His inside angles, with hook and top-roll, were rock solid before surgeries, it was crazy, he would always get a stop no matter what. Meanwhile right now he opens up like a can of sardines. Devon changed his way of training also, so he's not going to be what he was due to that. Plus he's older and the competition gets better all the time, but against any top puller he just can't keep the match inside, doesn't matter if it's Cyplenkov, Chaffee, Mask, Hutchings or anyone else. Sad to see how much those surgeries took away his best strenghts.
Alejandro I see you know absolutely nothing about actual training, Instead of being strong in 1/4 for the motion, be strong in the entire range of motion. It would make you way stronger from a losing position, and decrease your chances of a bicep tear, which I’ve seen plenty of, that is most likely the result of improper training and form. You think these guys could curl 90kg from the floor up for reps? They barely move there arm 2 inches, which is literally just holding the weight and monkey fucking it up and down with body swinging. Anything past a 90 degree angle and these guys lose all there strength, and resort to being a bitch under the table.
Armwrestlers do partial reps because they wanna be strong in tight angles, not open angles. When your arm is opened up, you already lost the match. That's why they wanna be as strong as possible in tight angles = partial reps. That being said most armwrestlers train full range of motion too. Usually when they're close to competition they focus a lot more on partial reps. I say do both, full range of motion for health, partial reps for armwrestling strength.
He use to be able to hold angles against some really strong guys but he is more open nowadays as if his ebows aren't holding those angles anymore, also losing his wrist quite often too but i think alot of people would want to see the 2008 devon that beat brzenk against today's competition and also prime brzenk vs today's competition. The brzenk in 2006 who use to fold people's wrist and steamroll everyone's like they weren't there
The "cheating" that people are bitching about is because armwrestling has unusual demands on the body. You have to train differently! Heavy cheat curls aren't done just for biceps, often it feels more like pulling against an opponent
