Brighton, CO to Mesa, AZ is still a 13 hour drive. Still not close enough to have regular practice sessions. But I agree they should train together-John has a completely different philosophy when it comes to armwrestling training (than Devon) and it’d be good for Brian to get as many perspectives as he can before he really commits to this journey.

I been saying this. Let shaw go to john house for a couple weeks and just learn how to pull.

​@stairfall12345678900 I think getting many different perspectives can mess up a new armwrestler too however. I think that's what happen to Larry wheels. John would be perfect for shaw to learn with over multiple days and bog guys like Corey west train there with John too. Devon is way to technical for a new guy.

@@MJIZZEL Larry Wheels isn't messed up. He just didn't know his lane yet because you can't know your lane unless you have enough table time, like John says. Also, it's a lie that Larry inherently had the genetics to be a world beater. The reason none of the top guys that collabed with him would say that is that they all benefited from him bringing exposure to the sport and their youtube channels, so they had a conflict of interest. Guys like Rob Vigeant and Travis Bagent had more honest/impartial assessments of him and didn't hype him up so much.

Totaly agree

definitely not.

Yes he is! ​@@Tasmanaut

yup

Ermes

@@NavoTheTrueGodHe also injured

If Leonidas is a good example of strength athlete convert to armwrestling, now imagine how much Brian Shaw can bring to the sport💀💀

Yeah. Right. John Brzenk doesn't know schite about arm wrestling!

Yeah Devon and John know some stuff about armwrestling.

@@GA-1st I think he talk about people commenting

How do you know that?...

@Sandor-jr6cv Your statements show you have zero clue about the sport, it isn't his strength holding him back it is his tendons, There is nothing in strongman, weightlifting or any other sport that puts strain on the tendon under a maximum concentric load. This is why people transitioning over to arm-wrestling often get hurt if they have a strength background. Brian is at particular risk as his strength is much higher than his tendons can take and the people he is arm-wrestling have immense strength as well. The load on his tendons in a SHW match is immense and he literally has zero conditioning.

@@Average1212 you are speaking nonsense. There are many events in WSM that put strain on the the tendons, you have no idea what you are talking about. Probably have never lifted a weight in your life.

@@Tasmanaut Find me one exercise that loads the tendon the same way arm-wrestling does. In which motion do you load the tendon with a muscle locked in a concentric phase? It is well known that none of the strength sports prepare you for the loads armwrestling puts on the tendons. Show me one motion that puts side pressure load in WSM. This isn't speculation this is known and is exactly what devon told brian. His tendon's will not hold his strength level in arm-wrestling as they are now.

@@Average1212 touch grass nerd, maybe lift some weights and find out. You literally do not understand a single thing you are talking about.

Yeah right

Why? We have seen that denis is an ego puller, all he would do is stonewall brian till he hurt himself. What Denis does on the practice table is not how new pullers are trained. Yes it makes him look good in video's but is pointless for training.

no

Language barrier would be the biggest blocker

Not much point tbh.

False. With no trainer he'll pick up bad habits and it will take him way longer to pick up good techniques. In every single clip I've seen of Devon training him, Devon makes it clear that he doesn't want to tell Bryan what to do. He wants to see what Bryan's natural strengths are and then enhance them. Bryan trying to do this alone, especially at this stage in his life, is beyond stupid.

@@cloud890 That’s where you’re wrong. It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to piece together how to armwrestle. This can be done simply by competing against other armwrestlers, and Brian figuring out what works best for him when he is put up against different styles of pullers. Not Devon nor any other “perfect coach” can tell Brian how to use his strength and frame, simply because there is none other like him.

MMA fighters shouldn’t train with people. Football teams don’t need coaches. See how silly that sounds?

@@bbailey7740 comparing armwrestling to more sophisticated sports such as football and mma sounds just as silly. Agreed, Brian would need a coach to teach him the basic techniques and training methods, but even the most elite armwrestlers out there, follow the same basic, monotonous yet effective training. As well as competing there’s really not much more to armwrestling than that. Devon taught Brian all there is to know about armwrestling in less than a day, which proves my point of Brian not needing to have a “coach”.

@@shadathulahmed2277 LMAO, tell us you have never competed in arm wrestling without actually saying it.

derek smith is a horrible armwrestler. he loses to most people despite his size. surely he is doing something wrong

Derek is horrible lol. 😊

“Devon is too weird?” Tf do you mean? Devon is on Brzenk’s top 5 GOAT arm wrestlers. GOOFY

Derek is a horrible example .. he can't even win with his giant frame

Devon is ALWAYS teaching people at his local club... a couple half hour vids posted on yt isn't going to cover everything, also why would Brian want to show everything??