what exercises are best for building arms to arm wrestle and carry/lift object (boxes, tvs, etc)???
Arm wrestling is a deceptive sport. It is not strictly a “strength” sport as people often think, because technique and speed are both very important. But anyone who tells you that strength is not central to the arm wrestler’s success is misguided at best. Strength matters to the extent that it allows you to execute various techniques. For instance, you cannot perform a toproll if you do not have the strength to create adequate backpressure. So what kind of strength do you, the arm wrestler, need? If you believe that having big, strong biceps is the key to your success you are in for a surprise. The three most important areas for the arm wrester to train are (in order of importance): * 1) Fingers and Hand * 2) Wrist and Forearm * 3) Biceps Fingers & Hand. Much of the importance of the hand is its actual physical size. A large, thick hand gives a wrestler a tremendous advantage from the beginning. It will be very difficult for someone with a small hand to control an opponent’s much large
