All Things Armwrestling

Xavier joins us to talk about his perspective on how to armwrestle just coming off a first place tournament win in the professional class. We discuss his training with many stronger pullers in the NY tristate area to progress in a relatively short period of time. He tells us what he's been doing to get to his current level, what tips he's been told by different pros as their secrets to gain the strength to win, what popular opinions he disagrees with, what his own philosophies are about improvement on the table, and why the sport is just not that complicated as some people make it out to be in recent years. Support this podcast by buying me a coffee! Coffee keeps me going daily and you can be a direct contributor. https://www.buymeacoffee.com/crucifixgym Support via PayPal! https://paypal.me/dreaminglife --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/thraxton-stirling/support

Lorenzo returns to talk about what has changed in how he trains and what he focuses on, what the rewards are of participating in consistent practices and entering tournaments, the growing exposure of the sport, and the importance of Devon and Levan colliding in Dubai on June 25th. Support this podcast by buying me a coffee! Coffee keeps me going daily and you can be a direct contributor. https://www.buymeacoffee.com/crucifixgym Support via PayPal! https://paypal.me/dreaminglife --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/thraxton-stirling/support

Guitarist Mike Rood talks about his first 4 months training armwrestling, what it all means to him now, how it affects him specifically, and what new insights we can gain from sharing the data through contemplation and discussion. Support this podcast by buying me a coffee! Coffee keeps me going daily and you can be a direct contributor. https://www.buymeacoffee.com/crucifixgym Support via PayPal! https://paypal.me/dreaminglife --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/thraxton-stirling/support

Recorded just before a 4 hour group practice, Peter and Arie return to talk about what they've experienced since the last episode and take us on a twisting journey through past, present, and future as it relates to their armwrestling experiences of growing into a broader skillset for the years to come. Support this podcast by buying me a coffee! Coffee keeps me going daily and you can be a direct contributor. https://www.buymeacoffee.com/crucifixgym Support via PayPal! https://paypal.me/dreaminglife --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/thraxton-stirling/support

Peter and Arie join the discussion to give us their perspective on how they found armwrestling, how they fit in during their first year's experience, and many other topics that beginners in the sport learn and question, like diet, supplements, tournaments versus practice, when to start taking steroids, and what keeps people coming back compared to those who simply lose interest. Support this podcast by buying me a coffee! Coffee keeps me going daily and you can be a direct contributor. https://www.buymeacoffee.com/crucifixgym Support via PayPal! https://paypal.me/dreaminglife --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/thraxton-stirling/support

Jim talks about his experiences entering the social community of armwrestling earlier this year and we put in perspective the decades past of the sport into the decades to come. Support this podcast by buying me a coffee! Coffee keeps me going daily and you can be a direct contributor. https://www.buymeacoffee.com/crucifixgym Support via PayPal! https://paypal.me/dreaminglife --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/thraxton-stirling/support

Setting up at the table correctly can be the difference between winning and losing. Support this podcast by buying me a coffee! Coffee keeps me going daily and you can be a direct contributor. https://www.buymeacoffee.com/crucifixgym Support via PayPal! https://paypal.me/dreaminglife --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/thraxton-stirling/support

Standard gym strength training and hypertrophy training requires deliberate omission of the movements involved in armwrestling specific training, so typically a very impressive looking barbell trained person will not be trained for the sport of armwrestling. Deliberately adding unnecessary hand and wrist movements, or doing gym lifts wrong, is the beginning of armwrestling specific training other than simply pulling with others on the table. Support this podcast by buying me a coffee! Coffee keeps me going daily and you can be a direct contributor. https://www.buymeacoffee.com/crucifixgym Support via PayPal! https://paypal.me/dreaminglife --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/thraxton-stirling/support

The Bob Brown Strap is doomed! We come up with a solution to the strap and a new way of looking at how to referee fouls and matches to make the sport more exciting to watch as a main factor of the future of armwrestling. Support this podcast by buying me a coffee! Coffee keeps me going daily and you can be a direct contributor. https://www.buymeacoffee.com/crucifixgym Support via PayPal! https://paypal.me/dreaminglife --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/thraxton-stirling/support

John joins us for episode 4 as we talk about carryover from other aspects of life and training to the table, what seems to have influence and what doesn't, and what to generally focus on or avoid to get better at armwrestling. We discuss our experience with the Bob Brown strap and the pros and cons of the current strap versus what Bob Brown proposes as the more fair strap. We come up with a solution to the strap and a new way of looking at how to referee fouls and matches to make the sport more exciting to watch as a main factor of the future of armwrestling. Support this podcast by buying me a coffee! Coffee keeps me going daily and you can be a direct contributor. https://www.buymeacoffee.com/crucifixgym Support via PayPal! https://paypal.me/dreaminglife --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/thraxton-stirling/support

Greg joins the discussion to share his experience of joining a group weekly table practice, what it means for the silent majority that's considering going to a weekly group, how the sport has evolved just in the last year through dissemination of knowledge and groundbreaking network connectivity, and what the beginner armwrestler has to consider for the initial progression timeline regardless of ability. Support this podcast by buying me a coffee! Coffee keeps me going daily and you can be a direct contributor. https://www.buymeacoffee.com/crucifixgym Support via PayPal! https://paypal.me/dreaminglife --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/thraxton-stirling/support

We talk about the basic movements and positions for people new at the table and we discuss how to deal with recovery from your practices and training. We ponder the future of the sport, what is necessary for armwrestling to go beyond a niche level, what we saw this week with John Brzenk at the table as he returns to competition, and how to balance ordinary training with armwrestling specific training. Support this podcast by buying me a coffee! Coffee keeps me going daily and you can be a direct contributor. https://www.buymeacoffee.com/crucifixgym Support via PayPal! https://paypal.me/dreaminglife --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/thraxton-stirling/support

In this first episode we try to hit all the questions and answers for new armwrestlers and potential armwrestlers who are finding their way into the sport out of other sports and fitness areas. We talk about how we've started, why we keep doing it, how we've changed in the first year, what we've learned, who the main people are that represent armwrestling today, how and why we meet, and much more just before we do our weekly training session. Support this podcast by buying me a coffee! Coffee keeps me going daily and you can be a direct contributor. https://www.buymeacoffee.com/crucifixgym Support via PayPal! https://paypal.me/dreaminglife --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/thraxton-stirling/support