Johnny Walker in Japan

[SeungMin Bae]

I recently found this cool video on Youtube..have no idea when he visited Japan. Have you armwrestlers seen this clip?

[SeungMin Bae]

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[dixonglory]

imo the dumbell he is throwing and catching is not 45kg as written there. it must be 45pounds. please correct if i am wrong.

[Bill Arnold]

Dixon, that dumbbell was more than 45 pounds. I'm guessing it was at least 80. It looked like 3-4 plates on each side - 3 different sizes. And Johnny Walker probably would get nothing out of a 45 pound dumbbell.

[dixonglory]

May 21, 2010 16:29:14 GMT -5 Bill Arnold said:

Dixon, that dumbbell was more than 45 pounds. I'm guessing it was at least 80. It looked like 3-4 plates on each side - 3 different sizes. And Johnny Walker probably would get nothing out of a 45 pound dumbbell.

sorry BILL , i can see only 2plates in each side.

u should also think about the acceleration of a falling 45kg wt and the 'moment of force' it will produce in an out stretched forearm [force * distance]. and an 80kg standing man may fall forward with that force imo.

[Tomas Micka]

I agree with 45 pounds. 45 kg is nonsense.

[Bill Arnold]

Okay - so I did my own experiment. I was able to catch a 45 pound dumbbell that I "threw" to myself, like the video, but not able to control it as easily as Johnny did in the video. I know that I'm fairly strong, but that 45 pounds was pushing it for me to catch it and not start bleeding out my ears! I can bet that Johnny Walker was a whole lot stronger than me when that video was taken, and he looked like he wasn't struggling too much. But if I tried it with 75 or 80 (or even 88 pounds), there is no way. And I doubt that even Johnny Walker could have caught an 88 pound dumbbell as easy as that looked.

So, Dixon and Tomas - after my little experiement in the garage, I AGREE WITH YOU. It must be 45 pounds! My tendons are still aching!!!

[Guy Lasorsa]

Johnnie use to throw up 45 and 55 lb dumbells. He use to pull a spring that was stretched to 12 feet long it seemed like. Johnnies trainings werent very sophisticated, or all year round, he didnt need high tech science, he was a super natural, with a big hand great high hook wrist control and natural side pressure.

His training didnt have any secrets or gems to take out of it, he was just strong

[Bill Arnold]

Thanks Guy. You confirmed the answer to the question! The video indicated that he was throwing a 40-45 "KG" dumbbell - which would have been 88-99 pounds - we figured it must have been closer to 45 LBS. Thanks for jumping in there.

And yes, he was very impressive to watch.

[Steve Pettis]

This has to be some time close to 1995. The Yukon jack shirt he is wearing is from that year.

[John Parton]

Johnnie could and did regularly at home throw up and catch a hundred pound dumbell. I bet still in his mid 60s he could do it with a 50 #er and barely even flinch