and play. Until then, just shut your cocksucker. Staple it closed so you can't talk and cut ur fingers off so you can't type. Talking Shit about Ryan is bad enough. But talking shit about the GOAT as well? IMBECILE. That's your new name bud. Chris "The IMBECILE" Gobby Jr is perfect 👀🙊👌 P.S. I hope you appreciate the fact I took this much time out of my busy day 2 Try and educate you. I fear it shall be pointless but at least I tried. Don't be a douche.
*Douche*
Is this an Australian thing that you are posting your video's from old to new? :)
Hey ryan, when pulling in a hook is it best to grip a little lower on the hand? Thanks. Would really appreciate the insight on gripping when pulling hook
@Alden Harlac you answered it..
However if you’re “inside armwrestler”
also very important is to leave a “gap” between your hand and the opponents hand in front so to create momentum with the ready go
Alden Harlac for me a little lower isn’t better but gripping deeper is the key
But I’ve an amateur so I need to experiment more
Arm wrestling has a horrible reputation in my country so the community is tiny here
John Brzenk at age 55 still looks like a Jack Kirby super hero.
14:10 LOL
Man...if he’s beating these arm wrestlers with ease, I can’t imagine what he’ll do to me if I tried arm wrestling him haha. I’m probably like a baby to him arm wrestling lmao. You can learn a lot just by watching the goat pull.
9:16 those faces are his key to inhuman strength. Also what are your opinions on david dadikyan the opponent of jhon in first round
Я человек простой, вижу Брзенка ставлю лайк👍
What do you think did John make any improvements since you guys pulled last time????
well, you didn’t lose to a sheila this time...😉
готовится Джон красава! , порвет всех на топ 8 95кг) успехов ему!
surely there must be a fix for John's shoulder? If he get's back the ability to use it, he will be unstoppable surely?
I see the Dustin dude pronating consistently. Like hes not hitting John in bursts of pronation but just keeps at a steady pressure till John's wrist slowly opens beyond a comfortable lvl. But to me it seems like Ryan pronates in bursts. It's almost like he pronates from 0-100% of his strength lvl.. then backs back down to 50% then jumps back up to 100% then backs back down again like hes trying to do a sort of re grip in pronation form. I think this is why Dustin is having a better time without a strap against John compared to Ryan.
We need an interview about his health and other stuff !
You mean like this one? th-cam.com/video/89goQUM0NHk/w-d-xo.html
I'd really like to a video on John's weight training
He only does table time
@@ryanbluebowen I've always heard that but didn't know for sure if it was just a myth but that's insane
@@ryanbluebowen but how the hell he stays ripped by only arm wrestling?..... .he must do something like bicep curls or pull ups though....
@Dylan Jones He is a joke ? Wow... Losing to Pushkar and trubin both 300 lbs guys legend... yeah he should be ashame... come on...
@Dylan Jones get TF outta here hater
Im like weirdly worried you are giving Johns competition in top 8 too much info on how to pull him effectively with this series😱😱😱
How is john shoulder?
I only pull straps tbh because every man, woman and child has a bigger hand than me, but i have strong cup and pronation and good armstrenght. I lost atleast 70% of people i beat in straps outside the straps if I hold on.
John Goatznk
look at John's forearm ... 10:59 monster
How many cm tall is John? I've read both 182cm and 186cm..
Looks 182 cm
Круто !
John's goofy ass faces crack me up. Older he getter the funner they start to look
When is Ryan Bowen's birthday?
30 April 1985
12.20 John looks like wthat the hell you talking about ))
что бы Онгарбаева выиграть или Бабаева, Джону следует раза в два стать сильнее ко дню соревнования, чем он сейчас...
какой же он мощный , боже
If you know you can't, then you DO try it. Not in competition obviously, but in practice, if you find a weakness, that means DEVELOPE that specific thing. You dont just decide youre not going to do it all the time. Why the hell wouldn't someone want to be better at what rheyre pretty much dedicating their LIVES to? I dont get that. Hard headedness is what that is. Lol not just in this video either ive seen it many times. Go after what you're weaker at, so you're not weaker anymore. Pretty simple. Lol
John "six pack" Brzenk
Btw - what does he do for a job away from the table?
@RypienGT was airplane mechanic as far as I know
At 28: minutes in: Hello John, Will You Please Try To Come With Allen To My Place When He Goes To Ok💫 🌈 💪🐉☯️♎️🐯💪 Please🙏.
Now all the TH-cam doctors come out pretending to offer advice for John's shoulder as though he hasn't researched for himself (and/or been to real doctors about it).
I honestly don't think John is ready for top 8 tbh.
Man, it's all about anthropometry, John has a bigger and longer arm than you, and when you set the grip, your points of contact are far from equal, he eats your grip completely, and you make unacceptable mistakes in the grip. Not in reproach to John this is said, he is certainly a legend, he is my favorite armwrestler, but this is a fact, this is the whole armwrestling, first of all it is ANTHROPOMETRY and therefore it is a hell of a job in the grade hall and so on.
John was acting like a student when he was lectured about straps lol but on his mind , what the hell are you talking about? I'm the goat of arm wrestling and you lecturing me about straps? lol John's ego is as low as the deepest ocean in the world.
Ryan you should tell John to go see Dr Beau Hightower. He is a chiropractor who has helped many elite athletes regain mobility and lessen if not eliminate their pains. Check out his TH-cam channel. Great videos!!
Like 2 different sports. With or without strap. Completely different knowledge sets required
Ryan completely takes the pro-nation away...
Hate to see John in so much pain during arm wrestling.......i think he should quit before his shoulder gets messed up
John doesn’t teach as much as Devon to someone who doesn’t armwrestle i’m kind of lost without the commentary