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Travis Bagent – Erie City Team – Wrecking Crew – Game of Arms AMCTravis Bagent – Erie City Team – Wrecking Crew – Game of Arms AMC
He’s saying that 1) Training with rubber helps to heal elbow injuries (many reps with elastic and low-resistant band). 2) Rubber band has an advantage over crossover because the stronger you pull it the harder band resists. Rubber band also helps to train final stage of your attack when you’re close to pin your opponent’s arm. 3) There are several rubber bands with various level of resistance, you can use tough one to improve your strength, as well.
Evgeny Prudnik – Armwrestling training with rubber loops WAY 4 YOU │ Image Source: Евгений Прудник о тренировке с резиновыми петлями video [edited by XSportNews.com]
Pulled for the first time since LA UAL event last Saturday . Been busy being lazy starting new life in Phoenix … I question myself about totally giving it up everyday ! I’m in coast mode
Shoulder is still painful .. Not sure it will improve any more than it is
Andrey Sharkov – IronWorld.ru (Google Translate): ” Denis Tsyplenkov decided to spend a few days holiday in the beautiful city of Ukraine – Kiev. And what do you think? The soul of the “poet”, almost the first day of rest Dennis hit, “or dragged” to the gym, where the soul struggled with Kiev rukobortsev. Video of this exercise and we will present, but Denis and good rest! ”
Message received from Richard Maggs – 16 November 2013:
My friend and I are constructing a gym out of old car and bus parts. I’ll post a few photos when complete. Both love arm wrestling and have plans for a table. We’ve got a huge steel beam for the legs. It’ll be retro but worth a look when done.
Message received from Richard Maggs – 08 December 2013:
As promised Sknx, the first of the urban gym is complete. Four brake discs were used to complete this dumbbell. It has a super thick handle to make it extra difficult. More to follow.
Custom dumbbell made of brake discs
MEASUREMENTS:
Weight: 40 kg
Handle diameter: 3″ (~ 7.62 cm)
Handle circumference: 9.5″ (~ 24 cm)
Length: 23″ (~ 59.5 cm)
Width: 13″ (~ 33 cm)
Custom dumbbell made of brake discs 2
The measurements posted above are extracted from this message:
Message received from Richard Maggs – 09 December 2013:
Measurements: Weight 40kg (But here’s where it gets interesting) Handle 9.5″ (Around) Length 23″ Width 13″
The idea of the dumbbell is to make it as awkward as possible. Once we get used to the feel it gets filled with more steel.
I’m attaching a picture of a specially built pull up bar using the same 9.5″ around bar. It adds a whole new dimension to a pull up routine.
9.5 inches pull up bar9.5 inches pull up bar 2
In this next video you can see Richard Maggs’ friend – Toby Carter, using the dumbbell:
Message received from Richard Maggs – 09 December 2013:
There will be more additions to gym; we’re just waiting for the scrap metal to free up. Interesting barbell with another extremely large handle currently under construction.
” I didn’t enjoy weight training. And I realized it didn’t help me in the sport . It simply did not translate to the table. I still do a push up now and then for general health but nothing secret earth shattering to follow for the sport of armwrestling ! What works ? Is a Good Team of other pullers !!! Plain and Simple ! No bull ! ”
” I would never tell anyone not to train healthy lifts … But IMO it doesn’t hold the key to become champion . ”
” What I have learned … This is a team effort !!! ”
” I didn’t say it was 100 percent waste of time . But most people ask about the KEY and it isn’t the key. For me anyway … Funny the top pros that I know and talk to always say … When I started pulling More and lifting less is really when I started getting good ! ”
Phil Rasmussen: ” John what about bodyweight style exercises like pullups, pushups etc? I remember seeing you swing around on a playground in Pulling John just using the neutral grip on a playground for some pullups but you might have just been warming up the arms for what was to come 🙂 ”
John R Brzenk: ” No … They asked me to do that for the movie … Because I don’t train in the gym … And they needed something 🙂 ”
