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Post by chrislydman on Feb 21, 2009 21:24:52 GMT -5
"have you guys seen Roman's,Rustam's,Zoloev Hadzimurat's and Taras' legs? they sure did not need huge legs to be the best armwrestlers in the World,but they have skinny legs"
Exactly. Look no further than the world of professional cycling, and the Tour De France. Check out the arms of the cyclists on the podium at the end! If making wt isn't an issue, have at it!
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Post by Chris Kaufman on Feb 21, 2009 21:33:43 GMT -5
Keep them huge...like the previous post said: The bigger the foundation, the bigger you can build. The more strength you have anywhere, the better!!! JMO Chris, make them even bigger and you will be incredibly strong in the superheavyweight class  are we talking about armwrestling or another sport here? have you guys seen Roman's,Rustam's,Zoloev Hadzimurat's and Taras' legs? they sure did not need huge legs to be the best armwrestlers in the World,but they have skinny legs.any armwrestler who competes at the world level knows that bigger legs will put them in a higher weight category.would i wanna put 11 pounds of muscle on my arms,shoulders and back or on my legs to be more succesful (if i wanted to pull one class heavier)? i am sure that all the World champion athletes of WAF will choose to gain weight on upper body if necessary. I agree Engin, I don't want any part of the super's anymore. I tried that at Nationals a couple years ago and got waxed.  Right now I'm trying to find the weight class that I can be most competitive in. Bob, I do agree that by working your legs you will get bigger and stronger all over. The only problem with how I'm built is if I do work my legs, I put on a ton of weight only on my legs. Last time I decided to start doing squats and deadlifts again, I put on 10 pounds in no time. Right now not very useful for what I'm trying to achieve. ;D |
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Post by Rob Vigeant Jr. on Feb 21, 2009 21:51:58 GMT -5
cool................so is chris gobby's........but I ain't buyin 17.5.........sorry. Rob just outta curiosity, how big are yours, you look like a pretty lean guy...........Big, but very lean.... I could never get over the 18.5" hurdle when I was under 200, but since my girl has been pregnant and I have been ripping through food like an F5 tornado in a trailer park.............the weight and size came. I finally got to 19.25" cold. Yes I am vein.............F@#K all you who say you don't do the shower flex after practice and then grab your mamas seamstress measuring tape to see if you grew 1/16 of an inch..............I do............maybe it is mental................but damn, those extra micrometers make me feel like a MAN!!!!! anyhow, an extra 20 lbs. and almost an inch since I last competed |
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Post by jamesretarides on Feb 21, 2009 21:54:25 GMT -5
I have a guy at my gym that use to powerlift at like 143 or something. He is 165 now at about five feet tall and has arms around 19 or 20 inches. I am trying to get the guy to come to practice...his forearms are massive.  |
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Post by Rob Vigeant Jr. on Feb 21, 2009 21:55:07 GMT -5
NOTE...........get your girl prego if u wanna be big............that is the tip of the month you skinny bit@#es...............now I am gonna go kick sand in some nerds face and steal his sweetie.
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Post by Rob Vigeant Jr. on Feb 22, 2009 0:08:29 GMT -5
the ideal body type is the ol martini glass................................that is all there is.................if you look like a martini glass ...............well not all clear and s%^t and you gotta have a face...........but becides that, if you look like a martini glass body wise ................you are a powerhouse in your class.
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Post by Bob Paradis on Feb 22, 2009 0:17:58 GMT -5
the ideal body type is the ol martini glass................................that is all there is.................if you look like a martini glass ...............well not all clear and s%^t and you gotta have a face...........but becides that, if you look like a martini glass body wise ................you are a powerhouse in your class. I don't know if I learned anything from that post, but it did make me want a martini. |
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Post by enginterzi on Feb 22, 2009 0:22:58 GMT -5
i am not so familiar with Alcohols and it's related things so i just checked it out how the martini glass looks like and i agreed with you ;D  |
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Post by Robert Wimbley on Feb 22, 2009 7:00:35 GMT -5
Rob you are funny as hell, and right thats the look you want for arm wrestling. And getting your woman preg will put the weight on every time  |
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Post by Giles Russell on Feb 22, 2009 7:46:45 GMT -5
I left this tread last night thinking it was one of the most GAY ones I've ever read on here and then, Vigeant Jr. comes along and makes it a classic....too funny.
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Post by enginterzi on Feb 22, 2009 10:51:10 GMT -5
2007 176 pounds Turkish National Champion Omer Ustaomer about 19 inch (warm) bicep at 187 pounds; fact or fiction(he is 6.2 tall)?  |
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Post by Tommy Russell on Feb 22, 2009 10:52:25 GMT -5
Yes I am vein.............F@#K all you who say you don't do the shower flex after practice and then grab your mamas seamstress measuring tape to see if you grew 1/16 of an inch..............I do............maybe it is mental................but damn, those extra micrometers make me feel like a MAN!!!!!
[/quote] I prefer naked karate in the mirror like dirk diggler ;D ;D The good thing about armwrestling is it doesnt matter how big your arms are ,just how strong they are. Big doesnt always mean strong
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Post by Mike Moeller on Feb 22, 2009 10:56:13 GMT -5
2007 176 pounds Turkish National Champion Omer Ustaomer about 19 inch (warm) bicep at 187 pounds; fact or fiction(he is 6.2 tall)? looks very odd looking and freaky to me..... |
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Post by enginterzi on Feb 22, 2009 10:59:30 GMT -5
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Post by John Wilson on Feb 22, 2009 11:27:08 GMT -5
The biggest arms / smallest legs I have ever seen are Oleg Chegodeyev from kazakhstan. At 100kg his upper body looks bigger than any man in the entire contest. But I have also see him fall down on the ground when his grip slipped because his upper body weighs so much more than his lower. He had a lot of trouble maintaining balance every time somebody hit him hard. I also believe his hit suffers because legs and hip are a tremendous factor in a good hit to the side. Granted, I don't think your hit gets better and better as your legs get bigger. Obviously there is a point where you have all the strength / explosive power you need and getting bigger doesn't help.
To me, the biggest struggle in this sport is trying to get as big and strong as you can without jumping up into a class where your frame is simply too small from a mechanical standpoint. I think past 100kg your body frame does not matter much because a 260lb man and a 220 pound man are not terribly different in the size of their frame. But at 165lbs (and lean) your frame is not going to match a man who weighs 260 lbs and is also lean.
Just my opinion. There are some pullers out there who can beat anyone, regardless of size and weight and they are world champions because of it. We can name those guys because they are so rare: Engin, Craig Tullier, Cobra, and a bus load of Russians who seem to grow out of the ground each year.
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are we talking about armwrestling or another sport here? have you guys seen Roman's,Rustam's,Zoloev Hadzimurat's and Taras' legs? they sure did not need huge legs to be the best armwrestlers in the World,but they have skinny legs.any armwrestler who competes at the world level knows that bigger legs will put them in a higher weight category.would i wanna put 11 pounds of muscle on my arms,shoulders and back or on my legs to be more succesful (if i wanted to pull one class heavier)? i am sure that all the World champion athletes of WAF will choose to gain weight on upper body if necessary.
Right now I'm trying to find the weight class that I can be most competitive in.
