Category: ARMWRESTLING

Marvin Alex Cohen

Marvin Alex Cohen interview about World Bar Arm Wrestling Championships │by Armpower.NET

Marvin Alex Cohen
Marvin Alex Cohen │ Photo Source: Armpower.NET

Marvin Alex Cohen: Joe Hand Promotions PPV Department of UFC approached me regarding armwrestling events as they realized no US promoter had TV or real prize money. They look at pullers as true athletes who deserve respect through TV and big prize money. Their final objective is to have a one million dollar Super Match with invited competitors from around the world. The target date is late summer 2014.

Marvin Alex Cohen: The main prizes at the Championships include a brand new truck worth 46 thousand dollars, 20 thousand dollars for first place heavy weight, 50 thousand – Super Match. The winner of August heavy weight class and winner of Michael/Travis will meet at a next event after August. The prize will amount to 100 thousand dollars. 

Marvin Alex Cohen: Our team respects and honors A1. As well as what Igor Mazurenko has accomplished. Therefore all winners of A1 and Igor’s events (NEMIROFF WORLD CUP) will be given FREE hotel rooms in Las Vegas August 22-23 and 24. Let me know who they will be. Any problems with visas, contact me! All sponsorship clothing will be permitted. Pay per view will be telecast in Russia and the United Kingdom. We will inform you as we add countries. What’s also important is that there will be very few rules on August 24. Joe Hand Promotions and I want no one to foul out.

I’ve underlined just some important new info but there is more, read the entire interview about Marvin Cohen and his love for armwrestling on Armpower.NET: ARMWRESTLING ICON IS BACK?

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John Brzenk - Final Over The Top match

VIDEO: John Brzenk – Over The Top final match │John Brzenk’s best shape discussion

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This is a great video with John Brzenk from ARMSPORT VIDEOS, made by Ian “The Grippler” Carnegie with matches from the past including the final match of the famous 1986 Over The Top, won by John Brzenk (3:30 in the video – “John Brzenk: Part 1”):

armsportvideos.com - John Brzenk: Part 1
John Brzenk – Final Over The Top match │ Image Source: armsportvideos.com – John Brzenk: Part 1
Click on the image to see the video. This image is taken from “John Brzenk: Part 1” but there is also a Part 2 on armsportvideos.com – John Brzenk

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Next you can read a discussion about John Brzenk’s best shape, from Armwrestling John – Engin:

(if you click the red names you will be sent to the exact location of the comment)

John R Brzenk The lower part of my wrist still gets inflamed very easily it’s just barely good enough to keep me from having a MRI on it ! Getting old 🙂 nothing will heal 😉 2008 isn’t my best shape … More like 1986 Over the Top shape ! 🙂

John R Brzenk I was MUCH more explosive as a younger adult !

Fabio Nimis John you had said that you peaked in your late 20s/early 30s, now you say Over the Top that means your early 20s, you have to decide my friend!!  ) just joking 🙂 you surely were more explosive when you were young with healthy joints and you had a better had control that time, but, if we talk about pure arm strength, not explosiveness, I mean hook, side pressure and toproll with the STRAPS already applied, which condition of your career would you choose as your absolute best? I personally vote for Vegas 2006 🙂 when you said that you were on a sirious mission to beat Voevoda! (who was supposed to come back in aw that year…)..

*better HAND control I meant, without the strap

John R Brzenk Impossible for me to guess ! To many variables , strength , power , speed , mind set ,confidence, health !! There were many times I was running in all cylinders ! Can’t pick out one time to say … Oh yes , I was my best this day !

Fabio Nimis Thank you for answer John, I understand… Ok, so I must decide for you too 🙂 and I decide Vegas 2006! 😉 end of discussion. 🙂 🙂

Joking aside John, if you could choose more than a option between all the best conditions you have had during your whole career in all the tournaments and supermatches you pulled, not only a single peak, would you still answer exactly the same to my question??… I WANT a real answer John  🙂 🙂

John R Brzenk My weight has been between 210 and 225 my whole life … I was probably 220 at over the top in 1986 … I might be 225 at 2006 Vegas pulling Farid ! Best shape is hard to define … I had A lot of energy to work out harder and longer when I was younger . I could pull for hours after an event and be little to no fatigue !! I had a set back in the late 80’s when I threw my shoulder out .. Tearing my labrum … Which I currently got fixed … So before that event might have been some of my strongest years on the table !
Hard to say because the amount and level might not be the same as it is today … Although maybe it was ! I’m pretty sure I had a very good level compared to the rest of the world during this period! If I had to say a specific date I would say right before I threw my shoulder out … 88 89 or so ?? I remember clearly beating Ron easily one week and then just barely getting by him two weeks later … Cleve , lupkus , Arnold , Norton ,walker … were no slouches in 86 and I think I could have been very effective against them all that year !  I had the most confidence that I could beat anyone during this time !

Source: Armwrestling John – Engin

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Marius Vizer – The New SportAccord President │31 May 2013

” Marius Vizer elected head of umbrella sports body
By STEPHEN WILSON, AP Sports Writer
Updated 5:29 am, Friday, May 31, 2013

Marius Vizer - SportAccord President 2013
Marius Vizer, president of the International Judo Federation, (IJF) watches at the SportAccord International Convention in St. Petersburg, Russia, Friday, May 31, 2013. Vizer was elected Friday as president of SportAccord, an umbrella body representing Olympic and non-Olympic sports federations.
Photo: Dmitry Lovetsky │ Source: newstimes.com 

 

ST. PETERSBURG, Russia (AP) — In a potential direct challenge to the IOC and the Olympics, judo federation chief Marius Vizer plans to organize a global world championships every four years for all international sports federations.

Vizer was elected Friday as president of SportAccord, an umbrella body representing Olympic and non-Olympic sports federations. He defeated International Rugby Board chairman Bernard Lapasset of France 52-37 on the final day of the SportAccord convention in St. Petersburg.

The 56-year-old Vizer, a Romanian-born Hungarian, succeeds former cycling federation president Hein Verbruggen, who led the umbrella organization since 2004.

Vizer won on a platform of transforming SportAccord into a more powerful and lucrative body. The centerpiece of his project is to stage a “United World Championships” every four years for Olympic and non-Olympic sports.

Vizer said he plans to organize the first event in 2017 and hopes all 91 member federations take part.

“The event will be organized in a country and events divided in different cities and different regions according to the infrastructure and different facilities necessary to every sport,” Vizer said. “And, of course, in a period convenient for all international federations.”

The location of the first championships hasn’t been determined.

“I have the intention to establish offices worldwide and one of the countries which is part of this program can also be the first organizer,” Vizer said.

Vizer’s event would seem to pose a threat to the International Olympic Committee and the Olympic Games. It could also conflict with existing world championships in high-profile sports such as track and field and swimming.

But Vizer, who has been president of the International Judo Federation since 2007, sought to downplay any rivalry with the IOC.

“I don’t think they have to be worried because it’s a different event with a different background, a different strategy,” he said. “And of course we will do everything in partnership, agreement with all international sports organizations.”

Vizer said he has not discussed the plans with IOC President Jacques Rogge, who steps down in September after 12 years in the job.

Rogge told reporters that Vizer’s proposal goes against the position of the Association of Summer Olympic International Federations, an umbrella body of the 28 sports in the games.

“ASOIF not later than 10 days ago came up with a declaration that the international program is already too congested and that there are too many events,” Rogge said. “So this is something that has to be discussed not only between the IOC and SportAccord, but also within SportAccord itself.”

Rogge said he expects Vizer to meet with his successor after September’s election to discuss collaboration.

Vizer described his proposed championships as a “commercial” venture to support national federations and dispelled the notion it would compete with the Olympics.

“The Olympics are something very different and special,” he said. “They are the highest value which we have today in sport.”

Vizer said he has been in touch with sponsors and broadcasters about the project but declined to give details. “

Source: newstimes.com

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This video was recorded before the elections:

Marius Vizer

Source: Phil Savage

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I couldn’t find videos with Marius Vizer speaking Hungarian, but he speaks well Romanian: 

Marius Vizer despre preluarea FC Bihor

Source: BihorSport

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Ievgenii Prudnyk eating

Ievgenii Prudnyk Interview by IronWorld.ru │MAY 2013, PHOTOS

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Ievgenii Prudnyk eating, August 2011
Ievgenii Prudnyk eating, August 2011 │Photo Source: Anastasia Bondareva
Ievgenii Prudnyk is an actor-singer at Kiev National Academic Theatre of Operetta, and he is another vegetarian armwrestler whose diet doesn’t include meat.
This year he plans to compete at:  /  / 

Original article – IronWorld.ru │ Google Translate:

” Today the “Iron World” would like to introduce you to an athlete whose performance at the European Championships in 2013 can be called sensational. That he was able to win on his right hand in the 85 kg class armsportsmenom strongest over the world – Rustam Babaev. Ten consecutive years of losses Rustam did not know at the European championships. And found a competitor who challenged and defeated Rustam. It appeared to be his countryman and teammate Evgeni Prudnyk (Ukraine), in which we interviewed.

IRON WORLD: Eugene, how you came to armsport? How did your training? Who is your coach?
Eugene Prudnyk: First there was the Metallurgical Academy … the competitions between departments. I was invited to participate, and I agreed. Competitions were held without weight categories among people who had no idea about armsportu. I looked at a seven foot big man weighing 120 kg and dropped a phrase: “I think I know who will be first!” But my friend interrupted me: “You’re wrong! This guy will be the first, “and pointed to one participant, who in all respects inferior to this big man. Of course, I did not believe it and was looking forward to their duel. And indeed, when they met, the forecast was justified. I still did not know any technique, and from the outside it seemed incredible spectacle while this big guy was yelling and shaking with tension, unrelenting champion with a smile revealed his fingers “top”. I was surprised by this fight, but I thought it was probably just a big man weak. But when I saw the secret struggle, the sport became an enigma: the champion tried to keep two hands, but it was useless. I could not believe it, but it was true! No one could, even with both hands, put this man. His name is Dennis Shustik, later he became my first coach. He really Ukrainian champion and winner of Europe. And he also studied at the Academy of Metallurgical and decided, so to speak, to play around with amateurs.
As for me, I also never lost. The fact that the competitions were held for some unknown to me already and I have not met with Shustik or so husky.
After these events in my head did not come out armsport, and I decided to try it.
I myself tried to Dnepropetrovsk city competitions for juniors, when I was 17 years old. Without training and knowledge of equipment, I won 1st place at the right hand and the 2nd – on the left.
A month later, again without any preparations, went to the regional competitions for juniors and it took third place on his right hand. Then a month later followed by “Ukraine” Junior, where I took third place on the left. After that, I was even more breathtaking competitions and I started training. In the future, my coach was Vladislav Starokon, he showed me a lot of good exercises, some of them I carry to this day.
Now my coach is Vladimir Petrenko. I am infinitely grateful for the help and support he has provided me. I hope that in the future I will be even more pleasing his own achievements.

JM: Make a list of your most important titles and ranks.
EP:
It is not important titles and ranks. For me the important decent, bright, colorful and professional wrestling.

JM: At the European Championships – 2013’re on the right hand has won gold in the struggle with himself Rustam Babaev, who had ten consecutive years, had lesions in the struggle for European gold. And you fought before? Your emotions and impressions of the final match?
EP:
Of course, when I won, very happy, because you want to not only participate, but to win, especially since I was struggling with an excellent athlete, a true professional. Yes, we fought before, because competing in the same weight class.

JM: What’s your main rivals on the world stage?
EP:
I respect each of his opponent, and I think that we are all human, and everyone can win as well as lose. For me, even there is no such thing as a “rival”, and when I fight, it does not regard it as a war, but as a game. I just like to fight and be a part of arm wrestling. Every competition brings me new knowledge, questions, discoveries and experiences. I am glad that I can grow and develop in the sport.

JM: Tell me about your diet, there are some special diet?
EP:
Special diets do not stick, except that I do not eat meat. Of them feel the weight, and in general do not like meat. It would seem a paradox, but without it I have a good appetite, can only eat a lot and often. I decided to do an experiment on himself and I feel that it suits me, and then – let’s see. I try not to pollute your body with junk such as chips, crackers, coca-cola food “McDonald’s”, etc. I do not smoke and do not drink. My one weakness – it is sweet.

JM: What is your favorite exercise in armsportu? Your weight in the off-season, drove before the competition?
EP:
All my favorite exercises, because each of them is like a nut in the overall system. Exercise a lot, but of course, I have set priorities and exercise basic – power – and more accurate, ie technical. I aspire to the ideal form, but always, when I come to the competition, I feel that not enough this and that. As a result, the ideal form to which I aspire, is not yet reached, but I think that in the future everything will be.
My weight is always equal to about 87 kg, is reset to 85.

JM: Have you ever had the desire to quit watching armsportu?
EP:
At first it was, and very often, but when the desire arose, I won. That is, so I say to myself, so everything is the last event in which I participate, and go to another sport, and for some reason this competition is necessary to win, and everything was cool. Then I grasped it, and I started to train even more.

JM: Do you ever had to radically change something in your life?
EP:
At first, I was in the Metallurgical Academy as an engineer and was planning to go to work at the factory, but then, in the summer, thanks to my parents, at sea, we started a business called “karaoke”. There I felt raspelsya and a vocal talent, but to me it lacked expression, ie, filing, acting. So I decided to work on it, but nothing worked. Then, perhaps, fate brought or completely by chance, I got to play “Romeo and Juliet” in the walls of the Dnepropetrovsk Theater and Arts College. The director of this production Gregory Feodosievich Bogomaz-Babi. I loved how the students were playing, and I realized that there is much to teach. I believe their game and never for a moment doubted that. After the performance I went up to him and asked if I could at my age, and when I was 21, and learn to do it on the course. He said that just this year, picking up a course for training. I decided to try and do that. Then he studied in parallel on two daytime divisions. In Metallurgical Academy – the fifth year, and in the college’s theater – on the ground. We had to pass here and there. And to make ends meet was very hard, but I succeeded. I finished the first course almost perfectly, and diploma on a well-defended. I slept for four hours a day. After that, I realized that the man is capable of anything, you only need to aim. I’m radically changed in their lives and seriously engaged in theater work. At first it was a lot of dead ends, and seemed desperate situations, but in this case I helped arm wrestling. He supported me as a person. In a short time I have achieved success in their studies, he began to feel a partner, the scene has learned to act, to find images and fittings. In the end I finished DTHK in “Actor”.

JM: Where do you work? The work does not interfere with training?
EP:
I work at the Kiev National Academic Theatre of Operetta actor-singer. Perfectly combines sport and work. The fact that I’m the kind of person who needs a change of heart and action. Laid out at work – go and enjoy a work-out, respectively, distracted from work, rest of it. Next rest of reinforcement at work and so on. Special thanks to our artistic director of the theater Bogdan Dmitrievichu Strutinskii for understanding. He lets me go to the main event, despite the heavy workload in the theater. So I’m doing a great job with the work and the preparation for championships.

JM: What’s your sport plans for 2013?
EP:
I plan to participate in the tournament A1, go to the World Cup and Nemiroff.

JM: What is your biggest challenge in the sport that you set for yourself?
EP:
Self-knowledge. I do know yourself, explore, try yourself for strength, walking the razor’s edge. Each competition – this is a test.

JM: Do you think that men are the most important thing to do in life?
EP:
In my opinion, the most important thing for a man – be a man in any situation. And then – to build a house, plant a tree, raise a son and become the undisputed champion of the world!

Author: Andrei Sharkov ”

Original article – IronWorld.ru │ Google Translate

Ievgenii Prudnyk vs. Rustam Babayev -85kg right final │23rd European Armwrestling Championships 2013 EuroArm
Ievgenii Prudnyk vs. Rustam Babayev -85kg right final │23rd European Armwrestling Championships 2013 EuroArm
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Ievgenii Prudnyk winner of the -85kg right final │23rd European Armwrestling Championships 2013 EuroArm
Ievgenii Prudnyk winner of the -85kg right final │23rd European Armwrestling Championships 2013 EuroArm
Photo Source: Yulia Khozyainova
Evgeny Prudnik │ Photo Source: Evgeny Prudnik [edited by XSportNews.com]
Evgeny Prudnik │ Photo Source: Evgeny Prudnik [edited by XSportNews.com]
Evgeny Prudnik - Zhenka Shakhun by the sea, added in 19 October 2013 │ Photo Source: Evgeny Prudnik
Evgeny Prudnik – Zhenka Shakhun by the sea, added in 19 October 2013 │ Photo Source: Evgeny Prudnik
Evgeny Prudnik - Zhenka Shakhun by the sea, added in December 2012
Evgeny Prudnik – Zhenka Shakhun by the sea, added in December 2012 │ Photo Source: Evgeny Prudnik
Evgeny Prudnik - Zhenka Shakhun
Evgeny Prudnik – Zhenka Shakhun acting, May 2012 │Photo Source: Evgeny Prudnik
Alexey Semerenko - Ievgenii Prudnyk, October 2011
Alexey Semerenko – Ievgenii Prudnyk, October 2011 │ Photo Source: Alina Golubeva
Natalya Truskalova, Andrey Sharkoff, Taras Ivankin, Andrey Pushkar, Evgeny Prudnik - Championship of Ukraine 2011
Natalya Truskalova, Andrey Sharkoff, Taras Ivankin, Andrey Pushkar, Evgeny Prudnik – Championship of Ukraine 2011 │Photo Source: Andrey Sharkoff
Ievgenii Prudnyk singing, August 2011
Ievgenii Prudnyk singing, August 2011 │Photo Source: Anastasia Bondareva
Evgeny Prudnik showing the sign of victory with two fingers, December 2010
Evgeny Prudnik showing the sign of victory with two fingers, December 2010 │Photo Source: Maxs Odessa
Evgeny Prudnik isometric hold - woman on his arm, deep hook - September 2010
Evgeny Prudnik isometric hold – woman on his arm, deep hook – September 2010 │ Photo Source: Yana Gurchenko
Anastasia Goncharenko, Evgeny Prudnik, Artem Taynov, Andrey Sharkoff - Crimea Championships 2010
Anastasia Goncharenko, Evgeny Prudnik, Artem Taynov, Andrey Sharkoff – Crimea Championships 2010 │Photo Source: Andrey Sharkoff
Artem Taynov, Evgeny Prudnik, Anastasia Goncharenko - World Armwrestling Championships, Italy 2009
Artem Taynov, Evgeny Prudnik, Anastasia Goncharenko – World Armwrestling Championships, Italy 2009 │ Photo Source: Andrey Sharkoff
Evgeny Prudnik singing with a girl, November 2008
Evgeny Prudnik singing with a girl, November 2008 │Photo Source: Yana Gurchenko
Artem Taynov - Evgeny Prudnik
Artem Taynov – Evgeny Prudnik, April 2008 │ Photo Source: Alik Smaglyuk
Evgeny Prudnik - Artem Taynov, April 2008
Evgeny Prudnik – Artem Taynov, April 2008 │ Photo Source: Alik Smaglyuk

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In the next video, you can see Prudnik singing from 0:55 in The Phantom of the Opera musical:

(don’t forget to change the video quality to 480p)

Евгений Прудник Призрак Оперы [Google Translate: Eugene Prudnyk Phantom of the Opera]

Uploaded on 3 May 2010

Евгений Прудник Призрак Оперы,The Phantom of the Opera , Студ весна 2010 Мед академия.

Google Translate:

Eugene Prudnyk Phantom of the Opera, The Phantom of the Opera, Spring 2010 Stud Med Academy.

Source: Gekaprudnik

Georgian National Team, at Euroarm 2013

VIDEO: Georgia National Team at Euroarm 2013 │23rd European Armwrestling Championships 2013

Georgian National Team, at Euroarm 2013

Published on May 28, 2013

I don’t own any of concept that was used to make this video.
Video has only entertaining purpose

Georgian National Team, at Euroarm 2013
Georgian National Team, at Euroarm 2013

Source: giorgi chochia

See ► RESULTS: Euroarm 2013 – All results, team results │ 23rd European Armwrestling Championships 2013 ◄

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Roman Tsindeliani released 2013

Roman Tsindeliani was released ! The world champion is free ! │23 May 2013

Roman Tsindeliani is finally free !

Roman Tsindeliani was released 2013
Roman Tsindeliani was released 2013 │Photo Source: Вадим Панджариди – nesekretno.ru
The original article was published on 24 May 2013, which means Roman Tsindeliani was released on 23 May 2013, after 2 years and one month of wrongful imprisonment.

Original article –nesekretno.ru (24 May 2013)Google Translate:

” Yesterday it was reported that a multiple world champion in arm wrestling Roman Tsindeliani acquitted of all charges in a criminal case.

It all began back in August 2011, when Moscow’s Sheremetyevo airport staff chief of the Criminal Investigation Department (GUUR) of the Ministry of Internal Affairs detained some Jambul Vibliani. The last two decades, he was listed as wanted internationally on charges of allegedly committed murder in Georgia. Athlete for a long time in hiding in Russia and the United States under the name of a Russian citizen Roman Tsindeliani, but from this country, in the end, he was expelled for violating the passport regime.

During the arrest Jambul Vibliani Russian passport was confiscated by the name of Roman Tsindeliani. According to the Ministry of Internal Affairs GUUR in September at Vibliani over U.S. visa, after which he was deported from the U.S. to Russia. “On the detention has notified the International Law Department of the General Prosecutor’s Office and the law enforcement bodies of Georgia”, – the then Russian operatives.

According to investigators Vibliani managed to escape from the Georgian justice system: using the links in sporting circles, he fled to Russia and settled in the city of Perm. There he lived under the name of Roman Tsindeliani, for this period, and all of its major sports achievements. Kama in the capital, he was a man well-known, led outdoor lifestyle and often gave interviews. It said Vladimir Bolotov – the president of the Permian power sports club “Hercules”, and later the head coach Tsindeliani. Roman Tsindeliani later became one of the coaches in the “heroes” and worked there almost from the ground up to his departure abroad.

Total Tsindeliani held in jail for two years and one month. The novel itself is believed that in the first case the statute of limitations, and the second was fabricated in order to extradite him to Georgia. What was done. But since Georgia’s new government took office, many of the cases were reviewed, including the Roman Tsindeliani.

In Perm 44-year-old athlete is not going to come back, even though he is living his wife Thea Tsindeliani and two children. Going to settle in Georgia and to return to the sports career. ”

Original article –nesekretno.ru (24 May 2013)Google Translate

Roman Tsindeliani is finally free !

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UPDATE: Last year on 15 October 2012, Vazgen Soghoyan explained on freetheworldchamp.com what happened in this case:

” Finaly. I had a chance to talk to our friend Roman Tsindeliani today. It was long time that I couldn’t get in contact with Him. He told me that He is in good health, even gained a little weight, He trains at jail gym, feeling normal. About the status of His case; Russian Authorities decided to send Him to Georgia. Roman agreed with that decision and He is confident that in Georgia He has more chances to prove His innocence in place. He can prove that He is not that person who was involved in that crime. Recently there were Georgian parliament elections and a new Team came to the power in Georgia. Roman thinks that new Georgian Authorities are trustful, positive and He hopes on a true Justice. The previous Authorities was fighting with Russia and prosecuting all those Georgians who were connected with Russia in any way. As You know, Roman is a Georgian who represents Team Russia. He also said that everybody including Russian Armsport Assoc. President, Officials, Friends worldwide continue to help and support Him and His Family in such hard situation. Roman asked Me to THANK all those Who pray and support Him. He was talking positive, a confident voice, We were joking about some other things in Life. This situation reminded Us the famous Soviet movie “Mimino” where 2 men ( a Georgian and an Armenian) meet each other in a big city and the Georgian gets into a trouble, jail, court, freed, and all this time the Armenian was trying to help Him. Let’s wish Him All Good Luck and Freedom Soon! ”

Source: Vazgen Soghoyan – freetheworldchamp.com (15 October 2012)

VIDEO: John Brzenk and Lars Rørbakken Training Down Under

John Brzenk and Lars Rørbakken Training Down Under

Published on 22 May 2013

John Brzenk and Lars Rørbakken Training Down Under after FitX wrapped up. John Brzenk also held several training seminars in Melbourne and Sydney over the next few days. These were just the very few videos I managed to capture

John Brzenk and Lars Rørbakken Training Down Under
John Brzenk and Lars Rørbakken Training Down Under

Source: djr320

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