Larry literally watched ppl ripp muscles benching during the same time, didn't see him stop lifting. He wasn't successful. Period. His focus shifted from athlete to business with his gym.
Exactly. Larry actually has a reputation for guys training with him getting seriously hurt, happened a lot, never deterred his training at all. No one wants to buy supplements from a guy that stopped a strength sport he invested in because he wasn't good at it. Oh well, it was good while it lasted, thanks for the little boost to our sport Larry!
This is correct, also since he both has a viral video about a kid breaking his arm with him and lost both hands to Leonidas, he is letting the heat die down while focuses on body building. Larry has some holes in his game he is working on and laying low until he is ready.
there's just one small problem....he's not any good. he's not an athlete. uncoordinated body. he's never been good at any sport, let alone a combat sport. he's good at lifting stationary weights, that's all
I think he just realised that he will never be a top guy in this sport so he gave up. It's okay to lose against someone like Schoolboy who is a superheavyweight pro armwrestler but losing to a guy like Khaled who never trained it or getting crushed by Leonidas who had similar background as Larry is a different story
yep, the reality is that not everyone is going to be a champion sometimes you just don't have the talent for that particular sport, or you're not gift at a genetic level for that's sport and that's the reality I laugh when people say all you have to do is keep pushing through and believe in yourself and you will get there lol that's just not reality that's like saying as and Asian guy if I keep training I will be the faster sprinter in the world lol the reality is if you don't have a least some African genes in you you're not going to be the faster sprinter period unless some how you are born with a genetic mutation that makes your run faster which is super rare is just not reality for 99.99% of the population.
I don't think Larry liked losing to Leonidas. Who was going around saying he isn't even practicing for Larry then proceeded to destroy him. I think Leo ate any remaining heart Larry had in the sport that day. I think before that Larry not going to Dubai for the KOTT events was a clear red flag Larry wasn't enjoying it anymore.
It's a shame because Leonidas is really up there in terms of relevance. He's starting to slowly climb the ladder and fight some big boys like John breznk and make him almost redline. To me that should be motivating to Larry because Larry is also right there in terms of climbing up. He could be better than Leo and even John breznk if he just kept pushing.
black people didnt have big fight iq. in armwestling not many black people. they can do only easy stuff. running, jumping, move one time big weight. but armwestling ist different. mayne things many tricks around it. you need a fast fight iq brain.
I think the heart was lacking not the brains. A lot of smart people don't do good in certain learning skills because they just don't care as much. I think Larry stepped into the sport thinking it'll be easy for him and realized you need dedication and gave up. I just don't think he cared as much.
He lost a lot of super matches, meaning he didn't get immediate success despite being a roided up big guy. I wouldn't discount him breaking someone's arm either, but he never tried to progress slowly and win smaller events first. He wanted to go straight to the top and thats not how Arm Wrestling works. Money is probably another part, that's true. I thought he was more involved in the KoTT events at the least? I couldn't find much info on that though.
He's always too separated from his arm. (The angle of his elbow is always obtuse). He tries to rely on pure bicep strength instead of learning about the sport. He just doesn't have any armwresting talent. No athletic talent at all, really. He can just lift weights well. He's just not coordinated enough for sports, let alone a combat sport like AW. Just a nerdy kid who took steroids. He's not an athlete, just a weightlifter.
I always use an analogy to strongman thinking they are gonna be great armwrestlers. Its like a champion javelin thrower thinking hes gonna transition to QB and be great at that too. Its just not even similiar
@@Fantastic_Six and that's the thing; he could be a great arm wrestler. He had a lot of general strength, he just needed to focus on the techniques and specialized muscles used. We saw at times he did, but he often did body building or power lifting videos instead. He never really dedicated himself to the sport, but expected great results? Weird.
But the be the best in armwrestling is realy not easy, To be top 10 in SHW today is realy not an easy job, i dont know if leonidas can reach that anytime
So he should quit powerlifting because he was there when a guy tear his chest muscle during bench press. And also he himself got injured multiple times from power lifting.
Yeah he's not scared of breaking his arm lmao what a lame excuse. He quit because he got owned by people who didn't even arm wrestle. They had better instincts on what to do at the table. He was trained by plenty...he just didn't absorb or try to absorb the knowledge and practice he was given.
i wouldn’t say he intentionally broke the guys arm since it wasn’t intentional. if u watch the video the guy was making every mistake u shouldn’t do when arm wrestling, idk why they didn’t caught on to that sooner but they were just too busy talking and all of a sudden the guy’s arm snaps
Pradeep is spot on. I love Devon but his matches these days are horrible. Too long because of the endless nonsense in the set up, phony trash talk, etc. Will never be a mainstream sport. Never.
I think the big reason is that it will always be there. He sees so much success in older pullers that i think hes choosing to use his youth in other sports and then come back later
No way. He's been doing it for years and had many highly publicized matches. People have horrific injuries or die from lifting, same with gear, he's still doing both.
Larry was actually doing just fine when he moved back to USA and competed in few tournaments. He won couple and placed second against top guys. Biggest problem was that he started going way too high level super matches right away. Kinda reserve path that most successfull people take
I think you are spitting a lot of truth bombs here. Although I genuinely enjoy following arm wrestling it's never going to compete with other more mainstream sports.
Larry is a fitness business man. He was doing it for fun, and he still arm wrestles for fun. He doesn't need to prove anything, not everyone wants to be competitive in arm wrestling to enjoy it.
Since I’ve started I’ve practiced pretty much every weekend. Inside the first year I was just getting conditioned for the sport and I never “hit” in competition. After my first year I started getting comfortable hitting in safer positions and now almost three years in I trust my arm as long as I’m not being completely stupid.
He was one of the first strength athletes that admitted to using PEDs... He admitted to body dysmorphia, he admitted to binge eating, he admitted to ego lifting and getting injured because of it... I have an idea, you start writing comments that require some thought then I'll grow up.
He is also like 0-6 to top it off so makes sense. regardless glad he tried it out and hope he still promotes the sport as he has. It has certainly only been a net positive for it overall.
My fear decreased, but sometimes i think i should have a little bit of fear, because i'm clearly not conditioned to twisting forces and sometimes i risk a little bit while pulling.
I think reality was, he was tired and discouraged from losing. He put in a lot of time and met a lot of professionals but couldnt keep upto those who are passionate about it
I watch alot of Larry's videos. Larry excels in weight lifting training videos and power lifting, he doesn't do that well in strongman, bodybuilding and arm wrestling.
I'm an IFA certified referee and been competing around 3 years now. After seeing an arm break in person, It has changed me. I am always nervous before competition now
All these idiots talking $hit about Larry and id bet he'd pin all of you. The dude had potential, he just didnt stick to it long enough to see hes true potential. John brzenk has mentioned this before, some people dont stick around long enough to find their true potential in the sport.
You have to be born with the correct tendon hook ups to be a great arm wrestler. No amount of training can change the mechanical leverage of good tendon hook ups . Larry doesn't have them. Not that he doesn't have table iq . He just doesn't have the tools . How many times do you see a skinny guy absolutely smash a huge guy. Quit bashing larry he at least tried.
I tore my shoulder in July this year and 3 weeks later I was back on the table pulling again. Fear of breaking your arm or injury has nothing to do with Larry quitting arm wrestling. He simply lost too many times and it broke his spirit.
Stop saying ass whoppings. It was the match setups, they fucked him every time. It’s like saying he has to compete in powerlifting at 19 years old. We know he smokes everyone now. He needs to develop and it takes time…
Wait …I’ve seen 4 arm breaks in person and yes it freaked me out. I’m the bread winner in my family …and honestly my wife would’ve been furious if I came home with an arm break. So I backed away from the sport for the exact reason.
Armwrestling is one of the safest sports there is. Worst case scenario, you tear a muscle, you break your arm. Worst case scenario in most mainstream sports (baseball, hockey, soccer, football, cycling etc) is concussions, paralysis, death.
thru the years, the fear of breaking my arm, it decreased,, bones get stronger, and tendons too.. and you also are a lot more aware of good and bad positions...
Here's what he really said "I eventually realized that I'm just not that good at arm wrestling and I do not have the potential to be at the top level so I decided to move on".
It also has been quite a few months we see Dennis competing… same for Levam… just a shot at active armwrestlers taking one match per year and then get hurt and need recovery for 18 months
One Point ist right. Armwestling is boring to watch for casual Fans and normal sports Fans who are not extremly deep in the Sport. There are some Matches like, devon vs John, leo vs school boy, devon vs Levan, ermes vs levon.... some of this if people talk and fight good its can be intresting. But the most are boring asf. My Opinion the People behind the Armwestling need change the rules, to be more intresting. Like UFC did it 25y ago. The first UFc was boring too. 1 Round going 25min. So they did 3round x 5min. To people have time to recovery and go full in again. But the break it only 1min. This make more Action at the field. You must change the Rule: - Breaks exactly 2min. if u not at the table after 2min you lose the round. No more grip again, no more drink break. People get better condition, more athletic and not be fat. They will look good. kids look up to them. + - only one Faul allow, after second faul you lose round. People trying to much play with fail to cheat, safe time, get new grip, new position. For them its fun. But for the audience its boring as fuck, we are rdy to see action, but they do only breaks and faul, and faul, and other ellbewfoul befor pin. this is stupid. - you should use more computer Laser rule. To get a fair grip and get a right shoulder. people cheat to much. and get less action. - i think there are to much old school guys in the buisness who dont want change anything, because they grow up with his. but this will not make the sport big. need change some guys and get new blood. - and more tournerment for playoff in countrys. - and stop do 6 rounds. try to safe time and create more action. stop let the athletc get fat. fat people are not attraktiv
Been arm wrestling for 2 years now. I'm still scared of arm breaks, but the truth is; if my arm ever breaks, I'll come back to the table the second its healed 😅
He just didn't keep grinding! When you first start arm wrestling. Meaning the first 3 years, you're gonna take Ls, especially against the guys he was going up against! You can't start where he started and be successful, you need to start at bottom and make it to the top. You don't start at the top!!!!!
It depends, toproll Is very safe while losing, not safe in the winning position of someone stops you. Drag hook Is pretty safe overall, while the more you use go inside the more It gets risky.
Cons of arm wrestling: 1 if person A gets a loss from person B and after sometime person A gets strong and if person B doest show up or make excuses then it becomes a debate where some will say person A is stronger than person B and vice versa. Example devon larrat vs cyplenkov. It's hurts bad for the person A. Best alternative sport is powerlifting. It doesn't matter if someone shows up or not, you got to beat your own record. 2 if there are 2 people from different time frame, it becomes a debate about who is stronger. Example dennis cyplenkov and levan saginashvili. Best alternative sport is powerlifting. Example julius maddox lifted 783 lbs and Eric spoto lifted 727 lbs. Different time frame but stronger person gets the credit not like armwrestling. 3 even if someone is stronger in armwrestling, many people don't admire their power and only say it's techniques. In powerlifting maximum people know the techniques. 4 arm breaks and other tendon injuries. In powerlifting there are also injuries. So both are equal in this point. 5 in armwrestling you can battle with only one person with 100 percent. And if you battle with another your power has decreased to some percent. So you can't give 100 percent again. While in powerlifting, when you lift the weight you battle with thousands of people at once. Any other can try the lift and still you don't have to compete.
Larry did improve, he just kept losing on supermatches because his stamina sucked but he couldn't move Derek Smith back then and at the end he was able to even pin him on practice. I think people don't give Larry enough credit, I wish he never quit.
As a grown man I could never make a video like this, just shut up how u gonna list reasons why another man quit a sport but when he gave his reason you didnt like it or believe it? So you make a whole ass video pretty much bashing the man? an regardless what anyone got to say Larry is a big reason why arm wrestling is where its at now
It's funny because, on the other hand, Larry is not at all squeamish about going back into full steroid mode and ruining his organ health and damaging his joints and muscles in the event of a tear. He saw many of them.
I honestly think he could be a top guy though. He didn’t weight train for armwrestling like ever, and was still as good as he was. He could’ve been a killer 115 guy in 3+ years
He has already said that his brand is more important that being the top in anything he competes in. That is fine. If it was a real fear of armbreaks, then he would have never started. You are much more likely to break your arm when you first start and do not know proper technique.
I like Larry but I knew he wasn’t going go high, because you can be a jack of all trades master of none. He spread himself too thin. To be good at anything, you have to focus on that one thing 100%.
That has nothing to do with mental health lol. Plenty of people get bored quick, plenty of people have shorter attention spans. Let's not once again pass blame to "illness". "OMG I don't find most jokes funny, it must be an illness!" "OMG I find this test to hard, it must be some illness I must be ADHD!". "OMG, I don't being in big crowds, this is some MASSIVE illness surely, I must be an introvert!" YEAH no, most people don't either. "OMG I have arachnophobia, I can't stand spiders" "Yeah no, most people can't either. There's nothing irrational about your behavior. But let's self misdiagnose ourselves. Larry quit because he knew he wasn't going to get anywhere with it. Each loss was more embarrassing. It's that simple.
Buddy has only been armwrestling for a few years ofc he's going to be losing like crazy just because he's all juiced up and strong doesn't mean he's gonna be strong in arm wrestling right away it takes time I've broken peoples arms and seen a ton of arm breaks and I haven't quit he's just a quitter period
I love Arm Wrestling, never was good at it, I also love bodybuilding and after seeing various injuries in arm wrestling I didn't want to AW as much. Fear of not being able to train in the gym. I get why Larry stopped doing it. That and money available.
He can still claim some of the credit for the resurgence of arm wrestling. King of the Table piggy backed off Larry’s popularity to launch that first event.
I turned away from competitive arm wrestling over the same concerns. The risk to reward ratio just didn’t seem worth it to me to push it to the limit, Especially considering the kind of set back that would come for me after an injury like an arm break.
I think he’s probably telling the truth. It’s an extremely risky sport despite what arm wrestlers claim. There is way more of a probability for a SERIOUS injury compared to doing something like bodybuilding or powerlifting on average.
Lol, this is so wrong. I can't even comprehend it. Powerlifting is rife with injuries. I've torn both pecs, left biceps twice, left brachialis, ruptured my right patellar tendon, tore my right meniscus, herniated 2 disks, tore my right rotator cuff, left quad, right teres major and right hamstring... off the top of my head. Not to mention dozens of strains, and multiple surgeries. Every guy at my gym has torn 1 or more muscles, some even more than me. If you doubt any of this, just Google my name.
Him competing in both body building and armwrestling in the same period was a bad idea. He probably severely underperformed in his last match. I have a feeling that it also broke some of his spirit. He probably also associate armwrestling as a chore since he did it in the same period which he probably had diet fatigue. If he was that conserned about his health as he have previously stated he wouldn't let him self get slapped in the face by that competitive face slapper.
My opinion, he wasn't patient enough to ascent in a new sport....he probably thought that he was so powerful that he would easily dominate and when he show that things were not so simple, he got demoralized and also, he just can't stand loosing....its more like an ego thong I believe... let's hope Leonidas Arkonas will be more patient and take the unavoidable initially failed attempts as a step to advance...
Larry didn't have talent for this sport, and I was saying this since his first match, when I saw no progress (with all sy mpathy to Larry, he is good guy). Ofc I was roasted in comments for this, but whatever... Devon hyped him, and whole community repeated what devon said like brainless sheep. As for sponsors leaving armwrestling - yes, armwrestling is most probably simply boring to new viewers. Furthermore, this is not real sport, at least in my book. Rather like half-sport. I will just back it up with 1 example - John Brzenk. He is considered being the GOAT, he was winning everything for like 30 years - WHILE HAVING A REGULAR JOB. Comon guys, in what reality you can have a regular job, and be the best in the world for 30 years IN A SPORT? Can u imagine Michael Jordan being Micharel Jordan wile working FTE at Mcdonalds? Or Messi being Messi training only during weekend? Or Lewis Hamilton occasionaly jumping into F1 car once a week while having full time job in some corporation? Ofc not. But it is possible in armwrestling, and many armwrestler have proven it. So ppl do not consider this a sport per se, but rather some nice activity - but not serious business, just some pub-sport for fanzies. And I think they are correct on this.
I think Larry is a bit frustrated in not being able to put all that body strength into Arm Wrestling, maybe he's training and practicing the wrong way for him.
Anatoly already did a prank on coach Ray. But he can only do lifting pranks on them, can’t really prank them and be good at arm wrestling. And school boy basically became famous from pretending to be a school kid with a puffy jacket on and getting 100$ of you can beat him. Same basic thing, hiding the fact he was an arm wrestler.
He's right- parts get stretched and ripped all the time...especially when the strap on comes out. It's just tear, tear, tear! Most men can not handle it!
Larry got sick of losing nothing else he started hearing on all websites how bad he suxs that alone made him quit he has more than enough money already ut never was about money he simply doesnt like losing while internet fans laugh at him
The arm break thing is a little silly because he has torn muscles and shit before doing all the other dumb shit he does on his channel and other ppl also get hurt on his channel doing exercises. If armbreaks (which like broken bones suck but people usually make a full recovery) and injuries are really the reason there's still a component that he doesn't care for armwrestling as much because he takes those exact same injury risks with his other activities and doesn't seem to mind
Arm wrestling is not powerlifting...Larry, Arkona, Koreanhulk, and the next one to enter and come out 3 month later will be Brian Shaw. The Devon and Auden matches on sunday are an insult to arm wrestling and anyone who paid to watch should get their money back.
instead of creating a false narrative about why he stopped armwrestling, just leave it how it is. maybe he lost intrest, maybe it was for health reasons, maybe there was no motivation.. who knows. Thats for him to know and us to wonder, respect it.
Larry broke a guy’s arm at practice- It was terrible, the guy was new & has zero experience. Larry made a big hit as the guy turned away. 100% AVOIDABLE- “teaching” a new guy without a proper understanding of the game.
All these clown comments from people Larry would crush. Don’t ever forget that he played a huge part in the growth of arm wrestling during and post covid.
He didn't have the fullness and bellies for competitive bodybuilding and in his pursuit to be at the top level in multiple strength disciplines; he assumed he'd kill it in AW... Thus lost interest. Zero to do with a potential arm break.
Larry literally watched ppl ripp muscles benching during the same time, didn't see him stop lifting.
He wasn't successful. Period. His focus shifted from athlete to business with his gym.
Exactly. Larry actually has a reputation for guys training with him getting seriously hurt, happened a lot, never deterred his training at all. No one wants to buy supplements from a guy that stopped a strength sport he invested in because he wasn't good at it. Oh well, it was good while it lasted, thanks for the little boost to our sport Larry!
This is correct, also since he both has a viral video about a kid breaking his arm with him and lost both hands to Leonidas, he is letting the heat die down while focuses on body building. Larry has some holes in his game he is working on and laying low until he is ready.
He was sick of losing. You’re telling me if he had won all 5 super matches he still wouldn’t be arm wrestling?
there's just one small problem....he's not any good.
he's not an athlete. uncoordinated body. he's never been good at any sport, let alone a combat sport.
he's good at lifting stationary weights, that's all
I AGREE
He kept losing to schoolboy and he hates that
@@jssw3404 I THINK WHEN HE GOT DESTROYED BY LEONIDAS THAT WAS IT
@@adameves5970Powerlifting is a sport jackass
I think he just realised that he will never be a top guy in this sport so he gave up. It's okay to lose against someone like Schoolboy who is a superheavyweight pro armwrestler but losing to a guy like Khaled who never trained it or getting crushed by Leonidas who had similar background as Larry is a different story
yep, the reality is that not everyone is going to be a champion sometimes you just don't have the talent for that particular sport, or you're not gift at a genetic level for that's sport and that's the reality I laugh when people say all you have to do is keep pushing through and believe in yourself and you will get there lol that's just not reality that's like saying as and Asian guy if I keep training I will be the faster sprinter in the world lol the reality is if you don't have a least some African genes in you you're not going to be the faster sprinter period unless some how you are born with a genetic mutation that makes your run faster which is super rare is just not reality for 99.99% of the population.
I honestly think he could be a top guy though. He didn’t weight train for armwrestling like ever
schoolboy also lost to khaled...
@@goldtaker95 i know but you understand how demotivating it can be to be crushed by someone who never trained it
@@Joe-mp4nw yea he did frequently, at least thats what he said
I don't think Larry liked losing to Leonidas. Who was going around saying he isn't even practicing for Larry then proceeded to destroy him. I think Leo ate any remaining heart Larry had in the sport that day. I think before that Larry not going to Dubai for the KOTT events was a clear red flag Larry wasn't enjoying it anymore.
Well, Leonidas just got a taste of his own medicine, and then some, it’s fair to say.
@@e-ton2145the problem is that leonidas still loves armwrestling. The match against schoolboy and performance against John breznk was great.
It's a shame because Leonidas is really up there in terms of relevance. He's starting to slowly climb the ladder and fight some big boys like John breznk and make him almost redline. To me that should be motivating to Larry because Larry is also right there in terms of climbing up. He could be better than Leo and even John breznk if he just kept pushing.
Larry had the strength for arm wrestling, but not the brains or heart for it.
black people didnt have big fight iq. in armwestling not many black people. they can do only easy stuff. running, jumping, move one time big weight. but armwestling ist different. mayne things many tricks around it. you need a fast fight iq brain.
He is quite dense. I remember watching Devon trying to train him. Information overload.
I think the heart was lacking not the brains. A lot of smart people don't do good in certain learning skills because they just don't care as much. I think Larry stepped into the sport thinking it'll be easy for him and realized you need dedication and gave up. I just don't think he cared as much.
He lost a lot of super matches, meaning he didn't get immediate success despite being a roided up big guy. I wouldn't discount him breaking someone's arm either, but he never tried to progress slowly and win smaller events first. He wanted to go straight to the top and thats not how Arm Wrestling works.
Money is probably another part, that's true. I thought he was more involved in the KoTT events at the least? I couldn't find much info on that though.
He's always too separated from his arm. (The angle of his elbow is always obtuse). He tries to rely on pure bicep strength instead of learning about the sport. He just doesn't have any armwresting talent. No athletic talent at all, really. He can just lift weights well. He's just not coordinated enough for sports, let alone a combat sport like AW. Just a nerdy kid who took steroids. He's not an athlete, just a weightlifter.
I always use an analogy to strongman thinking they are gonna be great armwrestlers. Its like a champion javelin thrower thinking hes gonna transition to QB and be great at that too. Its just not even similiar
@@Fantastic_Six and that's the thing; he could be a great arm wrestler. He had a lot of general strength, he just needed to focus on the techniques and specialized muscles used. We saw at times he did, but he often did body building or power lifting videos instead.
He never really dedicated himself to the sport, but expected great results? Weird.
But the be the best in armwrestling is realy not easy,
To be top 10 in SHW today is realy not an easy job, i dont know if leonidas can reach that anytime
He went to some small tournaments but he did not had that much progress either
So he should quit powerlifting because he was there when a guy tear his chest muscle during bench press.
And also he himself got injured multiple times from power lifting.
He doesn't suck at powerlifting. He sucks at arm wrestling. Hmm, such a mystery!
@@dodoz44He sucks also in powelifting.... He was not able to even go to the Olympics..... Just a Born loser.
@@dodoz44you guys are worthless to draw
way different than breaking your arm there keyboard cowboy...
Yeah he's not scared of breaking his arm lmao what a lame excuse. He quit because he got owned by people who didn't even arm wrestle.
They had better instincts on what to do at the table. He was trained by plenty...he just didn't absorb or try to absorb the knowledge and practice he was given.
Larry literally broke a guys arm.
I think that can definitely turn you off from the sport.
Especially if it's not your whole life from a young age ya know, for sure.
i wouldn’t say he intentionally broke the guys arm since it wasn’t intentional. if u watch the video the guy was making every mistake u shouldn’t do when arm wrestling, idk why they didn’t caught on to that sooner but they were just too busy talking and all of a sudden the guy’s arm snaps
Yeah I think breaking someone’s arm can be worse mentally than the fear of breaking your own. Big guys often suffer from a fear of hurting others
It makes anyone cringe to hear the sound, imagine you feel the dudes arm snap as you’re armwreslting. Man that would be tough
If you’re soft… injuries happen all the time, broken arm isn’t that bad.
Pradeep is spot on. I love Devon but his matches these days are horrible. Too long because of the endless nonsense in the set up, phony trash talk, etc. Will never be a mainstream sport. Never.
I think the big reason is that it will always be there. He sees so much success in older pullers that i think hes choosing to use his youth in other sports and then come back later
Press X for doubt
Agreed
He’s not good at arm wrestling that’s why he quit.
No way. He's been doing it for years and had many highly publicized matches. People have horrific injuries or die from lifting, same with gear, he's still doing both.
You have point lol. He literally took tons of gear but he is more scared of an arm break like wtf
yep.. Look at it this way , had he won all the supermatches, would he still be armwrestling now ?? the answer is yes.
He's lifting and taking gear because he almost doesn't have a choice, his career is in lifting, his career isn't specifically in arm wrestling lol
He doesn't want to take gear because he is concerned for his health. Lifting is also a pretty safe thing to do
Terry Crews stil claiming to be natural.🤣😂🤣😂😅
I am 56 like Terry and have been lifting for 40 years. His body is impossible without help…
@@jeffmacarthur9722
Ya just haven't eaten enough yogurts, duh.
maybe he's like Larry and thinks TRT is practically natural.
@@johne3999 "TRT triple dosage".
I do like Oikos…🤣💪🇨🇦
I think Larry is legit scared of an arm break. He's always been neurotic/obsessive and it visibly worries him.
Larry was actually doing just fine when he moved back to USA and competed in few tournaments. He won couple and placed second against top guys. Biggest problem was that he started going way too high level super matches right away. Kinda reserve path that most successfull people take
I think you are spitting a lot of truth bombs here. Although I genuinely enjoy following arm wrestling it's never going to compete with other more mainstream sports.
Larry is a fitness business man. He was doing it for fun, and he still arm wrestles for fun. He doesn't need to prove anything, not everyone wants to be competitive in arm wrestling to enjoy it.
Since I’ve started I’ve practiced pretty much every weekend. Inside the first year I was just getting conditioned for the sport and I never “hit” in competition. After my first year I started getting comfortable hitting in safer positions and now almost three years in I trust my arm as long as I’m not being completely stupid.
Larry seems to be a pretty honest guy. If he says it was because of arm breaks, then arm breaks it is.
He iseam an addicted porn junkie.
Bullshit bro speaking like Larry is some saint 'honest guy' grow up dude.
He was one of the first strength athletes that admitted to using PEDs... He admitted to body dysmorphia, he admitted to binge eating, he admitted to ego lifting and getting injured because of it... I have an idea, you start writing comments that require some thought then I'll grow up.
He is also like 0-6 to top it off so makes sense. regardless glad he tried it out and hope he still promotes the sport as he has. It has certainly only been a net positive for it overall.
clearly not, he won a match in that video (where he broke that guys arm) so he's AT LEAST 1-6
The word 'traumatized' is very powerful. I believe the reason he quit is a combination of all the factors you mentioned
My fear decreased, but sometimes i think i should have a little bit of fear, because i'm clearly not conditioned to twisting forces and sometimes i risk a little bit while pulling.
I think reality was, he was tired and discouraged from losing. He put in a lot of time and met a lot of professionals but couldnt keep upto those who are passionate about it
I watch alot of Larry's videos. Larry excels in weight lifting training videos and power lifting, he doesn't do that well in strongman, bodybuilding and arm wrestling.
I'm an IFA certified referee and been competing around 3 years now. After seeing an arm break in person, It has changed me. I am always nervous before competition now
All these idiots talking $hit about Larry and id bet he'd pin all of you. The dude had potential, he just didnt stick to it long enough to see hes true potential. John brzenk has mentioned this before, some people dont stick around long enough to find their true potential in the sport.
Larry es una mákina y también ayudó mucho a promover el armwrestling a nivel mundial.
You have to be born with the correct tendon hook ups to be a great arm wrestler. No amount of training can change the mechanical leverage of good tendon hook ups . Larry doesn't have them. Not that he doesn't have table iq . He just doesn't have the tools . How many times do you see a skinny guy absolutely smash a huge guy. Quit bashing larry he at least tried.
I tore my shoulder in July this year and 3 weeks later I was back on the table pulling again. Fear of breaking your arm or injury has nothing to do with Larry quitting arm wrestling. He simply lost too many times and it broke his spirit.
Stop saying ass whoppings. It was the match setups, they fucked him every time. It’s like saying he has to compete in powerlifting at 19 years old. We know he smokes everyone now. He needs to develop and it takes time…
4:46 what is this 8 o'clock and 2 o'clock? Shouldn't it be 9 and 3? I don't understand why he chose 8 and 2.
Wait …I’ve seen 4 arm breaks in person and yes it freaked me out. I’m the bread winner in my family …and honestly my wife would’ve been furious if I came home with an arm break. So I backed away from the sport for the exact reason.
You forgot to mention your dog and goldfish to your story
No what I forgot to mention is your wife and your mother on my jock all the time
Been pulling for a while and never thought about arm breaks
I believe him about the arm breaks. He’s getting older and has talked more about “health is wealth”
Armwrestling is one of the safest sports there is.
Worst case scenario, you tear a muscle, you break your arm.
Worst case scenario in most mainstream sports (baseball, hockey, soccer, football, cycling etc) is concussions, paralysis, death.
Even powerlifting is more dangerous overall, yet you won't hear him say that because uhhh... It would contradict his own statements and "reasoning".
thru the years, the fear of breaking my arm, it decreased,, bones get stronger, and tendons too.. and you also are a lot more aware of good and bad positions...
Maybe a similar set of reasons for his strongman career as well ?
Here's what he really said "I eventually realized that I'm just not that good at arm wrestling and I do not have the potential to be at the top level so I decided to move on".
It also has been quite a few months we see Dennis competing… same for Levam… just a shot at active armwrestlers taking one match per year and then get hurt and need recovery for 18 months
If Larry is not careful with the Gear he will be the next Golem ,Rich Piana ,etc , etc , etc ,jack of all trades or master of none
Change to "Pradeep explains..."
Breaking someone’s arm almost made me quit. Not in fear of breaking my own. But in fear of breaking newbies
One Point ist right. Armwestling is boring to watch for casual Fans and normal sports Fans who are not extremly deep in the Sport. There are some Matches like, devon vs John, leo vs school boy, devon vs Levan, ermes vs levon.... some of this if people talk and fight good its can be intresting. But the most are boring asf.
My Opinion the People behind the Armwestling need change the rules, to be more intresting. Like UFC did it 25y ago. The first UFc was boring too. 1 Round going 25min. So they did 3round x 5min. To people have time to recovery and go full in again. But the break it only 1min. This make more Action at the field.
You must change the Rule:
- Breaks exactly 2min. if u not at the table after 2min you lose the round. No more grip again, no more drink break. People get better condition, more athletic and not be fat. They will look good. kids look up to them. +
- only one Faul allow, after second faul you lose round. People trying to much play with fail to cheat, safe time, get new grip, new position. For them its fun. But for the audience its boring as fuck, we are rdy to see action, but they do only breaks and faul, and faul, and other ellbewfoul befor pin. this is stupid.
- you should use more computer Laser rule. To get a fair grip and get a right shoulder. people cheat to much. and get less action.
- i think there are to much old school guys in the buisness who dont want change anything, because they grow up with his. but this will not make the sport big. need change some guys and get new blood.
- and more tournerment for playoff in countrys.
- and stop do 6 rounds. try to safe time and create more action. stop let the athletc get fat. fat people are not attraktiv
There is no money in armwrestling so why take chance of getting hurt for nothing.
Yeah, like many people already commented, any powerful thing, lifting, wrestling, is gonna be injury galore, so he is tired of losing.
Been arm wrestling for 2 years now. I'm still scared of arm breaks, but the truth is; if my arm ever breaks, I'll come back to the table the second its healed 😅
Larry is a champion in his arena. It’s hard to lose over and over again. I think he got discouraged.
My fear has decreased the more I armwrestle
He just didn't keep grinding! When you first start arm wrestling. Meaning the first 3 years, you're gonna take Ls, especially against the guys he was going up against! You can't start where he started and be successful, you need to start at bottom and make it to the top. You don't start at the top!!!!!
I’m a top roller. No fear haha. Safest way to do it
Hook is also very safe
It depends, toproll Is very safe while losing, not safe in the winning position of someone stops you. Drag hook Is pretty safe overall, while the more you use go inside the more It gets risky.
Cons of arm wrestling:
1 if person A gets a loss from person B and after sometime person A gets strong and if person B doest show up or make excuses then it becomes a debate where some will say person A is stronger than person B and vice versa. Example devon larrat vs cyplenkov. It's hurts bad for the person A. Best alternative sport is powerlifting. It doesn't matter if someone shows up or not, you got to beat your own record.
2 if there are 2 people from different time frame, it becomes a debate about who is stronger. Example dennis cyplenkov and levan saginashvili. Best alternative sport is powerlifting. Example julius maddox lifted 783 lbs and Eric spoto lifted 727 lbs. Different time frame but stronger person gets the credit not like armwrestling.
3 even if someone is stronger in armwrestling, many people don't admire their power and only say it's techniques. In powerlifting maximum people know the techniques.
4 arm breaks and other tendon injuries. In powerlifting there are also injuries. So both are equal in this point.
5 in armwrestling you can battle with only one person with 100 percent. And if you battle with another your power has decreased to some percent. So you can't give 100 percent again.
While in powerlifting, when you lift the weight you battle with thousands of people at once. Any other can try the lift and still you don't have to compete.
I think the video where his wrist was measured with Ermes and Levan, showed that the gap in genetics was really wide, and it effected his psyche.
No problem he's still the strongest p4p power lifter
Not even close😂
@@marcusrasborg6874 then tell me who's stronger than Larry in power lifting in his weight
Larry did improve, he just kept losing on supermatches because his stamina sucked but he couldn't move Derek Smith back then and at the end he was able to even pin him on practice. I think people don't give Larry enough credit, I wish he never quit.
I broke arm by incorrectly putting preasure on triceps, there is no way I'll risk it again
Chris Gobby was right when he said Larry would quit couple years in
As a grown man I could never make a video like this, just shut up how u gonna list reasons why another man quit a sport but when he gave his reason you didnt like it or believe it? So you make a whole ass video pretty much bashing the man? an regardless what anyone got to say Larry is a big reason why arm wrestling is where its at now
It's funny because, on the other hand, Larry is not at all squeamish about going back into full steroid mode and ruining his organ health and damaging his joints and muscles in the event of a tear. He saw many of them.
Pradeep do you remember watching Devon try to train him? It looked like a lowland gorilla trying to grasp quantum physics🤣💪🇨🇦
I think you are over analyzing this, dude. Top 4 reasons? hehe.
I honestly think he could be a top guy though. He didn’t weight train for armwrestling like ever, and was still as good as he was. He could’ve been a killer 115 guy in 3+ years
So you’re accusing Larry Wheels of lying? You actually think Larry is worried about the arm wrestling community?
Drag racing would still be a complete hobby sport if light traps were never developed.
its a mans sport for very dedicated men that are hardcore ,larry is just weak for arm wrestling not all can do it
Larry thought he would just be able to jump in and dominate in his first year & couldnt handle the fact that its not that easy
He has already said that his brand is more important that being the top in anything he competes in. That is fine. If it was a real fear of armbreaks, then he would have never started. You are much more likely to break your arm when you first start and do not know proper technique.
After 3 years of armwrestling I just think that it is immpossible to break my arm.. more likely tearing tendon
I like Larry but I knew he wasn’t going go high, because you can be a jack of all trades master of none. He spread himself too thin. To be good at anything, you have to focus on that one thing 100%.
Something between him and Adam also happened because Adam doesn't make his videos any longer!
Arm wrestling needs really strong hands (not muscles) but strong and good bone structure. That's really demanding ,along with confidence...
Larry confessed on a video that he gets bored of things quickly because of his mental health issues
That has nothing to do with mental health lol. Plenty of people get bored quick, plenty of people have shorter attention spans. Let's not once again pass blame to "illness". "OMG I don't find most jokes funny, it must be an illness!" "OMG I find this test to hard, it must be some illness I must be ADHD!". "OMG, I don't being in big crowds, this is some MASSIVE illness surely, I must be an introvert!" YEAH no, most people don't either. "OMG I have arachnophobia, I can't stand spiders" "Yeah no, most people can't either. There's nothing irrational about your behavior. But let's self misdiagnose ourselves. Larry quit because he knew he wasn't going to get anywhere with it. Each loss was more embarrassing. It's that simple.
He isnt made for it, theres natural guys like Khaled that are, just naturally strong in their hand and foreman
Buddy has only been armwrestling for a few years ofc he's going to be losing like crazy just because he's all juiced up and strong doesn't mean he's gonna be strong in arm wrestling right away it takes time I've broken peoples arms and seen a ton of arm breaks and I haven't quit he's just a quitter period
I love Arm Wrestling, never was good at it, I also love bodybuilding and after seeing various injuries in arm wrestling I didn't want to AW as much. Fear of not being able to train in the gym. I get why Larry stopped doing it. That and money available.
He can still claim some of the credit for the resurgence of arm wrestling. King of the Table piggy backed off Larry’s popularity to launch that first event.
I turned away from competitive arm wrestling over the same concerns. The risk to reward ratio just didn’t seem worth it to me to push it to the limit, Especially considering the kind of set back that would come for me after an injury like an arm break.
No ifs or buts Larry is no good at arm wrestling ,
Just a bull shit excuse about breaking arms ,UuMmm!
Bro should have done a bunch of unknown tournament for 2 years before a single super match.
I don't fear from arm break. But dislocated thumb, tendonitis and tenis or golfer elbow.
I think he’s probably telling the truth. It’s an extremely risky sport despite what arm wrestlers claim. There is way more of a probability for a SERIOUS injury compared to doing something like bodybuilding or powerlifting on average.
Lol, this is so wrong. I can't even comprehend it. Powerlifting is rife with injuries. I've torn both pecs, left biceps twice, left brachialis, ruptured my right patellar tendon, tore my right meniscus, herniated 2 disks, tore my right rotator cuff, left quad, right teres major and right hamstring... off the top of my head. Not to mention dozens of strains, and multiple surgeries. Every guy at my gym has torn 1 or more muscles, some even more than me.
If you doubt any of this, just Google my name.
I think he was entertaining to watch but he’s not that good there for he probably quite because he’s not a competition for his weight class
Haha!!!! Oh Larry.
Him competing in both body building and armwrestling in the same period was a bad idea. He probably severely underperformed in his last match. I have a feeling that it also broke some of his spirit.
He probably also associate armwrestling as a chore since he did it in the same period which he probably had diet fatigue.
If he was that conserned about his health as he have previously stated he wouldn't let him self get slapped in the face by that competitive face slapper.
If it breaks it breaks happens
My opinion, he wasn't patient enough to ascent in a new sport....he probably thought that he was so powerful that he would easily dominate and when he show that things were not so simple, he got demoralized and also, he just can't stand loosing....its more like an ego thong I believe... let's hope Leonidas Arkonas will be more patient and take the unavoidable initially failed attempts as a step to advance...
Larry didn't have talent for this sport, and I was saying this since his first match, when I saw no progress (with all sy mpathy to Larry, he is good guy). Ofc I was roasted in comments for this, but whatever...
Devon hyped him, and whole community repeated what devon said like brainless sheep.
As for sponsors leaving armwrestling - yes, armwrestling is most probably simply boring to new viewers.
Furthermore, this is not real sport, at least in my book. Rather like half-sport.
I will just back it up with 1 example - John Brzenk. He is considered being the GOAT, he was winning everything for like 30 years - WHILE HAVING A REGULAR JOB.
Comon guys, in what reality you can have a regular job, and be the best in the world for 30 years IN A SPORT? Can u imagine Michael Jordan being Micharel Jordan wile working FTE at Mcdonalds? Or Messi being Messi training only during weekend? Or Lewis Hamilton occasionaly jumping into F1 car once a week while having full time job in some corporation? Ofc not.
But it is possible in armwrestling, and many armwrestler have proven it.
So ppl do not consider this a sport per se, but rather some nice activity - but not serious business, just some pub-sport for fanzies. And I think they are correct on this.
I think Larry is a bit frustrated in not being able to put all that body strength into Arm Wrestling, maybe he's training and practicing the wrong way for him.
Larry needs to introduce the arm wrestling world to Anatoly. Bring some pranks to AW.
Anatoly already did a prank on coach Ray. But he can only do lifting pranks on them, can’t really prank them and be good at arm wrestling.
And school boy basically became famous from pretending to be a school kid with a puffy jacket on and getting 100$ of you can beat him. Same basic thing, hiding the fact he was an arm wrestler.
Akimbo been doing aw pranks
He's right- parts get stretched and ripped all the time...especially when the strap on comes out. It's just tear, tear, tear! Most men can not handle it!
Dude doesn't have that dog in him. Showing his audience him continuously losing is bad for business
Larry got sick of losing nothing else he started hearing on all websites how bad he suxs that alone made him quit he has more than enough money already ut never was about money he simply doesnt like losing while internet fans laugh at him
The arm break thing is a little silly because he has torn muscles and shit before doing all the other dumb shit he does on his channel and other ppl also get hurt on his channel doing exercises. If armbreaks (which like broken bones suck but people usually make a full recovery) and injuries are really the reason there's still a component that he doesn't care for armwrestling as much because he takes those exact same injury risks with his other activities and doesn't seem to mind
Arm wrestling is not powerlifting...Larry, Arkona, Koreanhulk, and the next one to enter and come out 3 month later will be Brian Shaw. The Devon and Auden matches on sunday are an insult to arm wrestling and anyone who paid to watch should get their money back.
I'm sure he has seen a lot of bench press and squat injuries as well
instead of creating a false narrative about why he stopped armwrestling, just leave it how it is. maybe he lost intrest, maybe it was for health reasons, maybe there was no motivation.. who knows. Thats for him to know and us to wonder, respect it.
Larry chose the wrong opponents. He lost to the worst possible ppl (for him) and most ppl would quit after that.
Larry broke a guy’s arm at practice- It was terrible, the guy was new & has zero experience.
Larry made a big hit as the guy turned away.
100% AVOIDABLE-
“teaching” a new guy without a proper understanding of the game.
All these clown comments from people Larry would crush. Don’t ever forget that he played a huge part in the growth of arm wrestling during and post covid.
He didn't have the fullness and bellies for competitive bodybuilding and in his pursuit to be at the top level in multiple strength disciplines; he assumed he'd kill it in AW... Thus lost interest. Zero to do with a potential arm break.