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Insight with Chris Van Vliet

The World's Greatest Arm Wrestler - "Monster" Michael Todd

Insight with Chris Van Vliet

Chris Van Vliet

Wrestling, Health & Fitness, Mental Health, Sports, Entrepreneurship, Business

4.9 • 4.5K Ratings

🗓️ 3 January 2023

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

"Monster" Michael Todd (@monstermichaeltodd) is a professional arm wrestler who has won 21 World titles and 36 National titles. He sits down with Chris Van Vliet at the Blue Wire Studios at Wynn Las Vegas to talk about how he got started as a professional arm wrestler, the best techniques to win any arm wrestling match, the injuries he has suffered, what his training looks like, why his mindset is so important to him and much more! Check out "Monster" Michael Todd's website here: https://www.monstermichaeltodd.com/ For more information about Chris Van Vliet and INSIGHT go to: https://podcast.chrisvanvliet.com If you enjoyed this episode, could I ask you to please consider leaving a short review on Apple Podcast/iTunes? It takes less than a minute and makes a huge difference in helping to spread the word about the show and also to convince some hard-to-get guests. Follow CVV on social media:  Instagram: instagram.com/ChrisVanVliet Twitter: twitter.com/ChrisVanVliet Facebook: facebook.com/ChrisVanVliet YouTube: youtube.com/ChrisVanVliet TikTok: tiktok.com/@Chris.VanVliet Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

All systems are going.

0:01.3

Ladies and gentlemen, Chris Van Blea.

0:08.0

Happy New Year, my friend.

0:09.4

So good to see you and welcome back to another audio adventure on Insight.

0:14.4

I'm CVV Chris VanVleet, and I love that we're starting 2023 here inside the Blue Wire Studios at Win Las Vegas. You've heard me say it so many times

0:24.4

before in the past, but I think you'd agree that recording an interview in person is just so much

0:30.2

better. But there's something that's extra special when you're inside the studio here that takes the

0:35.6

conversation to a whole other level.

0:39.5

And if you haven't seen any of the videos, if you don't know what I'm talking about,

0:42.9

check out any of the videos, any of the interviews that we've done inside the Blue Wire Studios

0:46.8

on my YouTube channel over the last year and a half or so.

0:50.3

It is such an incredible spot.

0:52.5

I'm just so grateful to be able to record here.

0:55.2

And today we are joined by the world's greatest arm wrestler.

1:00.0

Monster Michael Todd is with us and he has 21 world titles and 36 national titles.

1:05.8

And he is someone who walks the walk and talks to talk.

1:09.7

I love that he has the mindset to want to get better every single day.

1:15.1

And with so many people talking this time of year about New Year's resolutions,

1:19.1

which, by the way, I'm not a huge fan of New Year's resolutions,

1:21.6

and I'm sure we'll do a whole separate episode about that and why they fail for so many people.

1:26.4

But since we are starting off a new year, this is the perfect conversation to kick off

1:31.3

2023 with.

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