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Post by Jimmy Van Orden on Sept 14, 2010 12:25:06 GMT -5
I'm sure you know someone in arm wrestling who doesn't train a lot with weights and yet is a frequent winner? These "naturals" usually have a job that demands hard physical labor. A "natural" I knew many years ago was Lanny Julian, 1973 world champion in the 165-pound class (Scranton, PA). Lanny, who was from northern Kentucky, worked as a beef flocker, a job that involved lifting sides of beef all day. He claimed he lifted as many as 800 sides of beef each day on average, and some days saw him lift 1,500 sides. A side of beef, by the way, weighs 300 pounds on average.
Know any "naturals" in the sport whose work makes them super strong pullers? If so, I'd be interested in reading about them. Jimmyvan
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Post by Shane Vasquez on Sept 14, 2010 16:10:45 GMT -5
Kenny Flynn  |
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Post by Shane Vasquez on Sept 14, 2010 16:11:48 GMT -5
I'm sure you know someone in arm wrestling who doesn't train a lot with weights and yet is a frequent winner? These "naturals" usually have a job that demands hard physical labor. A "natural" I knew many years ago was Lanny Julian, 1973 world champion in the 165-pound class (Scranton, PA). Lanny, who was from northern Kentucky, worked as a beef flocker, a job that involved lifting sides of beef all day. He claimed he lifted as many as 800 sides of beef each day on average, and some days saw him lift 1,500 sides. A side of beef, by the way, weighs 300 pounds on average. Know any "naturals" in the sport whose work makes them super strong pullers? If so, I'd be interested in reading about them. Jimmyvan I wonder if I'm thinking of the same guy? Did Bill Arnold and him use to have wars? |
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Post by Duke Sarkisian on Sept 14, 2010 18:22:56 GMT -5
boy...that type of work is flocken crazy...  |
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Post by Alan Berget on Sept 15, 2010 5:56:27 GMT -5
little 125 pound Matt Bourdon from Michigan. Many national titles, doesn't train much at all, and is really tough. Builds pole barns. Gives Brad Spine fits all the time both arms.
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Post by Mike West on Sept 15, 2010 7:16:42 GMT -5
My brother Terry, he's a carpenter and hasn't trained since 1992, and can still go to about any tournament and give people fits.
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Post by Bill Maenza on Sept 15, 2010 9:29:20 GMT -5
Jason Vale = BEAST!
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Post by Arturo Garcia on Sept 15, 2010 11:06:50 GMT -5
One more opportunity to swing in his nuts despite his recent losses  I think Rob Vigeant Jr. is as freaky as you get. Even when he first started entering tournaments, he was either 1st or 2nd place, so he wasn't just giving people fits, he was crushing very well established 198'ers back then while still very new to the sport. I kinda suspect that to this day, he is still not very table-smart and a lot of table time would take him to a whole new level, which is scary. And to add to what you say, I think his job is (or was) manual labour too? Roofing? Did Cleave Dean train AW before becoming so good, or was he just that strong from carrying one adult pig in each arm every day? |
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Post by Arturo Garcia on Sept 15, 2010 11:09:33 GMT -5
Hrm... I'm thinking of having a keyboard made where the keys are brutally hard to punch, and a cast iron mouse that's hard to move around.. maybe one day I'll be the first guy who became a good AW'er from his office job..?  |
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Post by TK on Sept 15, 2010 11:14:55 GMT -5
KARL STANLEY: UP UNTIL THIS PAST YEAR:
Karl used to only come to our weekly practices with very minimum weight training, and he got on a very good level. But it wasn't until this year he added weight training to his workouts that he catapulted to a new level.
He worked in tires during his college times.
TK
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Post by Jimmy Van Orden on Sept 15, 2010 12:00:01 GMT -5
Arturo, you're right about Cleve Dean. In the movie, "Pulling John," Cleve talks about his training consisting only of work around his farm. I knew another arm wrestler in the early 1970s who competed in the Scranton, PA, World Championships and came close to beating Al Turner. He told me he didn't lift weights at all because "he didn't need to." His occupation as a horse farrier in New England involved shoeing horses all day. This is very strenuous work that involves holding up the horse's leg by the ankle with one arm and preparing the hoof for a shoe with the other. Most guys couldn't pull him past his hook. (Wish I could remember his name...having a senior moment.) Jimmyvan
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