Arm Wrestling/1988.

[blackbeltbill]

 I just found a extra flyer to a 1988 Arm Wrestling Tournament, I entered. Brought back memories!!

  I was 28 back in 1988 and,I entered the " 201-220lb weight class. Alot of BIG Dudes were there. I thought,I was ready though even though,I had not practiced any Arm Wrestling since High School. I was Curling 145lbs for a good 10 reps on the "ez" curl bar as strict as,I could.

    So,I lost to the eventual Winner of this Class in my 1st match. It went less then 1 second. I did not Flex up fast enough.

  Double Elimination this Tournament  was. 10 minutes  later,I was up again. My 2nd opponent had 19" Arms easy. This time,I Flexed up earlier. 

   And go!  We had a good 30 second battle at the Top. And finally his Arm started to go down.  I Won.

 Another 10 minutes go by and ,I am facing my 3rd opponent.  This Struggle was Longer and finally,I brought his Arm Down. I Won.

   I didn't know how much,I had left for my 4th opponent. GO! I struggled at the Top for a good 20 seconds before slowly Losing to this Guy. 

    Hell of a Fun Event! It was Filmed too. I would love to get ahold of that Tape today!

 Hope Y'ALL Enjoyed  the story.

[Ncountry]

Reminds me of my 7th grade arm wrestling competition in 1984

I was the toughest boy but a girl beat me and took the whole thing....lol

She wasn't bad to look at either..;)

[SilverLake]

Third place, 1986 Vermont State. Still have the trophy 🏆 

[blackbeltbill]

2 hours ago, SilverLake said:

Third place, 1986 Vermont State. Still have the trophy 🏆 

Not sure what place,I got. I did pretty good without any Arm Wrestling practice. Another exercise,I did was Pullups on a wide horizontal  bar and releasing one hand at the Top position and lowered with 1 Arm and alternating hands. Those slow 1 arm negatives were Tough.

[Moog5050]

In 89 or 90 I trained at Silvers Gym. The owner Brad silver was one of the top super heavy arm wrestlers in the world.  6’5” maybe 350 and relatively skinny legs.  Looked like a lumberjack before huge beards were in.  Crazy strong shoulders and biceps.  He would barbell curl 315 for reps and 150lb dumbbells.     Saw him get stuck squatting 315 so he just military pressed it and put it in the rack. Died early.  Too much anadrol I believe.  

[blackbeltbill]

2 hours ago, Moog5050 said:

In 89 or 90 I trained at Silvers Gym. The owner Brad silver was one of the top super heavy arm wrestlers in the world.  6’5” maybe 350 and relatively skinny legs.  Looked like a lumberjack before huge beards were in.  Crazy strong shoulders and biceps.  He would barbell curl 315 for reps and 150lb dumbbells.     Saw him get stuck squatting 315 so he just military pressed it and put it in the rack. Died early.  Too much anadrol I believe.  

  Thanks for sharing Brian. A few guys that,I trained with have passed on. They were on the Steroids  for too long a period .  I was Tempted to take Steroids as well- but never did when,I was Much Younger. Probably  one of my better life decisions. 

[Jeremy K]

There was a time in my life where I thought every truck stop in America had arm wrestling matches in the back room.

[2BuckBizCT]

31 minutes ago, Jeremy K said:

There was a time in my life where I thought every truck stop in America had arm wrestling matches in the back room.

Is that slang for glory hole?

[Jeremy K]

42 minutes ago, 2BuckBizCT said:

Is that slang for glory hole?

It's a movie reference, you would never get it.

[SilverLake]

25 minutes ago, Jeremy K said:

It's a movie reference, you would never get it.

Over the Top! 

[blackbeltbill]

I remember  that movie! Someone has a tape of this event. Lost cause- but,I May check.  

[Jeremy K]

4 minutes ago, blackbeltbill said:

I remember  that movie! Someone has a tape of this event. Lost cause- but,I May check.  

I'm prepared to let the rest of the members know that the bull hurley character in the movie over the top was based off of you bill!

[Water Rat]

I remember as a kid watching an arm wrestling competition on  ABC's Wide World Of Sports. Well one guy broke the other guy's arm during the match. I damn near fainted ! LOL

[Lawdwaz]

On 1/26/2023 at 11:24 AM, blackbeltbill said:

 I just found a extra flyer to a 1988 Arm Wrestling Tournament, I entered. Brought back memories!!

  I was 28 back in 1988 and,I entered the " 201-220lb weight class. Alot of BIG Dudes were there. I thought,I was ready though even though,I had not practiced any Arm Wrestling since High School. I was Curling 145lbs for a good 10 reps on the "ez" curl bar as strict as,I could.

    So,I lost to the eventual Winner of this Class in my 1st match. It went less then 1 second. I did not Flex up fast enough.

  Double Elimination this Tournament  was. 10 minutes  later,I was up again. My 2nd opponent had 19" Arms easy. This time,I Flexed up earlier. 

   And go!  We had a good 30 second battle at the Top. And finally his Arm started to go down.  I Won.

 Another 10 minutes go by and ,I am facing my 3rd opponent.  This Struggle was Longer and finally,I brought his Arm Down. I Won.

   I didn't know how much,I had left for my 4th opponent. GO! I struggled at the Top for a good 20 seconds before slowly Losing to this Guy. 

    Hell of a Fun Event! It was Filmed too. I would love to get ahold of that Tape today!

 Hope Y'ALL Enjoyed  the story.

Your memory is amazing.....

[blackbeltbill]

11 hours ago, Lawdwaz said:

Your memory is amazing.....

Good to hear from you Larry. Only 1 Tournament,I entered. Hard to forget.