Figured this would be a good place to put this.
Does anyone here arm wrestle competitively? Or is just really good at it? I always wondered what kind of training would make you really good at arm wrestling. I’ve always been better than my friends because I do pullups/chinups and lots of grip work, but never really focused on being actually any good. Anyone got any ideas on it?
Do a lot of research on form. Your technique is astonishingly important and can allow a much weaker opponent to beat you. Also it should help avoid injury. I basically swore off arm wrestling cuz my bicep would be wrecked for like 2 weeks afterwards lol.
Even when I’ve “won”, I’ve often messed up my arm to the point where I am out of the gym for a few weeks.
Not worth it at all.
After seeing that I turn down anyone and everyone when it comes to an arm wrestle
My thoughts
I’ve never competed and in fact new to armwrestling myself. After years of looking and asking about a group that trains armwrestling I finally found a group of guys. They meet a friends house to armwrestle and it’s still a good drive for me so I don’t go that often.
Armwreslting is incredibly difficult, and to get good on competitive level you gotta train, train, train for it like anything else.
Surprisingly I felt i was getting a near full body workout from the pulling ( armwrestling). Afterwards each time my arms would be inflamed, excrutiating pain like the arm wanted to burst. As bad as the pain is tho it leaves no real injury the next day I felt fine like nothing happened the day before.
It also takes lots of training and time on the table pulling to master the moves and techniques.
Its very isometric and you’ll learn to draw strength from bigger muscle areas like back and shoulders.
[quote]Mike__Madden wrote:
After seeing that I turn down anyone and everyone when it comes to an arm wrestle [/quote]
lol
I’m not sure if I’m good at it or just always stronger but I do enjoy armwrestling
Spar4tee
I see that you’re in Wash DC
Would you be interested in forming an armwrestling group in Md/DC area?
[quote]sumabeast wrote:
Spar4tee
I see that you’re in Wash DC
Would you be interested in forming an armwrestling group in Md/DC area?
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maybe when I’m actually there lol… I spend most of the year in GA for school
ok now that i’ve read that other peoples arms are wrecked after arm wrestling i don’t feel so bad.
like 1 week ago i arm wrestled 5 people during a night of drinking, and finished the night with 2 rounds versus a dude who has never lost in arm wrestling… well i beat him after a 30 second war… here i am like 8 days later, and i got rock tape on my arms and my forearms are jacked up …
ooo arm wrestling
[quote]EllisUFC wrote:
ok now that i’ve read that other peoples arms are wrecked after arm wrestling i don’t feel so bad. [/quote]
I have a friend here in Houston that does it as a pro. It’s nothing to quit your day job over but he enjoyed it and got to travel to different meets. Lot of technique involved over pure brute strength but being strong certainly helps. He was always complaining about his elbows being jacked up and you absolutely must ice your arm after every pull.
I find that having a strong grip and crushing the other persons hand helps.
Take one hand and squeeze your other fist until you roll pinky knuckle to index knuckle and check which forearm muscles relax.
Also having a strong lower forarm helps, bend their hand back and again you weaken their forearm leverage.
Work on internal rotators too.
All that being said I remember one day watching on tv an arm wrestling championship and saw a rather slender guy rolling everyone by rolling his body in the right direction to add momentum. And when I say roll, I mean he pretty much ducked under the table.
I have a friend who barely trains but always seems to beat me by being more power based. I hope to beat him one day but it`s a lofty goal- just proves the significance of genetics.
[quote]chilly_willy wrote:
I have a friend who barely trains but always seems to beat me by being more power based. I hope to beat him one day but it`s a lofty goal- just proves the significance of genetics.
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I’ll train you