Arm wrestling

[Eric1987]

I got challeneged to an arm wrestle for 50$. Which muscle could I work out that would help with that?

 

[deathdroprob]

Forearms/biceps I guess, but youll need strong legs too.

 

[gjohnson5]

I believe it's more leverage then arm strength
I would hit shoulders , lats and core

 

[gtjacko]

The only way to get strong for arm wrestling is to arm wrestle. There isn't much you can do in the gym to strengthen your joints (elbow and wrist) and tendons for what pressure gets put on them when arm wrestling. There is a lot of technique involved so if this other guy arm wrestles a lot I wouldn't bother pulling him. Plus if you have no idea what you are doing theres a good chance you would put yourself in a bad position and he could easily break your arm, check out Magnus Samuelsson pulling Nathan Jones at the worlds strongest man a few years back (youtube).

 

[*The_West*]

arm wrestling is all ego, which im not saying is all wrong, a bit of male bravado is fun every now and again, but arm wrestling is just a recipe for disaster.
watch this- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ME0QRHtCTk
these guys dont even look that strong, i guess when you have guys who are benching 300+lbs the chances are a lot more real. think how long that would put you out of training for.

 

[Greatercow]

arm wrestling is dumb challenge him to a bench competition or squats

 

[artificialaspirations]

arm wrestling is dumb challenge him to a bench competition or squats

+1

Take it from me. A month ago I arm wrested an older guy from work when he challenged me. I beat him and as I was in the furthest press position (bottom) I tore my rotator cuff. Shoulders had a bit of tendonitis and it just let go. I felt a tingling in my hand and it has hurt so bad ever since I can't do chest or shoulders or back squats.

It hurts when I sleep or every right arm movement period.

Saw the doc yesterday, I have an MRI next week and the doc says he has a bad feeling about this one...

5 months of rehab after the surgery. Gonna cost $1000's too!

IT IS NOT WORTH IT!

Challenge him to a squat, dead, bench competition. Much safer!

 

[Sculelos]

arm wrestling is all ego, which im not saying is all wrong, a bit of male bravado is fun every now and again, but arm wrestling is just a recipe for disaster.
watch this- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ME0QRHtCTk
these guys dont even look that strong, i guess when you have guys who are benching 300+lbs the chances are a lot more real. think how long that would put you out of training for.

Wow! I've arm wrestled a lot but always made sure my elbow was outside my shoulder and went down if I felt too much pressure. Good thing I did cause that would bite to break an arm like that.

 

[pappad]

DON'T DO IT!!!

This is the result of my accepting a STUPID arm wrestling challenge!

5 days in the hospital and 6 years out of the gym! The worst pain ever!

 

[chaos13]

its all in the wrist, turn your wrist in before the person that you are going agains and it is all yours.