If you want arms like Johnny Walker, you should become a mechanic & then work every shift with 20lb sandbags strapped to your wrists. This what Walker looked like at his arm wrestling debut, which he made at age 32. Where most arm wrestlers start pulling as teenagers & train specifically for the sport intensely for it, Walker won his 1st meet in his 30s with no training whatsoever.
“I did nothing to prepare,” Walker said, “& hadn’t even arm wrestled before. But I was a mechanic and picked up heavy car parts all day. I knew I was strong because I could lift the front-end of a VW Beetle.”
Walker was 6'1" 175lbs & had 15.5" forearms attached to 17" cold-measured biceps. He won tournaments at 175lbs, 198lbs, & the Superheavy class, always weighing well under 200lbs but competing against the giants because the lighter guys were too easy to beat.
They were easy to beat because Walker's training routine is one of the most insane thing's you'll ever read. After his 8hr workday, turning wrenches with sandbags attached to his wrists, he did heavy DB preacher curls & table-top curls with heavy DB, tons of resistance band work, enough running to make you think he was a boxer, 1-arm pushups, & then DB juggling.
Training like he was in a Russian circus was a daily event for Walker, who would toss a 50lb DB into the air & catch it on the way down, over & over.
Walker's unique training style led to an equally unique & lightning-fast technique that saw most of his matches last less than 5 secs. He's the favorite puller of John Brzenk, who's considered the greatest arm wrestler of all time, which is why we should all heed Walker's advice & work on our overall conditioning. Walker was adamant that pullers work on their conditioning & stressed the importance of pushups & roadwork. In one interview, he advised that we “Think about the chimpanzees and how they can climb from limb to limb with ease. You’ve got to develop that kind of power to be good at this sport. ”
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