I’d have to say in my experience Devon’s way is better for arm wrestling I’ve done both ways and his works better because I don’t gas as fast although that never works for compound lifts or side pressure training but on the table Devon’s way is better
It also shows a difference in how they view arm wrestling It looks like Hutchings sees it more as a strength sport The Larratt's seem to see it more as a combat sport Great analysis and video
There Is no One that understand armwrestling Like Devon. So if you suggest how to train or how to pull, you should follow him. But on phisiology, nah. Scientific litterature has already explained that specific warming up with intensity close to your 1rm Is beneficial to activate your CNS and being able to use all your Powers. It Is well known in any lifting sport. Like powerlifting and weightlifting. Todzilla Is right here.
Warmup is for 1) physically warming up the structures (raising the temperature) and 2) preparing the movement pattern (warming up the movement itself, i.e. improving muscle activation) With Devon's method I'm only worried that it might actually be useful to do maybe a single 80% pull for 5-10s, maybe two pulls each covering a part of the techniques spectrum
I would warm it up like a squat (From starting strength): If I wanna do a 100kg squat 3x5 warmup is empty bar 20kg x 5 40% of 100kg x 5 60% of 100kg x 3 80% of 100kg x 2 then 3x5 x 100kg (work set) This is ideal and I'm pretty sure this is the fastest way to warmup even for arm wrestling (doing 2 or 3 arm wrestling exercises) I don't think you lose a lot of strength or stamina this way :D I squat this way everytime, heavy 5s fatigue a lot and you learn to save energy and be mindful of it And I would say that Devon's method might work regardless...
What Devon does makes sense when the sport is oxidative in nature (endurance sports) armwrestling is anaerobic and glycolytic. From an energy system perspective Todd has a better approach to this IMO.
honestly it kind of seems like they’re priming their nervous system to fire, like sensitizing the neural chain - don’t know if that sounds like snake oil but the focus on breathing and flowing in toproll/hook/etc i think functionally might just be getting the nervous system under control and ready for motor neurons to be recruited effectively by the brain?
I’m a fan of Devon and I’ll say that a lot of his training techniques and ideologies are unique to him and will not work for 99% of people. I wish he had ditched that giant pumpkin shit and focused more on general strength training for the Levan match..
That last idea is worth paying attention to. You can definitely hear a true arm-wrestler talking here! It took me the better part of the past decade to figure that out training and competing on my own.
Yeah devon is just like wrong from a sports science perspective lol. todd might be like overdoing it slightly, but elevating your heart rate and actually putting some effort through the structures you're gonna be using is how warming up actually works.
It's breathe in through your nose out through your mouth. If you think gulping air through your mouth is efficient then you do not know what the nose does
Warming up to fairly heavy resistance should help with post-activation potentiation and thus power production if it can be timed to occur a few minutes before the match.
Devon doesn't fight with his elbows anymore, Todd is all elbow. So it's different for both of them, there isn't a better method. You find your own method.....
I've never believed in warming up when lifting weights or doing sports. Maybe I'm not strong enough for it to matter, but I've found it just kills my peak force output. I understand the idea behind warming up, activating the stabilising muscles to prevent injury et. I think it comes down to mind-muscle connection. If you have a very good one, you can activate the stabilisers and set yourself to prevent injury. Some people seem to need warm up sets to achieve a PR with heavier weights, for example, I find the complete opposite. That's just my theory anyway
I’d like to see how that’s possible. I’ve actually found over the years that the longer and more thorough the warm up the heavier my successful top set will be. In no way could I throw 350 on the bench cold and get even close to benching it and most likely get injured. If I warm up by stepping up in weight and doing a few other things it’s a 100% chance the 350 is going up… now maybe if you’re doing extremely sub maximal lifting where endurance is more of a factor that could possibly be true.
@@Forger374 idk what you mean by explanation Devon’s endurance is a result of a more efficient technique and prolly a little bit of genetics it’s got nothing to do with him not wasting energy warming up they’re unrelated
