The days of the armwrestler winning by strength alone are long gone. Today's successful armwrestlers are individuals who train on arm wrestling tables for technique and also with exercise equipment for strength.
I've never seen a powerlifter with little armwrestling experience beat an experieced puller who may be half the size. Actually I saw it once, but the guy was a monster!
Paul Levesque, who has trained many Canadian and World Champions, says that everyone has the potential to become a World Class competitor. All it takes is the practice and dedication, and determination.
The worst thing to do is get discouraged if you enter your first tournament, and don't do well. You can ask every great armwrestler, they have lost a lot of matches to become great! I hear from a lot of people who say,"I'm a horrible arm wrestler." But I've also seen these same people with a couple of months of training take 1st places at tournaments.
HERE'S A FEW TIPS:
- Always put your index finger over your thumbnail when you take your grip. Load up on your hand by keeping your index finger as high up as you can. Apply some back pressure (pull your hand toward yourself). An easy way to train this is to do a lot of hammer curls.
- If the start is "ready go" try to make sure your hit is on the "y" of "ready". You are allowed 3 fast starts, and the fastest competitor wins a large percentage of the time.
- Keep your arm as close to your body as possible without touching your hand to your shoulder. Once you open up your arm, you lose your leverage and position.
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