How good was Magnus Samuelson?

[josephsirois]

I've heard/saw Magnus say that he used to armwrestle, anyone know how good he was? He broke Nathan Jones' arm, which was the stupid organization's fault for making it an event in the first place.

[Kevin Schneider]

I know he closed the #3 COC with little effort , came close on the #4's and he is strong as an ox. But all that dosen't make a good armwrestler. Not taking anything away from the guy , but you need more than strength.

[David Horne]

Kevin,
Magnus is a strong guy with a WSM title and has now closed a #4 gripper. As far as armwrestling I found that he was 5th in the 110 KG class (R/H) behind Eli Sappiashvili in the World Championship XIV in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada – 1993.

You are totaly correct about the strength factor, you need table strength to be a good armwrestler.

David

[Christopher Myers]

I watched first hand Mariutz Pudjanowski ( Kant Spel )
Challenge Ron Bath after Arnold Classic

Ron Held him in the middle and Smiled Mariutz was smart enough to know who was boss on the Table

Christopher Myers

[josephsirois]

That's awesome, Chris, I love hearing stories like that. Gotta wonder how some of those big boys would do with some table time.

[CHRISTIAN BINNIE]

Nathan broke his own arm, not Magnus. Got a pic of Magnus on the cover of an old armbender, forget what meet it was taken from, to lazy to go look.

[josephsirois]

Christian please help, how did Nathan get himself in position? The main thing I've heard is don't let your elbo go outside of your shoulder. I remember Magnus using the post.

[CHRISTIAN BINNIE]

If its a novice arm it can break in any position. Its your force that breaks your arm. You should try to keep you hand inside your shoulder. Really not the elbow.