Matthias Schlitte- armwrestler, check out the crazy forearm on him!

rubadub

They said on commentary he has close to a 18" forearm at a bodyweight of 67kg! and is the biggest forearm in the sport pound for pound. This is not photoshop! his other arm is puny looking



Reminds me of that cartoon.


Suppose it is just like gymnasts not training their legs to get a strength to weight ratio for the upper body. In his case he can enter lower weight divisions.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-_Y2GpvdXI

Remmy

I think he could be developing a bit of a muscle imbalance.

WolfForager

Oh.. all the jokes i could make....

Wow, that is impressive though. Hmm, if for some insane reason there was a tie in an arm wrestling match how would they solve it? Because if they had to use their other arm he'd be absolutly screwed!!

Hanley

That's just not right....

FunkZ

He shaves his right arm but not his left. Competition rules?!

kumate_champ07

i wonder if hes ever injured himself ****

MagicMarker

Popeye?

rubadub

MagicMarker wrote: »

Popeye?

The commentators said his nickname was hellboy



I think it is interesting that he could get so big. You will hear folks saying you really have to be doing squats & deadlifts and have overall growth to get really big. I always wondered if it was sort of like trying to spot reduce fat, that you might not be able to "spot increase" muscle like that. I figured his body might react and maybe make his other arm a bit bigger too anticipating that it will be under stress too at some stage. Maybe it is genetics but he doesn't strike me as a "natural", most of the other lads in the contest looked like big hard men with a natural big build that you would think could pack on muscle easy.

kumate_champ07

rubadub wrote: »

The commentators said his nickname was hellboy



I think it is interesting that he could get so big. You will hear folks saying you really have to be doing squats & deadlifts and have overall growth to get really big. I always wondered if it was sort of like trying to spot reduce fat, that you might not be able to "spot increase" muscle like that. I figured his body might react and maybe make his other arm a bit bigger too anticipating that it will be under stress too at some stage. Maybe it is genetics but he doesn't strike me as a "natural", most of the other lads in the contest looked like big hard men with a natural big build that you would think could pack on muscle easy.

67kg is nowhere near big. spot increase muscle, dont you mean isolation? ever seen someone with a cast on a broken leg or arm when they have it removed after a few months?
its not a genetic miracle, its basic biomechanics