arm wrestling

[theMan]

which muscle(s) do the most work while arm wrestling, and what exercise can i do to strengthen them? i have to beat somebody...

edit: i just looked up arm wrestling on wikipedia, and i found this. maybe it's not such a good idea after all. thoughts?

 

[SociallyChallenged]

Pretty much most of your muscles in your arm and some of your upper back. If you want to be good at arm wrestling, then you'll pretty much have to train specifically for it.

 

[KoolDrew]

Forearm strength.

 

[brikis98]

Forearms and everything needed to rotate your shoulder - all the rotator cuff muscles, deltoids, some bicep, some pecs, some teres major, and a whole bunch of other stuff. In all honesty though, if you just need to win one match in the near future, your time will probably be far better spent learning technique and practicing actual arm wrestling than trying to build muscle using other exercises. Arm wrestling is leverage & technique first and strength second.

 

[spacejamz]

Just rent Over the Top....

 

[peckalo]

One other thing to think about is the stress arm wrestling puts on your joints. I arm wrestled a friend who easily had 100 pounds on me (but most all fat). I won two back to back attempts but my elbow was killing me for days.

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[SearchMaster]

Originally posted by: theman
which muscle(s) do the most work while arm wrestling, and what exercise can i do to strengthen them? i have to beat somebody...

edit: i just looked up arm wrestling on wikipedia, and i found this. maybe it's not such a good idea after all. thoughts?

A co-worker broke his arm BADLY arm wrestling. He was goofing around, arm wrestling a girl, and a friend thought it would be fun to help the girl win. Snap, crackle, pop and he was in a cast for many months.