You really did your homework for this interview, didn't you? Amazingly well thought out questions! Different than anything we've heard so far and John was visibly pleased to be asked about topics he'd never had the chance to talk about. He couldn't get the smile off his face when he talked about his childhood and young years. If you keep this up your channel might even become the go-to channel for armwrestling. I really believe it!
I think Pradeep asked fans to send him questions, and from those he will have chosen the best. Am I right? I seem to recall sending a question to someone.
It's just amazing that John doesn't understand how much he is respected by the fans and other armwrestlers. He doesn't need to create content. People will tune in just to hear him talk about his experiences, matches, training, the early days of the sport...etc. I think he feels he needs to be super charismatic like Devon, but he really doesn't. People see John and they click to watch
Great job Pradeep! John can not be an easy interview b/c he is so humble & unimpressed w/ himself he doesn't volunteer a lot of anecdotes...... the best interviews w/ John have always been w/ interviewers who who lead him & give him open ended questions & then let him go & listen & that is Exactly what you did here..... Fantastic interview skills Pradeep!
Love your work pradeep. 🖤 Bhai devon का interview कब लोगे यार खुद john brzenk ने devon ko top5 right and all time top 5 में रखा है devon is my favourite and inspiration। Please devon larrate का भी interview करना भाई. ....
I agree without a doubt that steroids dont make a champion, but they work alot more then he gives credit for. I know from experience your strength explodes depending on which steroids are used in just a few weeks. Plus some guys aren't just using steroids, they use HGH too which helps makes your bones and tendons bigger and thicker as well as creating hyperplasia in the muscles.
Like you said super heavy weights will definitely benefits from taking steroids, and that's exactly what is happening. If it's good for the sport or not, that's up for debate...
3% strength gain on roids? :)))) Can someone contact John and eplain to him what roids are and the amount of gain u have from it? It's 20% EZ, I would even say more depending on the body. Noone would risk destroying their health for 2% gain.
I think John is saying the strength transfer to the armwrestling table is 3%, although even there I have to disagree a bit. What John is correct about though is the base you need to have to be able to apply that pressure cannot be built with steroids, BUT they do help you recover faster so its definitely plausible you could build that base faster on gear.
@@aaron60090 Yes if John says that roids give 2-3% gain, than I know more than him in this department. If he is talking from his personal experience, than he must be one of the least prone to roids enhancment person on this planet. And it still doesn't mean anything in terms of averagegains for men in general, as average gains from roids are HUGE. There is a reason why 99% of ppl not on roids cannot compete with people on roids at all, and it is not because of 2% gains. For a 100kg pull, 2% gain means 102kg - do you think this is the difference worth risking destroying ur life, and that guarantees u success? You must be kidding. Such difference is immaterial in terms of long term competition throughts multiple events, it can be deflected by a given day disposition, a couple of hours less sleep etc. If you do not believe me go watch interviews or forums where u will read about professionals pre-roids and after-roids and what they gained in mass and power. Armwrestling is not different, it's strength sport.
John recognizing Denis as one of the top 5 greatest armwrestlers of all time and Denis saying Brzenk was an inspiration for him. The GOATs acknowledging each other's excellency in the sport is such a wholesome thing to witness.
If roids have a minimal effect, then how come all the best are doing it? The gains are not small. They are massive. A dude here in arizona started destroying everyone with just high doses of TRT with 1 year experience.
I don't think John realizes the gains high levels of roids actually give you. Especially if your already accomplished in your sport. McGuire, Bonds in baseball good examples. Half of all Russian Olympic athletes ever another 😁. But look no further than Levan for armwrestling. Was a pretty good armwrestler at 250/300lbs for years but was losing to the elites still. 100 plus lbs and who knows how much juice later, nobody can touch him. Yeah it def helps lol.
john knows that larrat has NO CHANCE BUT HE HAS TO SAY HE WILL WIN you can clearly analyze that the practice pull devon has the controls and really prudnik was just LAUHING DEEP INSIDE BAITING HIM IN FOR A QUICK AND EMBARRASING LOSS SATURDAY NIGHT
I think john is goat for being on top for so long, but also being dominant for so long, right now he is one of best 90-95 kg pullers aged 58 i dont really think someone can repate this
Great interview Pradeep! It’s always great getting little nuggets of wisdom from the best to ever do it, and your questions touched on topics that we haven’t (or at least I haven’t) heard John speak about before. Very interesting stuff!
It takes time to build and grow a national or globally recognized brand/sport. It takes big personalities and big sponsorship from companies and big advertising dollars to reach the kind of level that we see with other sports. this would be a good poll. How many people that pay for the pay-per-view are actually arm wrestlers? It would be good to find out how many of your followers are fans and not just other arm wrestlers
Absolutely TOP NOTCH Pradeep!! This was an Excellent interview, and even though it was lengthy, it didn't feel like it was because of the flow of questions and answers. John's humble nature makes listening to his answers quite enjoyable. It's funny because he's the undeniable GOAT ...but you'd never know it listening to him. Such an amazing ambassador for the Sport. Well done.👏👏👏👏👏
Yeah. John is oddly un-American. The European blood flows think 'cause he really doesn't big himself up or blow his own trumpet. Instead he kinda belittles his successes. I wonder why?
I got into arm wrestling fairly recently after coming across some random Schoolboy video. Looked into it a little deeper, came across Devon pretty quickly, and was hooked, so to speak. Naturally at some point I became aware of John's status in the sport and this sort of time-of-the-titans that existed around 10 years ago is really fascinating. Agree 100% that it is a privilege to get to see these guys still pulling in real time. All these comeback series are some of the most exciting things happening in arm wrestling, and they make what's happening with the new breed that much more interesting, as we pull for them to supersede the living legends. Otherwise, as dominant as Levan is currently, I dunno, arm wrestling might not be as interesting right now.
Ummmm. You copied how I got into it exactly. Lol. That is funny. I saw schoolboys videos wrestling people in public just one after another. I just remember thinking how crazy that was that someone could arm wrestle 20-30 people and then at the end of the videos he was arm wrestling huge guys. Then of course from watching school boy videos Devon's videos started popping up in my feed. I knew nothing about any of these guys. Then mmt. Then Ryan. And this channel. Then I learned about John and it just grew from there. But I was hooked on arm wrestling just from schoolboys videos. And that was two years ago. Before all of these east vs. west and everything. Then Michael Todd started talking about his north American tour and he wanted places to stop and I came up with the bright idea that it would be frickin awesome if he stopped in Ohio and arm wrestler the Amish. We have the largest Amish community in the world. And those boys are just naturally frickin huge. Without working out. Because they start working out at 4 a.m. every single day until it gets dark. The girls are huge also. They're just built different. I thought in my stupid head it would be a great way to find new talent. Lol. So I sent Michael a message. And he thought it was a great idea too. I couldn't believe he actually got back to me. Told me to set it up and let him know. So I went right to work. Printed up hundreds of flyers. Went to Amish country at least ten times talking to the Amish. Talking to all the shops. There was a lot of interest. About half of them though just laughed at me and said they would not do something like that. But the word was out. The radio station put it on air for a few weeks. It was all set. I was so excited. It was so much work. I have a new appreciation for even organizers and promoters. I did both jobs. Lol. So Michael shows up on the day. And there's literally five people there for the event. I was like.,....ok, it's early. There's going to be tons of people. Lol. Luckily right before it started the Cleveland arm wrestling club shows up with about ten arm wrestlers. Thank God. They saved the day for me. But not one Amish person showed up. Zero. Lol. On one hand I couldn't believe it. A lot of the Amish people acted interested to my face but on the other hand I probably should have known they wouldn't do it because of the cameras and everything. They don't like to be in the limelight. All of those Amish shows on t.v. are completely fake btw. And Amish person would never do a t.v. show. So I learned my lesson. Thank goodness for the Cleveland arm wrestling club that saved the day. But I was so embarrassed that the reason Michael was coming didn't work out. But still it was a great time. I'm so grateful that those guys drove down an hour and a half to arm wrestle that day. And they invited me to come up anytime I want to go practice with them. The arm wrestling community is one awesome group. All of you. But that was my intro to arm wrestling. Oh. Great interview btw. Thank you.
Just one of the greatest athletes of all time casually giving an almost 2 hour interview for free to a smaller youtube channel... Also you did very well with the interview Pradeep.
You can never say someone is natty 100%, not all PED's are for muscle building, some can even be used for recovery. Even if people compete at tested events, doesn't mean they're 100% natty
Love your work pradeep. 🖤 Bhai devon का interview कब लोगे यार खुद john brzenk ने devon ko top5 right and all time top 5 में रखा है devon is my favourite and inspiration। Please devon larrate का भी interview करना भाई. ....
Joh is such a good guy. He doesnt want the spot light. He is awesome. Really good interview Pradeep and your one with Matt was good too. I enjoyed them both.
What's missing in arm-wrestling to make it big like cricket? I think it is partly knowledge. Most people who enjoy watching a sport have tried it at school or gone to a club at some point. Arm-wrestling is not a sport you are introduced to at school so you have not tried it yourself. I have started going to an arm-wrestling club to understand arm-wrestling better so that I can enjoy it as a sport and not just to see my favourite giant crushing arm-wrestler (John) do the impossible. I am starting to understand the small intricacies that you miss when you haven't tried it. (I am actually making training videos on youtube with me as the student 💪😃 ) Like John, I'm not drawn to baseball or cricket, but neither have I played it or I really understand it, so I guess I will be missing something when watching it. In short, if more people tried arm-wrestling with a coach I think it could gain more traction.
Just when I turned it up to 1.25 the disclaimer showed up hahaha! If there's one thing I learned from Pradeep it's to increase the playback speed of videos
@@ARMWRESTLINGNEWZ I'm not gonna name them but some people talk so slow I can crank it up to double speed to save time and still understand everything perfectly
John is more like a retreating personality..he vl kind of do things only when he s forced to...glad to see that u motivates him to be active more on his youtube channel...
Scott Norton was John's most formidable opponent. While John has far outlasted Norton, Norton at his peak was a far better strength athlete than John due to high marks in Bench press, press behind neck and other tests of strength. John has said that if 200 pounds was the most he could bench press, he could still win arm wrestling matches. I believe it. First time out I got pinned by someone whose best shoulder press on a universal gym was 120 pounds (he said so) while I was doing 190! When I progressed to 230 pound barbell military press at 152lbs, I was still getting pinned until I started training forearms. 200 pound bench press to Norton was not even a warm up, and John's best he said was 400.
Awesome interview! However, John is completely wrong about steroids and armwrestling strength. Both scientifically and anecdotally, steroids alone have been shown to increase muscular strength roughly 30% over one's natural genetic potential. Of course, this number varies based on one's genetic response to drugs, but this is a good average. Muscle to bone connective tissue increases in strength commensurate with muscular strength, as ALL muscular strength must first move through the tendons. In another words, if the muscles can lift a certain weight, so can the tendons. Now, when it comes to bone to bone connective tissue (such as the tendon in the elbow), it can only be strengthened through direct stress...not through muscular training, as there is no muscle involved. These tendons can only be strengthened through exercises such as side pressure training...or pulling on a table, etc. Other sports, such as tennis or being a baseball pitcher, will also help to a degree. Also, steroids increase strength through two primary mechanisms: increasing muscle size AND nervous system enhancement (i.e., improved neural firing, etc.). Some steroids will increase strength without adding much, if any size. Others build strength primarily through increasing one's ability to build muscle size. Most strength athletes use both, unless an athlete wants to minimize weight gain, such as those people at the top of their respective weight class. In conclusion, John knows a lot about armwrestling, but not so much about PEDs. There is a reason virtually all the top super heavies use them...regularly. In fact, I would estimate that 90% of all elite armwrestlers (and 95%+ of all elite super heavies) use PEDs in one form or another...because they work...and they work very well. Any athlete that competes in a sport that depends on muscular strength to win, will recieve massive benefit from AAS.
Plz Upload Hindi हिंदी version of this Interview to promote Arm wrestling sports in India, Since John is Leagend and Great of All Time, This will be very inspiring 😊👌
Im actually surprised he didn't put Travis in his top 5, cause hes been asked that question before and hes said Travis Especially being dominant left handed and really good right
Man, thank you for this awesome Interview with John, please keep doing the commentary it is very well done and I wish you a lot of success in the future.
Arm wrestling has been missing constantly great events. Engin is needed for 10 years to build momentum. It needs consistency, build a fan base around great events and build.
This was a great interview man, I just listened to the entire thing while working. Great questions, great answers by the GOAT. Such an awesome humble dude he is. That goes really really far with me, especially in someone in a position to have an ego the size of the moon if that were his personality type. Your interview skills have never been in question Pradeep but this was some great work, thank you for your effort!
hes wrong about you dont get any stronger on steroids,all you have to do is look at them,levan for instance if he stoped his steroid use i dont think he wil be at the top ,same with dennis,its why these guys get uge,dennis wont compete till he gets his weight up,think about that
This is how you interview someone. Know your subject, prepare questions, speak clearly, don’t run all over the place, keep it a coherent conversation and not a chaos of voices. That it stands out is a sign of the usual UA-cam standard.
John is a living legend, the absolute best and a living example of that if you train hard enough, with dedication and dont take any crappy shortcuts, you can still be the best at what you want to do and be able to mop the floor with guys who go the opposite direction. We wish you the best of health John and good luck for the upcoming matches.
You really did your homework for this interview, didn't you? Amazingly well thought out questions! Different than anything we've heard so far and John was visibly pleased to be asked about topics he'd never had the chance to talk about. He couldn't get the smile off his face when he talked about his childhood and young years.
If you keep this up your channel might even become the go-to channel for armwrestling. I really believe it!
I think Pradeep asked fans to send him questions, and from those he will have chosen the best. Am I right? I seem to recall sending a question to someone.
@@LeahRobb Be that as it may, he still did an outstanding job!
@@nvmffs Absolutely.
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It's just amazing that John doesn't understand how much he is respected by the fans and other armwrestlers. He doesn't need to create content. People will tune in just to hear him talk about his experiences, matches, training, the early days of the sport...etc. I think he feels he needs to be super charismatic like Devon, but he really doesn't. People see John and they click to watch
Yeah, even if he sits there and talks about pretty much anything under the moon, a lot of people will listen
@@plotrecapped6819 100% sign me up mate
Agreed! John needs only to turn on camera and answer questions in his casual , and down to earth personality.
The fans have spoken !!
I'm there 100% I'd listen to John talk about anything
Yeah. I read someone comment; I am a simple man. I see John and I click. I'm with him 👍😀
We are genuinely lucky to be able to sit and listen to a legend like John.
“I can be bought” 😂
That statement is as beautiful as it is true, Maulstar.
@@deanwarsore 👍👍👍
Goat. The legend. I wish someday I could meet or talk with John Brzenk
Loved the interview, Pradeep. Good work, sir.
Thanks Andreas
Great interview. One of the best ive seen with John. Pradeep asks great questions from a fans perspective.
Very nice talk of both!
Amazing work man!
Great job Pradeep! John can not be an easy interview b/c he is so humble & unimpressed w/ himself he doesn't volunteer a lot of anecdotes...... the best interviews w/ John have always been w/ interviewers who who lead him & give him open ended questions & then let him go & listen & that is Exactly what you did here..... Fantastic interview skills Pradeep!
I love far you've come with this channel Pradeep. From those short news flash videos, to now 2hour interviews with the GOAT.
😁 amazing day amazing life
Come again with Devon
Denis won’t need to use kings move with John.
I haven't seen the interview yet but I know that there is no way john hates devon
Love your work pradeep. 🖤
Bhai devon का interview कब लोगे यार
खुद john brzenk ने devon ko top5 right and all time top 5 में रखा है devon is my favourite and inspiration। Please devon larrate का भी interview करना भाई. ....
Time bahot kam bacha h yar ab
I agree without a doubt that steroids dont make a champion, but they work alot more then he gives credit for. I know from experience your strength explodes depending on which steroids are used in just a few weeks. Plus some guys aren't just using steroids, they use HGH too which helps makes your bones and tendons bigger and thicker as well as creating hyperplasia in the muscles.
Like you said super heavy weights will definitely benefits from taking steroids, and that's exactly what is happening. If it's good for the sport or not, that's up for debate...
when do you think of Alex Russian is he up to your categories?
He needs to do more than 1 match a year
Different styles can make a difference. Also can his body hold up?
First comment... Really a good job pradeep bhaiya....my favorite John brezenk🤩
Don't want John to quit. Don't want John to hurt... what to do?
31:23 400pounds bench dyumm that's huge.. for 100kgs guy.. john truly gifted genetics.
John, people want you to log on. And we do want to hear your thoughts. No need to do special effects.
3% strength gain on roids? :))))
Can someone contact John and eplain to him what roids are and the amount of gain u have from it? It's 20% EZ, I would even say more depending on the body.
Noone would risk destroying their health for 2% gain.
Ok well thats not true. Dudes are pusses so yea theyd do anything just to say they were better even if 2 percent
There’s no way he doesn’t know
So you know more than the guys who have taken steroids and you haven't even taken it yet
I think John is saying the strength transfer to the armwrestling table is 3%, although even there I have to disagree a bit. What John is correct about though is the base you need to have to be able to apply that pressure cannot be built with steroids, BUT they do help you recover faster so its definitely plausible you could build that base faster on gear.
@@aaron60090 Yes if John says that roids give 2-3% gain, than I know more than him in this department. If he is talking from his personal experience, than he must be one of the least prone to roids enhancment person on this planet.
And it still doesn't mean anything in terms of averagegains for men in general, as average gains from roids are HUGE. There is a reason why 99% of ppl not on roids cannot compete with people on roids at all, and it is not because of 2% gains.
For a 100kg pull, 2% gain means 102kg - do you think this is the difference worth risking destroying ur life, and that guarantees u success? You must be kidding. Such difference is immaterial in terms of long term competition throughts multiple events, it can be deflected by a given day disposition, a couple of hours less sleep etc.
If you do not believe me go watch interviews or forums where u will read about professionals pre-roids and after-roids and what they gained in mass and power. Armwrestling is not different, it's strength sport.
This was an excellent interview John is very honest and very smart.
Pradeeps camera settings making him look like a star trek char =p
Awesome interview as always
John recognizing Denis as one of the top 5 greatest armwrestlers of all time and Denis saying Brzenk was an inspiration for him. The GOATs acknowledging each other's excellency in the sport is such a wholesome thing to witness.
If roids have a minimal effect, then how come all the best are doing it? The gains are not small. They are massive. A dude here in arizona started destroying everyone with just high doses of TRT with 1 year experience.
20% stronger on average, with steriods , my opinion
I don't think John realizes the gains high levels of roids actually give you. Especially if your already accomplished in your sport. McGuire, Bonds in baseball good examples. Half of all Russian Olympic athletes ever another 😁. But look no further than Levan for armwrestling. Was a pretty good armwrestler at 250/300lbs for years but was losing to the elites still. 100 plus lbs and who knows how much juice later, nobody can touch him. Yeah it def helps lol.
john knows that larrat has NO CHANCE BUT HE HAS TO SAY HE WILL WIN
you can clearly analyze that the practice pull devon has the controls and really prudnik was just LAUHING DEEP INSIDE BAITING HIM
IN FOR A QUICK AND EMBARRASING LOSS
SATURDAY NIGHT
Wrong!! Prudnyk will lose.
Devon is too strong and too massive!!
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@@anuragrajashekar68 fangirl has entered the chat
@@girishbhardwaj1441 Your daddy Devon has 0 wins against European in right hand
I certainly hope John will continue! Just here in Norway, he has a big following . Is not the same without him!
First
Wow Devon’s on John’s top 5 list.
Of course he is why wouldn't he be
Congratulations 🎉🎉
I think john is goat for being on top for so long, but also being dominant for so long, right now he is one of best 90-95 kg pullers aged 58 i dont really think someone can repate this
No doubt I agree 💯
John is at the 100 - 105 kg classes now.
I bet Levan knows what to take to get massive LUL
Great interview Pradeep! It’s always great getting little nuggets of wisdom from the best to ever do it, and your questions touched on topics that we haven’t (or at least I haven’t) heard John speak about before. Very interesting stuff!
Wow almost 2 hours with the goat
It takes time to build and grow a national or globally recognized brand/sport. It takes big personalities and big sponsorship from companies and big advertising dollars to reach the kind of level that we see with other sports. this would be a good poll. How many people that pay for the pay-per-view are actually arm wrestlers? It would be good to find out how many of your followers are fans and not just other arm wrestlers
Absolutely TOP NOTCH Pradeep!!
This was an Excellent interview, and even though it was lengthy, it didn't feel like it was because of the flow of questions and answers.
John's humble nature makes listening to his answers quite enjoyable. It's funny because he's the undeniable GOAT ...but you'd never know it listening to him. Such an amazing ambassador for the Sport.
Well done.👏👏👏👏👏
Yeah. John is oddly un-American. The European blood flows think 'cause he really doesn't big himself up or blow his own trumpet. Instead he kinda belittles his successes. I wonder why?
I got into arm wrestling fairly recently after coming across some random Schoolboy video. Looked into it a little deeper, came across Devon pretty quickly, and was hooked, so to speak. Naturally at some point I became aware of John's status in the sport and this sort of time-of-the-titans that existed around 10 years ago is really fascinating. Agree 100% that it is a privilege to get to see these guys still pulling in real time. All these comeback series are some of the most exciting things happening in arm wrestling, and they make what's happening with the new breed that much more interesting, as we pull for them to supersede the living legends. Otherwise, as dominant as Levan is currently, I dunno, arm wrestling might not be as interesting right now.
Ummmm. You copied how I got into it exactly. Lol. That is funny. I saw schoolboys videos wrestling people in public just one after another. I just remember thinking how crazy that was that someone could arm wrestle 20-30 people and then at the end of the videos he was arm wrestling huge guys. Then of course from watching school boy videos Devon's videos started popping up in my feed. I knew nothing about any of these guys. Then mmt. Then Ryan. And this channel. Then I learned about John and it just grew from there. But I was hooked on arm wrestling just from schoolboys videos. And that was two years ago. Before all of these east vs. west and everything. Then Michael Todd started talking about his north American tour and he wanted places to stop and I came up with the bright idea that it would be frickin awesome if he stopped in Ohio and arm wrestler the Amish. We have the largest Amish community in the world. And those boys are just naturally frickin huge. Without working out. Because they start working out at 4 a.m. every single day until it gets dark. The girls are huge also. They're just built different. I thought in my stupid head it would be a great way to find new talent. Lol. So I sent Michael a message. And he thought it was a great idea too. I couldn't believe he actually got back to me. Told me to set it up and let him know. So I went right to work. Printed up hundreds of flyers. Went to Amish country at least ten times talking to the Amish. Talking to all the shops. There was a lot of interest. About half of them though just laughed at me and said they would not do something like that. But the word was out. The radio station put it on air for a few weeks. It was all set. I was so excited. It was so much work. I have a new appreciation for even organizers and promoters. I did both jobs. Lol. So Michael shows up on the day. And there's literally five people there for the event. I was like.,....ok, it's early. There's going to be tons of people. Lol. Luckily right before it started the Cleveland arm wrestling club shows up with about ten arm wrestlers. Thank God. They saved the day for me. But not one Amish person showed up. Zero. Lol. On one hand I couldn't believe it. A lot of the Amish people acted interested to my face but on the other hand I probably should have known they wouldn't do it because of the cameras and everything. They don't like to be in the limelight. All of those Amish shows on t.v. are completely fake btw. And Amish person would never do a t.v. show. So I learned my lesson. Thank goodness for the Cleveland arm wrestling club that saved the day. But I was so embarrassed that the reason Michael was coming didn't work out. But still it was a great time. I'm so grateful that those guys drove down an hour and a half to arm wrestle that day. And they invited me to come up anytime I want to go practice with them. The arm wrestling community is one awesome group. All of you. But that was my intro to arm wrestling. Oh. Great interview btw. Thank you.
some people are just easy to talk to and be around
Just one of the greatest athletes of all time casually giving an almost 2 hour interview for free to a smaller youtube channel... Also you did very well with the interview Pradeep.
You can never say someone is natty 100%, not all PED's are for muscle building, some can even be used for recovery. Even if people compete at tested events, doesn't mean they're 100% natty
Love you john. My real 🐐GOAT. such a humble human being.
A well educated interview.
Thanks bhai
Love your work pradeep. 🖤
Bhai devon का interview कब लोगे यार
खुद john brzenk ने devon ko top5 right and all time top 5 में रखा है devon is my favourite and inspiration। Please devon larrate का भी interview करना भाई. ....
Try karunga agar time hua Devon ke paas toh
Joh is such a good guy. He doesnt want the spot light. He is awesome. Really good interview Pradeep and your one with Matt was good too. I enjoyed them both.
Thanks for watching them brother
i LOVE you for these long interviews. U deserve 100x these subscribers, serioulsy
Thanks brother
I hope John will consider stem cells therapy.
Thanks!
What's missing in arm-wrestling to make it big like cricket? I think it is partly knowledge. Most people who enjoy watching a sport have tried it at school or gone to a club at some point. Arm-wrestling is not a sport you are introduced to at school so you have not tried it yourself. I have started going to an arm-wrestling club to understand arm-wrestling better so that I can enjoy it as a sport and not just to see my favourite giant crushing arm-wrestler (John) do the impossible. I am starting to understand the small intricacies that you miss when you haven't tried it. (I am actually making training videos on youtube with me as the student 💪😃 ) Like John, I'm not drawn to baseball or cricket, but neither have I played it or I really understand it, so I guess I will be missing something when watching it. In short, if more people tried arm-wrestling with a coach I think it could gain more traction.
This reminds me of Andy Kaufman and Latka LOL
Ermes is going crazy with the steroids he needs to slow down
Armwrestling showwww Brasil 🇧🇷
Great interview
Just when I turned it up to 1.25 the disclaimer showed up hahaha! If there's one thing I learned from Pradeep it's to increase the playback speed of videos
Many of the major channels that I watch in India suggest 1.5x speed. I don't know why most armwrestlers watch at Normal speed
@@ARMWRESTLINGNEWZ I'm not gonna name them but some people talk so slow I can crank it up to double speed to save time and still understand everything perfectly
I love john
Good job Pradeep, follow up questions were good and vibe of interview were great!) Keep going, Lex should start to worry)
Thanks Yurii. It was a great conversation. I wish I had 30 more mins. John wouldn't have said no but 2.5 hrs would've been way too much
Best armwrestling channel.
Killer interview dude.. watched the whole thing.. noice..
Awesome stuff
Really like your thorough approach! Well done!
Glad you liked the work Jozef
Sap the bee😂😂😂
John is more like a retreating personality..he vl kind of do things only when he s forced to...glad to see that u motivates him to be active more on his youtube channel...
good job Pradeep. watched the whole thing
John is the G.O.A.T in all aspects of armwrestling dude. wth are you talking about!!!!!!
Pradeep. You need to change the lighting and background. You look like a vampire, bro. 😂
It suits him, I think.
Give pradeep some big canine teeth and he will be Dracula 😂
An Awoken from Destiny lol
Please send me a good background photo on IG or Email mentioned in the channel about section
Scott Norton was John's most formidable opponent. While John has far outlasted Norton, Norton at his peak was a far better strength athlete than John due to high marks in Bench press, press behind neck and other tests of strength. John has said that if 200 pounds was the most he could bench press, he could still win arm wrestling matches. I believe it. First time out I got pinned by someone whose best shoulder press on a universal gym was 120 pounds (he said so) while I was doing 190! When I progressed to 230 pound barbell military press at 152lbs, I was still getting pinned until I started training forearms. 200 pound bench press to Norton was not even a warm up, and John's best he said was 400.
Awesome interview! However, John is completely wrong about steroids and armwrestling strength. Both scientifically and anecdotally, steroids alone have been shown to increase muscular strength roughly 30% over one's natural genetic potential. Of course, this number varies based on one's genetic response to drugs, but this is a good average.
Muscle to bone connective tissue increases in strength commensurate with muscular strength, as ALL muscular strength must first move through the tendons. In another words, if the muscles can lift a certain weight, so can the tendons. Now, when it comes to bone to bone connective tissue (such as the tendon in the elbow), it can only be strengthened through direct stress...not through muscular training, as there is no muscle involved. These tendons can only be strengthened through exercises such as side pressure training...or pulling on a table, etc. Other sports, such as tennis or being a baseball pitcher, will also help to a degree.
Also, steroids increase strength through two primary mechanisms: increasing muscle size AND nervous system enhancement (i.e., improved neural firing, etc.). Some steroids will increase strength without adding much, if any size. Others build strength primarily through increasing one's ability to build muscle size. Most strength athletes use both, unless an athlete wants to minimize weight gain, such as those people at the top of their respective weight class.
In conclusion, John knows a lot about armwrestling, but not so much about PEDs. There is a reason virtually all the top super heavies use them...regularly. In fact, I would estimate that 90% of all elite armwrestlers (and 95%+ of all elite super heavies) use PEDs in one form or another...because they work...and they work very well. Any athlete that competes in a sport that depends on muscular strength to win, will recieve massive benefit from AAS.
Plz Upload Hindi हिंदी version of this Interview to promote Arm wrestling sports in India, Since John is Leagend and Great of All Time, This will be very inspiring 😊👌
Bow for the GOAT. Lavan, Denis, Devon .. all great armwrestlers but this dude is on another level.
Im actually surprised he didn't put Travis in his top 5, cause hes been asked that question before and hes said Travis Especially being dominant left handed and really good right
Has John ever thought of or actively advocated for arm wrestling to become an Olympic sport.
Man, thank you for this awesome Interview with John, please keep doing the commentary it is very well done and I wish you a lot of success in the future.
Arm wrestling has been missing constantly great events. Engin is needed for 10 years to build momentum. It needs consistency, build a fan base around great events and build.
OMG your ads are killing me, you have WAY too many, makes it hard to watch your channel 🤷
Great interview with an absolute legend and no doubt the G.O.A.T. in Arm Wrestling.
John is the GoAT and an inspirational figure in the Armwrestling sport, yet he is so humble!
E-bike is good choice, you drive much more than with regular bike.
The 2 hours flew by like it was only half that time. Excellent interview and guest!
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This was a great interview man, I just listened to the entire thing while working. Great questions, great answers by the GOAT. Such an awesome humble dude he is. That goes really really far with me, especially in someone in a position to have an ego the size of the moon if that were his personality type. Your interview skills have never been in question Pradeep but this was some great work, thank you for your effort!
Jeopardy: from what I've heard they give the contestants material to study for a period of time so they can answer the questions.
It all counts about Engin and his match making. Engin is killing the game
Prajeep why you always trying to start shit between the bòys
hes wrong about you dont get any stronger on steroids,all you have to do is look at them,levan for instance if he stoped his steroid use i dont think he wil be at the top ,same with dennis,its why these guys get uge,dennis wont compete till he gets his weight up,think about that
Someone get Brzenk some stem-cells for his shoulder!
Devon got hooked up by Lex and went to south America for his treatments.
Devon needs to hook up John, get him the Joe Rogan stem cells
@@carlosjoaquim3555 AMEN!
But higher weight must give you more power even if your ligaments don't become stronger no ?
This is how you interview someone. Know your subject, prepare questions, speak clearly, don’t run all over the place, keep it a coherent conversation and not a chaos of voices.
That it stands out is a sign of the usual UA-cam standard.
I heard that Evgeny hired a Shaman to suck away the power of his opponents right before he faces them
Steroids is a game changer, completely different to being natural.
I absolutely love to hear this man talk to us and we know this is history in the making 💪💪
He was pretty spot-on with his predictions for EvW5.
Great Interview my friend!
Just wanted to say thanks for splitting the questions into chapters
great interview, as always
John is a living legend, the absolute best and a living example of that if you train hard enough, with dedication and dont take any crappy shortcuts, you can still be the best at what you want to do and be able to mop the floor with guys who go the opposite direction. We wish you the best of health John and good luck for the upcoming matches.
What a good interview.. And yes who is Sap the Bee?
I watched 2 hrs video and didn't get bored even once, that good of a video this was. Excellent work Pradeep
Why does it say to watch at 1.25 speed just curious
Best interview ever. Pradeep is one of the best hosts for sure
Thanks Martino