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Post by Mike Moeller on Feb 27, 2009 16:18:01 GMT -5
you gotta love Favre man......the perfect example of consistancy in a sport where thats almost impossible to do. stats wise and just staying healthy for that length of time....really rare athlete.
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Post by Josh Handeland on Feb 27, 2009 16:41:40 GMT -5
I just measured my biceps... 14.5" cold. About 2 months ago they were 14.5" warm. I weigh about 167 lbs. now. This is a very interesting thread (I've been following it, read it all). It seems very very hard for someone to accomplish 1" per 10lbs of body weight. You have to have great genetics, too.
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Post by Willie Reagan on Feb 27, 2009 17:43:23 GMT -5
One of my brother in laws is 50 years old now. He has been lifting weights for the better part of his life. He is genetically gifted. His body weight is right around 190. His arms pumped are close to 20". He has alot of meat on his triceps. If you look at people with huge arms, they have healthy triceps!
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Post by John Wilson on Feb 27, 2009 18:20:52 GMT -5
True, Willie. Biceps look like the dominant muscle but the triceps is 2/3 of your upper arm.
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Post by Mark "The Giant Slayer" vieira on Feb 27, 2009 21:33:34 GMT -5
I tried Robs work out but I only used 50 lb db.I got a really good pump but I could only get 15 inches with a body weight of 158.  |
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Post by Mark "The Giant Slayer" vieira on Feb 27, 2009 21:41:18 GMT -5
Oh ya I rounded up to the closest inch  |
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Post by John Wilson on Feb 27, 2009 21:49:20 GMT -5
Body type has a lot more to do with how big your muscles get than the way you work out sometimes. A naturally lean guy, ie thinly built, can get tremendously strong but won't pack on a ton of bulk. This is actually a very desirable thing in armwrestling. You want to be as strong as you can be without adding unnecessary weight. The proof: look at the success of Bill Sink, Jason Vale, Omer Bennurken, Cvetan Gashevski and the list goes on and on. Anyone who armwrestles for very long will have fantastic arms, but by and large you don't need to be a World's Strongest Man type.
Strength is this sport has a lot to do with getting your tendons thicker and training your body to hold a static contraction. You aren't going to one-arm-curl a grown man over the table. Your muscles will fatigue quickly. When your tendons are developed you can 'lock in' and hold with all your power while using very little energy. Yes, you need muscular strength but this sport is not about raw strength as much as it is about immediate explosive power and muscular endurance. The 'slow strength' type of moves are very tendon-dependant.
The greats have excellent aerobic and anaerobic fitness. I have neither.
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Post by Tim "Powerhouse" Parker on Feb 27, 2009 21:53:34 GMT -5
I am unsure about that 20 inches.. I don't know his measurments.. They just seem bigger than mine and I know mine are a little over 17 inches. Of course even 17.5 to 18.5 isa HUGE difference in the way they look to the eye. yup, an 18 inch arm (or tad bigger) can very often look like a 20 inch arm to the uneducated eye, it all has to do with the bodytype of the guy. just from what I have seen over the years. Always amazes me when it happens ... it's like "Damn, your arm look huge though" |
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Post by Shawn Lattimer on Mar 1, 2009 16:47:18 GMT -5
True, Willie. Biceps look like the dominant muscle but the triceps is 2/3 of your upper arm. Yes, and that is the only reason my upper arm is as big as it is. My tri's are big from all the years of bench training. My bi's need some serious work to catch up. |
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Post by Brian Gabriel on Mar 1, 2009 19:10:33 GMT -5
I pull with Dan Gallo, he weighs 164 and with a pump his arms are 191/4 inches, with that beeing said if he went out in a wind storm i dont think his legs(sticks) would hold him up lol.
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Post by Andrew Fournier on Mar 1, 2009 19:45:33 GMT -5
I pull with Dan Gallo, he weighs 164 and with a pump his arms are 191/4 inches, with that beeing said if he went out in a wind storm i dont think his legs(sticks) would hold him up lol. Yeah, I don't believe that at all. |
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Post by Brian Gabriel on Mar 1, 2009 20:48:55 GMT -5
I pull with Dan Gallo, he weighs 164 and with a pump his arms are 191/4 inches, with that beeing said if he went out in a wind storm i dont think his legs(sticks) would hold him up lol. Yeah, I don't believe that at all. Well i will try to get a picture but i wont see him for a couple of weeks, in the mean time maybe someone from Canada or someone who saw him at the worlds this year can chime in here, i think Luke and Corey pulled with him a little |
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