We're going to answer listeners' questions that are sent via email or comments on our YT channel. Go to @crucifixgym on YT to see our channel content and more info on the About page for the channel. This is the first episode of questions we have culled from our listeners that enjoy the podcast and the YT channel and have a love for All Things Armwrestling! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/thraxton-stirling/support ..read more

Lorenzo returns to talk about what has changed in how he trains and what he focuses on, what the rewards are of participating in consistent practices and entering tournaments, the growing exposure of the sport, and the importance of Devon and Levan colliding in Dubai on June 25th. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/thraxton-stirling/support ..read more

Recorded just before a 4 hour group practice, Peter and Arie return to talk about what they've experienced since the last episode and take us on a twisting journey through past, present, and future as it relates to their armwrestling experiences of growing into a broader skillset for the years to come. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/thraxton-stirling/support ..read more

Peter and Arie join the discussion to give us their perspective on how they found armwrestling, how they fit in during their first year's experience, and many other topics that beginners in the sport learn and question, like diet, supplements, tournaments versus practice, when to start taking steroids, and what keeps people coming back compared to those who simply lose interest. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/thraxton-stirling/support ..read more

Jim talks about his experiences entering the social community of armwrestling earlier this year and we put in perspective the decades past of the sport into the decades to come. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/thraxton-stirling/support ..read more

Setting up at the table correctly can be the difference between winning and losing. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/thraxton-stirling/support ..read more

Standard gym strength training and hypertrophy training requires deliberate omission of the movements involved in armwrestling specific training, so typically a very impressive looking barbell trained person will not be trained for the sport of armwrestling. Deliberately adding unnecessary hand and wrist movements, or doing gym lifts wrong, is the beginning of armwrestling specific training other than simply pulling with others on the table. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/thraxton-stirling/support ..read more

The Bob Brown Strap is doomed! We come up with a solution to the strap and a new way of looking at how to referee fouls and matches to make the sport more exciting to watch as a main factor of the future of armwrestling. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/thraxton-stirling/support ..read more

John joins us for episode 4 as we talk about carryover from other aspects of life and training to the table, what seems to have influence and what doesn't, and what to generally focus on or avoid to get better at armwrestling. We discuss our experience with the Bob Brown strap and the pros and cons of the current strap versus what Bob Brown proposes as the more fair strap. We come up with a solution to the strap and a new way of looking at how to referee fouls and matches to make the sport more exciting to watch as a main factor of the future of armwrestling. --- Support this podcast: https ..read more

Greg joins the discussion to share his experience of joining a group weekly table practice, what it means for the silent majority that's considering going to a weekly group, how the sport has evolved just in the last year through dissemination of knowledge and groundbreaking network connectivity, and what the beginner armwrestler has to consider for the initial progression timeline regardless of ability. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/thraxton-stirling/support ..read more