BodyBuilders suck at hand wrestling?!

a few days ago, my frnd who has been swimming for like 10 years hand wrestled another bbuilder who is in intermediate phase if you can say that, and the the swimmer won!! and i also remember that my cousin who used to be a farmer handwrstled a bodybuilder and won too!! so what is up with this crap.. do you think that swimmers beat bbuilders in handwrstling or that that bb dont plasy any strength workouts??

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This is prolly a coincidence. No law is universal when it comes to stuff like this. However, those builders could have been overloojing their forearms....

Could be, too, that these two bodybuilders just didn't have any technique.  Arm-wrestling is seldom a true measure of strength.

Theres alot that goes into an arm wrestle.  I cant win one for **** because my arms are reallllllyyy long and my biceps are skinny.  My 6'3" friend and me (at 5'11.75" can both hold are arms up in the air and we have the same reach, its crazy.

working on explosive phase
vertical: 35
weight: 206

Big 3: 300/440/515

Strength and growth come only through continuous effort and struggle.

does any one know where on what muscles does arm wrestling depend on?!

"The More Stupid People Think You Are, The More Surprised They Will Get When You Kill Them"

pretty much forearms, biceps, delts, chest

working on explosive phase
vertical: 35
weight: 206

Big 3: 300/440/515

Strength and growth come only through continuous effort and struggle.

I can bench press 275, my buddy can bench press 165. I can military press his squat max and can curl what he rows with and he can still beat me in arm wrestling, his forearms are much more solid than mine, it's all he has on me and I can't beat him because of that.

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arm wrestliing is all about technique,  but when you have two guys who have no technique its usually the stronger one that wins.  The world arm wrestling champion was some little japanese dude.  They had an article where he arm wrestled one of the big name body builders (cant remember his name, think it was milos), and he beat him with no problem.

A powerlifter would generally be better at arm wrestling than a bodybuilder.

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I have always been pretty good at arm wrestling although I haven't done it in a while.  I don't think a body builder would typically be weak at this but should be better than an average untrained individual.  Pretty sure you rotator cuff comes into play in this as well, with all the rtc i have been doing the past year that should put me at an intense advantage, but probably not likely.  Also if you can't keep your wrist straight it is almost a guaranteed loss, so weak forearms could really make you bad at arm wrestling, but i don't think they have to be immensely strong either, some people just try to bend your forearm back to put you in a weak position, I always thought you were supposed to both keep your wrists straight though.

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I suck at arm-wrestles.

arm wrestling is one of the best way to get injured.
You are not trained for this and 1 outta 5 times you will feel a pain in your arm, chest, shoulder or lat afterwards...

This should be illegal...as for me, I never did arm wrestling in the last 5 or more years and won't start soon...

This is only for people with big egos....leave that aside and concentrate on your bodybuilding instead.

Everyone is entitled to be stupid, but some abuse the privilege.

so far ive only lost to one person in my school but we're tied ive beaten him more then hes beaten me i think though. so yea :D and he doesnt play anysports at all

219 weight trying to lower 217 now. 2 months later. lol.
250 bench
305 squat
345 deadlift

i dont think ive ever lost an arm westle, uness it was against say, my dad when i was 10. i dont do it any more though because my rist tendons can get quite sore.

Bench Press Max - 170kg @ 100kg
Squat Max - 220kg @100kg
Deadlift Max - 275kg @100kg

Weight - 90kg

After seeing the huge thread here on people with broken arms from arm wrestling, I will never do it again, even though I'm pretty good at it.

ya i did i once and hurt my arm bad enough to not go to the gym for a week...wont do it again....
I was pathetic at it, with training and a lil technique im quiet good now :D

just dont take someone whos really good at it unless you are then wont have to worry as much bout your arm going into peices :P AND DRINK YOUR MILK CALCIUM BUILDS BONES :P

219 weight trying to lower 217 now. 2 months later. lol.
250 bench
305 squat
345 deadlift

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Everyone is entitled to be stupid, but some abuse the privilege.