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Post by Eric Roussin on Apr 23, 2010 15:15:24 GMT -5
A question that is regularly asked about armwrestling is “At what age do you hit your armwrestling peak?” For those of you who like statistics, I took a look at the ages of the top 10 ranked pullers in North America in each of the classes ranked on In the Hook and calculated age averages:
154 Right – 31 years
154 Left – 29 years
176 Right – 40 years
176 Left – 34 years
198 Right – 35 years
198 Left – 34 years
220 Right – 37 years
220 Left – 37 years
242 Right – 36 years
242 Left – 36 years
243+ Right – 39 years
243+ Left – 37 years
Average age for all right hand classes – 36
Average age for all left hand classes – 35
The youngest ranked pullers are in their late teens (Ethan Fritsche and Tom Dixon) and the oldest ranked puller is 60 (Crazy George).
Simply based on this analysis, it seems that the average peak occurs in the mid to late 30s.
Are there other sports where the average age of peak performance is at this stage in life, or later?
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Post by Justin Mynatt on Apr 23, 2010 15:25:14 GMT -5
Good Information, that's very interesting ! Eric you must of been really bored LOL !
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Post by Rob Vigeant Jr. on Apr 23, 2010 15:34:09 GMT -5
sweet.........10 more years to peak out for me !!
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Post by Craig Brought on Apr 23, 2010 15:48:22 GMT -5
I'm screwed i'm done then I guess
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Post by Guy Windover on Apr 23, 2010 16:04:05 GMT -5
What about Norm Devio?? Age 70.
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Post by Eric Roussin on Apr 23, 2010 16:08:00 GMT -5
I was just looking at the top 10 North America ranked pullers. However, it is incredible that Norm is a top 10 ranked puller in the US at 70 years of age.
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Post by Justin Mynatt on Apr 23, 2010 16:10:04 GMT -5
I'm 35 right now and by george I hope I'm not peaked or I'm going to hang it up !
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Post by Chris Kaufman on Apr 23, 2010 16:36:37 GMT -5
sweet.........10 more years to peak out for me !! I know, I've got 12. ;D Well it's good to know that there's still plenty of time.  |
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Post by Josh Handeland on Apr 23, 2010 16:44:21 GMT -5
Thanks for those statistics... how did you know everybody's age?
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Post by Steven Green on Apr 23, 2010 16:50:06 GMT -5
Funny you can see we all must get heavier with age  |
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Post by Jacob Abbott on Apr 23, 2010 16:54:12 GMT -5
I heard males where at there strongest peak between the ages of 28-32
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Post by Bob Paradis on Apr 23, 2010 16:57:48 GMT -5
176 right handed....40 years....that's a statistical abberation caused by Crazy George, and perhaps Ron Klemba.
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Post by Eric Williamson on Apr 23, 2010 18:14:13 GMT -5
I think this probably has more to do with a lot of armwrestlers getting started late, or at least having more time to put towards a serious approach to the sport a little later on in their lives, etc., than it does with the physiological effects of aging. Interesting, nonetheless.
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Post by Guy Windover on Apr 23, 2010 18:22:41 GMT -5
Thanks for those statistics... how did you know everybody's age? In the words of the great "Jim Ignatowski" off taxi, "You mean I'm right"?? |
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Post by Eric Roussin on Apr 23, 2010 21:28:42 GMT -5
Thanks for those statistics... how did you know everybody's age? Most ranked pullers are members of either the Northeast board, the Canadian board, or the Ontario board. Most members list their age in their profile. For some of the ones whose age is not listed in their profile, I heard of their age or birth year at some time or another. For the few others, I estimated, so I may be off by a couple of years, but this would have little effect on the averages. In short, these averages are not exact, but they are very close. |
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