Joe Sullivan 34 Posted February 22 Share Posted February 22 Hello all, I had made the shift from grip to arm wrestling last year. Now that I’m back I will share it with those who are interested. I pretty much stopped gripping for most of 2020 and in August of that year shifted to arm wrestling with intentions of competing. I can say one thing about arm wrestling... it did not increase my prior grip strength in any way and it actually decreased my strength for grip feats. When I went back to gripping I kind of had to work my way back to where I was. Arm wrestling only seemed to strengthen arm wrestling.... at least for me. I as definitely training it way too much on the table with other pullers because I enjoyed it so much. It was giving my elbow tendinitis from too much training and basically scrapped arm wrestling because I value my grip and other strength and feeling good way too much . So I went back to grip in Late December. Fast forward to February 6th and I entered the NYS arm wrestling championships. It went very well and what can I say? I am now bit by the AW bug again and will Find a way to balance both. My plan is to only pull once a month and the rest of the month be my regular grip and overall strength stuff. Here are some pics from the tournament. I also have some video if anyone has not seen them. 10 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Joe Sullivan 34 Posted February 23 Author Share Posted February 23 Almost forgot to give thanks to John Eaton to pointing me in the right direction to my coach and friend , WAL masters world champion Chris Myers Who has been invaluable to me the last 5 months . Without John I would not have found Chris and so many awesome pullers in my area. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JStepien 621 Posted February 23 Share Posted February 23 I wish I was an elite arm wrestling superstar like the mighty Joe Sullivan! 💪 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Joe Sullivan 34 Posted February 23 Author Share Posted February 23 22 minutes ago, JStepien said: I wish I was an elite arm wrestling superstar like the mighty Joe Sullivan! 💪 Don’t forget “Gripping fool” as well... Studdly do right !! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Climber028 1,113 Posted February 23 Share Posted February 23 Awesome, long time no see. Great to see you still in the strength world. I started pulling with some guys too during lockdowns since the climbing gyms closed. If I use both hands I might be competitive with you. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Joe Sullivan 34 Posted February 23 Author Share Posted February 23 11 minutes ago, Climber028 said: Awesome, long time no see. Great to see you still in the strength world. I started pulling with some guys too during lockdowns since the climbing gyms closed. If I use both hands I might be competitive with you. Hey, Mike. Yea as long as I’m breathing I will be involved in something strength. If I can’t run I will walk.. can’t walk I will crawl... and if I can’t crawl I will be dead.... 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bencrush 1,305 Posted February 23 Share Posted February 23 It's great to see John Eaton's pic! He's one of my favorite people on the planet. He looks strong and happy. 😀 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Joe Sullivan 34 Posted February 23 Author Share Posted February 23 Just now, bencrush said: It's great to see John Eaton's pic! He's one of my favorite people on the planet. He looks strong and happy. 😀 He’s lost quite a bit of weight. I almost didn’t recognize him when I saw him. He looks like James Retarides in the picture..... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Joe Sullivan 34 Posted Sunday at 02:08 PM Author Share Posted Sunday at 02:08 PM On 2/23/2021 at 8:47 AM, Joe Sullivan said: Almost forgot to give thanks to John Eaton to pointing me in the right direction to my coach and friend , WAL masters world champion Chris Myers Who has been invaluable to me the last 5 months . Without John I would not have found Chris and so many awesome pullers in my area. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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