Arm wrestling

[boi]

Which specific muscles should I work out to get better at arm wrestling? I'm pretty strong but my dad can beat me in arm wrestling:frown: I want to beat him for once =)

 

[Anubis]

pecs,arms

 

[spanky]

biceps?

 

[boi]

Is it cheating when you grab on to anything with your free hand when arm wrestling?

 

[spanky]

Originally posted by: boi
Is it cheating when you grab on to anything with your free hand when arm wrestling?

in "over the top"... didn't stallone have like this handle to grab onto while arm wrestling?

 

[yobarman]

for some reason shorter people have the advantage in arm wrestling. Back in the day I arm wrestled some really small kid and he plain kicked my ass. i'm 6'5" and probably could've thrown this kid through a wall... but he beat me.

is there any truth to shorter people having the advantage... or did i just get punked

 

[jonmullen]

Yes, you really should hold underneath your locked hands, and its when your wrestling arm touches your other arm.

 

[Syringer]

Originally posted by: yobarman
for some reason shorter people have the advantage in arm wrestling. Back in the day I arm wrestled some really small kid and he plain kicked my ass. i'm 6'5" and probably could've thrown this kid through a wall... but he beat me.

is there any truth to shorter people having the advantage... or did i just get punked

I would think taller people have the advantage..they have more "torque" so to speak, or a leverage advantage.

 

[Cfour]

Originally posted by: spanky

Originally posted by: boi
Is it cheating when you grab on to anything with your free hand when arm wrestling?

in "over the top"... didn't stallone have like this handle to grab onto while arm wrestling?

Yes, but they both had the handle to grab onto. It has to be even if they're grabbing on something.

 

[Cfour]

Originally posted by: boi
Which specific muscles should I work out to get better at arm wrestling? I'm pretty strong but my dad can beat me in arm wrestling:frown: I want to beat him for once =)

Surprisingly, there is a lot of strategy in arm wrestling... maybe you could google it and see what some websites say.

 

[Wolverine27]

Build up your forearms and wrists...wrist curls and reverse wrist curls.

 

[WinkOsmosis]

Originally posted by: yobarman
for some reason shorter people have the advantage in arm wrestling. Back in the day I arm wrestled some really small kid and he plain kicked my ass. i'm 6'5" and probably could've thrown this kid through a wall... but he beat me.

is there any truth to shorter people having the advantage... or did i just get punked

It's not bloody rocket science! Didn't you learn about levers in elementary school? The shorter the lever, the more force there is, since your arms turn the smaller, stronger motion of the muscles into a larger, weaker arc.

 

[Whitecloak]

forearms and wrists

 

[Looney]

for some reason shorter people have the advantage in arm wrestling. Back in the day I arm wrestled some really small kid and he plain kicked my ass. i'm 6'5" and probably could've thrown this kid through a wall... but he beat me.

LOL you're just a wimp. Taller people definitely have the advantage, because they can use their forearm more as well.

And that's what you should work on too... the forearms. It helps to turn the grip to your advantage and to their disadvantage. But biceps are the most important.

 

[Whitecloak]

if your fingers are strong, you can crush the other guy's hand .

 

[freebee]

Just whack off a lot to build up endurance.

 

[littleprince]

Theres a lot of strategy...
Google a search.
By the way, its a fairly dangerous thing to do if you don't know what your doing, and theres still a chance of snaping a bone if you do...
Chest also helps...
Do a google, as computer geeks I somehow doubt know much about this.

 

[Cycad]

Contrary to popular belief like 90% of arm wrestling is in your forearms. Just do a lot of grip exercises and stuff and you will get better.