Post by Rob Vigeant Jr. on Feb 15, 2012 11:45:59 GMT -5
I watched this clip and everyone in the room was saying without the table time, without the mileage on your arm, without the technique......there is NO way a newbie can compete with a top level pro like luke.
Why ?.because chuck young didnt do it, or the people before him.....just because it may be very very rare doesnt mean it doesnt exist.
if you all were to say a 165 guy beating luke id agree, but a 215 guy....beating luke and everyone acts like it cant happen..thats silly.
I get it, we all log in hours in the gym on the table , studying footage and technique.for most it takes a long time to win a novice.......its a jagged pill nobody wants to swallow to thing someone that never seen a real table could beat a vetern..so you all say it couldnt happen.
well, I say there are guys at 215 that can beat a pro 165......might be super rare, but with genetics and the right skeleton it does happen......even within their own weight class.
How do i say this if it never happened ?......it has
bill cox told me of a guy that al turner tried to hustle and lost to.al turner !!
My cousin ( 150 back then )never saw an aw table and pulled mark gaeta ( a real good PRO154)in a tournament back in the 80's giving away a trip to hawaii that ran for weeks........eack week my cousin would SMOKE everyone.......hit geata.had a WAR.lost, but it was close.
norm devio beat him next week and darren courtemarche( who gave patton fits back then and eventually hurt norm ) the last week.
he beat all other open guys in his own class except for the bests.
I was like chuck young, i never lost, i used to seek out other chuck youngs because i wanted to see who was who, hunting down undefeateds like the highlander.
My cousin told me if i thought i was good look for an event.so i did.
drove 3 1/2 hours to VT.bill sinks event........weigh in.......sign up PRO 198 class..about 20 guys in class....I pissed through that class.
I remember people yelling toproll, backpressure and all that sh!t i never heard of.......I just grabbed low and went sideways...my hand never cracked back, i only slowed down once.first match, eric roussin beat me because i left my arm........i came up the losers bracket, stood tall and beat him.......i think he took 4th
i also never pulled lefty in my life, thought id try........went to finals a side.......easy.......eric toprolled me twice in finals
but here is my first time seeing a table.......i was awkward as fu(k.....no armwrestling mileage or even a clue about the sport.......
i won a big PRO class and beat guys on this board right out of the gym..in my own class nevermind 165
my very next event.I beat jerry cole and bill sinks same day.......
my cousin and i walked into this sport at a high pro national level.
james smith was the guy who stopped me from winning everything my first year.......besides him i beat everybody at all the big events.
how i sit today is very little training, i move too much and have been all over the place...........i am built and have genetic strengths made for AW.....
this isnt a toot my own horn thing, but from experience and proof.....those guys do exist.......i know 2 personally
id like to believe that im the only freak.......but id be cautious about saying NO way and betting on the odds.
people hit powerball.........real bad odds in that...but people DO hit.
guess i got tired of hearing NO way.......its a big world
Why ?.because chuck young didnt do it, or the people before him.....just because it may be very very rare doesnt mean it doesnt exist.
if you all were to say a 165 guy beating luke id agree, but a 215 guy....beating luke and everyone acts like it cant happen..thats silly.
I get it, we all log in hours in the gym on the table , studying footage and technique.for most it takes a long time to win a novice.......its a jagged pill nobody wants to swallow to thing someone that never seen a real table could beat a vetern..so you all say it couldnt happen.
well, I say there are guys at 215 that can beat a pro 165......might be super rare, but with genetics and the right skeleton it does happen......even within their own weight class.
How do i say this if it never happened ?......it has
bill cox told me of a guy that al turner tried to hustle and lost to.al turner !!
My cousin ( 150 back then )never saw an aw table and pulled mark gaeta ( a real good PRO154)in a tournament back in the 80's giving away a trip to hawaii that ran for weeks........eack week my cousin would SMOKE everyone.......hit geata.had a WAR.lost, but it was close.
norm devio beat him next week and darren courtemarche( who gave patton fits back then and eventually hurt norm ) the last week.
he beat all other open guys in his own class except for the bests.
I was like chuck young, i never lost, i used to seek out other chuck youngs because i wanted to see who was who, hunting down undefeateds like the highlander.
My cousin told me if i thought i was good look for an event.so i did.
drove 3 1/2 hours to VT.bill sinks event........weigh in.......sign up PRO 198 class..about 20 guys in class....I pissed through that class.
I remember people yelling toproll, backpressure and all that sh!t i never heard of.......I just grabbed low and went sideways...my hand never cracked back, i only slowed down once.first match, eric roussin beat me because i left my arm........i came up the losers bracket, stood tall and beat him.......i think he took 4th
i also never pulled lefty in my life, thought id try........went to finals a side.......easy.......eric toprolled me twice in finals
but here is my first time seeing a table.......i was awkward as fu(k.....no armwrestling mileage or even a clue about the sport.......
i won a big PRO class and beat guys on this board right out of the gym..in my own class nevermind 165
my very next event.I beat jerry cole and bill sinks same day.......
my cousin and i walked into this sport at a high pro national level.
james smith was the guy who stopped me from winning everything my first year.......besides him i beat everybody at all the big events.
how i sit today is very little training, i move too much and have been all over the place...........i am built and have genetic strengths made for AW.....
this isnt a toot my own horn thing, but from experience and proof.....those guys do exist.......i know 2 personally
id like to believe that im the only freak.......but id be cautious about saying NO way and betting on the odds.
people hit powerball.........real bad odds in that...but people DO hit.
guess i got tired of hearing NO way.......its a big world