[MuscleMatXXX]

hi
i live in london and i would like to get into armwrestling. Are any of yoy out there who practice this sport?what are the best exercises and tips for good arm strength?Does anybody know how i can apply to compete?thanks a lot for the help

[Extreme]

There is a British armwrestling federation website, but I don't know the address off hand, we sponsored a couple of their events in the past.

Its run by some really nice guys who would be very helpfull if you got in touch.

www.extremenutrition.co.uk

[Poom]

I wonder , what Do people think makes you a strong/good arm wrestler ?

Because i dont understand why i am so bad at it even though I am pretty strong , Wide shoulders for leverage or something do you think ?

[Andy1981iron]

Arm wrestling has very little to do with having large strong muscles. I was decent before I started training but haven't got any better.

[Caymen]

Arm wrestling is a funny thing..you can be built like a bull and still not be very good, you have to have a natural ability to begin with, there is a hell of alot of tequnique involved not to mention the ability to combine all the muscles involved aswell, having big shoulders or big arms or hands will not give you any advantage unless you can combine all the other muscles in the motion aswell, its sort of like throwing a stone!...some people can throw long distance's whilst others can only throw short distances because there is alot of tequnique involved and its not down to overall strength.

I myself am pretty good at armwrestling but i always have been from an early age, i armwrestled guy around 7 years ago who came second in GB competition and i beat him 2-1 i was about 13 stone and he was around 38 stone.

[mel]

ummm... strong rotator cuffs!! Its a weird ac tion. I keep trying it to work it out and I can't! The pecs seem to tighten alot and shoulder and bicep. There must be a way of replicating the action using cables, and bulding up strength that way...?

[Nick500]

i suck at arm wrestling for my size... i dont know what it is - i think its long arm span that would help (physics nerds... the MOMENT of the force?)

[Andy1981iron]

Size doesn't appear to have much to do with it Nick.

[Poom]

Originally Posted by andy1981iron

Size doesn't appear to have much to do with it Nick.

From what i have seen it is people with a naturally large Frame who are good at arm wrestling.


@Nick eg. like Zack adn Alex B .

[leglock]

competed many years ago at arm wrestling at a reasonable level...the main thing i learned was that you need to be strong in the whole arm from hand to shoulder,obviously the weak part is the elbow joint and most injuries occur in this area,strong tendons help as do large hands...but more important than all of this is technique and timing...,it is a very complex sport that is about so much more than strength,but of course it helps !