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Just watched John's training seminar (part2). I heard some people were disappointed with his teaching but one needs to be expert to understand the value of diamond. He is not giving anyone fake hopes to become a great champion but saying the things as true as possible. I also realized that my experiences and his are very similar. Many people are trying to adopt the teachings of other sports to armwrestling while armwrestling is a unique sport and it's own researches should be done and these researches should involve mostly the experiences of the elite athletes whose career were long and successful.
When I talk about the relation between brachialis and side pressure people looked at me like I am an alien. Because body builders thought them that it can train only in reverse curling way
John showed his brachialis and said it works with side pressure
So I don't know what I am talking about John doesn't know what he talks about but ... anyways
John's strategy to train at the table and let the arm stay as trained and not to do any blood flowing exercise to keep full gains is something I have done forever. Not to warm up before training or competition is something I did forever. Not to get hyped but build the energy to save it for that moment is something that I did forever. But blood flowing thing after training I have done lately with Bison but the movements I do with it is very similar to armwrestling and I just do quickly to make joint work properly before I start getting cold and resting. But in my prime I have never warmed up before the event or training or did any blood flowing after the table training. These are not learnt but felt things. Some people may feel differently about all these and I respect them but looks like I and John felt this way to be better. No one can claim that it didn't work for us. Some may say that I and John had many injuries but who didn't have? Those injuries are the price of the battles we had. There are thousands of people who also have injuries yet don't have much success.
People are so much focused on outside of armwrestling things and looking for a miracle by hearing something secret. Years are passing and they still look for that secret which they will never find. John doesn't try to intimidate anyone by acting like there is a secret as himself choosed the hard path to follow.
Everyone needs to discover armwrestling at armwrestling table, assistant trainings are good but they are not gonna teach armwrestling to you, neither will make you coordinated. Spend more time to learn what to do at the table than what to build as training exercises. John found everything at the table while I had been a specific lifter as well but I never forgot that the key to success is at the table. Even if you are a lifter make sure that you don't forget that you are an armwrestler and stop judging things by the understanding of body building but armwrestling.
John's teaching was no shining package but with diamond product. But I don't want you to do everything that John has done but have your own experiences by listening your body as John also suggested. Don't be lazy to walk on your own experiences, it's your body and no one knows it better than you can. So try to get to know yourself instead trying to apply others' experiences on your self without questioning. Of course you can try what others suggest but don't accept is as an absolute truth for yourself.
So in short listen to your body more than listening others, as your body will not lie to you but you may get confused by listening everyone who preaches.
Ps: The muscle that John shows, is brachialis."
- Engin Terzi