We talk about what's going on in the rapidly evolving sport of armwrestling and how you can improve on the table while maintaining your health and fitness to optimal standards.
In this new 2026 episode of All Things Armwrestling, Jason Ciardi stops by for an in-depth talk about being a pro armwrestler, what it takes to progress over a decade and stay dedicated, and his general perspective from being the strongest guy in the room in most cases. The discussion covers what newcomers want to know as well as what seasoned professionals consider and experience. The talk opens with a 3 day event he has planned for August for everyone excited to participate at American Dream in NJ. This episode is almost 3 hours from Jason's time at Crucifix for 2 years teaching countless people at the practice in Brooklyn to how to express skills outside of practice where ultimately it counts most at competition.
28 Nov 2022
Questions From The Listeners Episode 1
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!
6 Mar 2022
Keep It Simple, Get Stronger
Xavier joins us to talk about his perspective on how to armwrestle just coming off a first place tournament win in the professional class. We discuss his training with many stronger pullers in the NY tristate area to progress in a relatively short period of time. He tells us what he's been doing to get to his current level, what tips he's been told by different pros as their secrets to gain the strength to win, what popular opinions he disagrees with, what his own philosophies are about improvement on the table, and why the sport is just not that complicated as some people make it out to be in recent years.
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1 Mar 2022
Global Footprint of Armwrestling, Magnitude of Devon Vs. Levan, Tournaments & Progress
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.
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27 Feb 2022
Effortless Mastery, Ego Death, Strength Strategy
Guitarist Mike Rood talks about his first 4 months training armwrestling, what it all means to him now, how it affects him specifically, and what new insights we can gain from sharing the data through contemplation and discussion.
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17 Dec 2021
Armwrestling Culture and Evolution of The Scorpion & The Jellyfish
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.
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20 Oct 2021
The Scorpion & The Jellyfish: Be Unique On The Table, Take Your Creatine, Do It For Fun
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.
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3 Sept 2021
Antiquated Brutality To Technological Strategy
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.
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29 Aug 2021
Learning Your Setup
Setting up at the table correctly can be the difference between winning and losing.
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25 Aug 2021
Armwrestling Is Weird
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.
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24 Aug 2021
We Solved The Strap Problem
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.
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23 Aug 2021
The Future Of Armwrestling - Straps and Reffing
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.
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17 Aug 2021
The Rules of Table Time - Joining A Weekly Practice
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.
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3 Aug 2021
Dealing With The Pain - Basic Positions And Recovery From Training
We talk about the basic movements and positions for people new at the table and we discuss how to deal with recovery from your practices and training.
We ponder the future of the sport, what is necessary for armwrestling to go beyond a niche level, what we saw this week with John Brzenk at the table as he returns to competition, and how to balance ordinary training with armwrestling specific training.
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27 Jul 2021
Starting Armwrestling
In this first episode we try to hit all the questions and answers for new armwrestlers and potential armwrestlers who are finding their way into the sport out of other sports and fitness areas. We talk about how we've started, why we keep doing it, how we've changed in the first year, what we've learned, who the main people are that represent armwrestling today, how and why we meet, and much more just before we do our weekly training session.
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