Broly Posted May 27, 2011 Share Posted May 27, 2011 Experience - 5 months Age - 29 Weight Class - 176lbs Preferred Technique - Top Roll Titles NYC Big Apple Grapple: Amateur Class 176lbs- Left 2nd, Right 3rd http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nwgjsk_jHGA Bronxboro Championships: Pro/Am 176lbs- Left 2nd http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0WRgGOabjbg Now that I've got a tiny bit of experience under my belt and have gone to 2 events I decided to start a new journal to keep track of what is working for me and any new training methods I come across. I got into arm wrestling because it's just one of those sports you can do anywhere and it's extremely fun to compete in. It's helped me to stay motivated in the gym and to learn a new type of discipline. I train with a great group of guys out in queens NY with Jason Vales about once every Thursday (nycarms.com). My last tournament was this past Sunday and will most likely start today and tomorrow my training for my next tournament out in Brooklyn this August. I like to keep an open mind and will post videos of training methods I'm trying and future competitions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Broly Posted May 27, 2011 Author Share Posted May 27, 2011 May 26th: Chest, Shoulders, Triceps 8:30pm GYM, 2 scoops Jack3d Incline Bench Machine (Grip4orce) 195x12, 210x6, 225x7, 240x6 Heavy Bench Partials (Grip4orce) *Grip slipping, Needed chalk. Better with FATGRIPZ 275x6, 7, 6 Pec Fly Machine 150x7, 6, 5, 175x20sec max hold Rolling Thunder Shoulder Hammer Laterals 30x12, 40x12, 45x10, 10 Rolling Thunder High Cable Laterals 25x12, 35x7, 30x10 Grapple Grip Single Tricep Press 50x10, 60x6, 5, 50x6 Rope Pull Downs (Grip4orce) 100x10, 110x8, 6, 7 1 mile HIT Run Tendons slightly tender from this past Sundays tournament, had to take it easy on some of the shoulder and tricep work. This is a good platform for what I should be using to complement my arm wrestling training. I don't want to just focus on lower arm work and nothing else and develop an imbalance. I think once a week for this type of workout is good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
therealstud Posted May 27, 2011 Share Posted May 27, 2011 Cool with another armwrestler! Will follow your log closely..... PULL HARD! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Broly Posted May 27, 2011 Author Share Posted May 27, 2011 May 27th, Back, Biceps, Lower Arms Grip4orce Pullups & Cupping Fatgripz Pullups alternating 11, 9, 9, 8 DB Grip4orce Rows 60x10, 7, 7 DB Grip4orce Hammer Curls 35x8, 7, 7, 7 Heavy Concentration Curls 60x6 *At this point in the workout my tendons were flared up and I was experiencing alot of pain in my biceps, especially my left. Took a 10 minute break and tried to finish with the lower arm work. Twist Yo Wrist 25x1, 20x1, 1, 1 Leverage Bar Combos 5x6, 7, 6 Plated Wrist Curls 15x7, 10, 20x7, 6 Reverse DB Grip4orce Wrist Curls 20x5, 15x8 Video of some these workouts http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LrMXacvGq9Q Focus and Energy was good but physical ability was lacking big time. Body still not good from Sundays tournament. I felt it in yesterdays workout and probably should've back off today and given it a day or two more to heal. Not able to lift as much as I normally lift for this one. Will let my body rest up the next 2 days and see how I'm feeling. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mightyjoe Posted May 28, 2011 Share Posted May 28, 2011 (edited) Matrix, you're over-training BIG time! You will either get injured or have a short lived career if you don't have a training strategy for AW'ing training. I would only do very light resistance work with high reps several days after a tourny mainly for increased blood flow to allow healing then ease into your normal training with increased post work rest periods due the increased time it takes ligaments and tendons to heal. You may not realize it yet but you're probably getting accumulative trauma from lack of rest periods between workouts. Once medial or lateral epicondylitis sets in you're in for trouble. Not trying to discourage you just speaking and sharing from experience at this sport. When you start strengthening tendons everything changes. Good job at the tournaments you competing in!!! Edited May 28, 2011 by Mighty Joe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Broly Posted May 28, 2011 Author Share Posted May 28, 2011 Thanks for the advice bro, yea your probably right. I'm still trying to figure out this whole rest period thing. If I'm fully healed and I'm just doing my weight training for it, I can gauge much easier when I'm recovered to hit the gym again, but after a tournament or AW practice it's much harder to judge because of the different type of stress on my tendons. I'm still very new at this when it comes to the training and appreciate the advice big time. I know also I have to listen to my body when it comes to training, If I don't feel 100% after a AW session I need to back off and give it more time. I'm going to give it today and tomorrow and see how they feel and just do a very light session to get the blood flowing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Broly Posted June 1, 2011 Author Share Posted June 1, 2011 Early morning workout with my new Aylio Orange bands (40lbs resistance). Wasn't going for a brutal heavy workout or anything just more to experiment with the type of exercises I can do with these things. http://www.resistancebands.org/?p=detail&pid=35&cat_id= Warmed up with some pullups then got right into it. Back pressure pulls Put 1 band in door anchor with a strap at the height my hand would be on a table. Hook pulls Attached a handle with a Grip4orce stiff flex and practiced hooking with 1 band. Hammer cable bounces With my arm in a hammer curl position, I rope 2 orange bands through a 25lb plate and attach to a strap wrapped over my knuckles so when I do the bounces it strengthens my wrists. This is by far the best version of a Hammer Strength static hold I've ever done. I've tried this same workout with just a dumb bell, and a Grapple Grip on a cable machine but they don't compare to this. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Broly Posted June 3, 2011 Author Share Posted June 3, 2011 April 2nd, Practice Good practice session, getting much better with my back pressure and top roll for my left and right but my hook is terrible right now and I will try and work on it more so I can become more well rounded. Practiced for about 1.5 hours hard. I need to build up my endurance as well. The first half hour I was doing great and feeling strong but near the end I was weak. The veterans there have almost the same exact strength from beginning to end. I think also I'm going to work with the powerball or bands every night or so at about 20% just to get the blood flowing to help heal faster. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueviper42 Posted June 4, 2011 Share Posted June 4, 2011 Cool, another armwrestler. Your toproll looks pretty good for only pulling 5 months. Your hand control looks good (since your're training with Jason Vale that doesn't surprise me). Something that helped me a lot was really focusing on how really good armwrestlers move on the table, and watching every detail of their body and arm positioning, arm angles, wrist angles, etc. So I would recommend that to you as well. You have one of the best teams to train with, so you shouldn't be lacking for good training partners. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Broly Posted June 7, 2011 Author Share Posted June 7, 2011 Cool, another armwrestler. Your toproll looks pretty good for only pulling 5 months. Your hand control looks good (since your're training with Jason Vale that doesn't surprise me). Something that helped me a lot was really focusing on how really good armwrestlers move on the table, and watching every detail of their body and arm positioning, arm angles, wrist angles, etc. So I would recommend that to you as well. You have one of the best teams to train with, so you shouldn't be lacking for good training partners. Thanks for the tip. Training with these guys has been great, and is making me a much better arm wrestler than if I didn't have them around. I learn something new every time we practice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Broly Posted June 7, 2011 Author Share Posted June 7, 2011 June 7th: Whole Body Been very busy with my wedding end of this week so wanted to just hit everything before I take the plunge. Weighted Dips 45x10, 12, 70x7, 6, 90x5 Grapple Grips Weighted Pullups 25x6, 5, 4, noweights 12, 10 RT shoulder ins 40x12, 50x12, 60x8, 7, 6 Grapple Grip Tricep press *superset 60x6, 5, 5 dropset: 60x6, 40x15 Grapple Grip Hammer curls 60x10, 70x8, 7 dropset: 70x6, 50x15 Preacher static curls w/FATGRIPZ 45x10, 50x8, 7, 6 RT wrist curls 130x8, 8, 120x10 RT reverse wrist curls 30x8, 6, 20x15 Decided last minute that I would do this as a morning workout before work with a pre-workout supp but started to feel sick to my stomach before and halfway through the workout. Even with no ground breaking numbers, I noticed a big improvement with my grip and how some of the other workouts felt a little easier. Didn't want to hit anything to arm wrestling specific with possibility of practice on Thursday. After I come back from my honeymoon I'll be able to focus much more on my training. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Broly Posted June 29, 2011 Author Share Posted June 29, 2011 June 28th: Back, Biceps 1 scoop preworkout supp(300mg) slight buzz for 10 minutes then nothing. Big waste. Grapple Grip Pullups 12, 12, 7, 5 Grapple Grip Singal Rows 60x7, 7, 5 Grapple Grip Hammer curls 60x8, 10, 9, 6 EZbar Preacher Curls (FATGRIPZ) 50x8, 8, 6 Had to stop there, split my knuckle when lowering the bar, deep cut, figured I'd call it a night and clean it up before it got infected. Was a really crappy workout anyway, mentally not there, Felt very weak. The week before the wedding and the honeymoon for 2 weeks killed me. Hoping I can get back what I lost quickly so I can progress and not spend all summer playing catch up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Broly Posted July 8, 2011 Author Share Posted July 8, 2011 July 8th: Practice First Practice back in a month and actually felt better than I thought I would. Alot of the guys made some steady gains from the time I was gone and me not doing anything made them feel even stronger but it's great to be back and look forward to the next practice. I feel like I fell off a little bit with form, this is definitely a sport where consistency counts and making it routine will pay off big time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Broly Posted July 11, 2011 Author Share Posted July 11, 2011 Friday July 8th: New Gym: Legs Seated Leg curls 50x15, 90x8, 8, 110x7 Leg extensions 50x15, 90x12, 90x12, 110x8 Calf extensions 50x15, 90x12, 12, 120x10 Leg Press 150x15h, 15l, 190x12h, 12l Did some other workouts but nothing to jot down really, just trying to get the lay of the land. Joined a new gym that opened up right next to my job so will try and start working out at lunch instead of the gym by my house which I can really only do at night. Wanted to start incorporating leg workouts after a training session to I can get alot of blood flow throughout my whole body. Even if Legs are not really used in Arm Wrestling, I feel that it couldn't hurt being as how I wouldn't be lifting upper body on a Friday right after a training session anyway so might as well take advantage of the ability to do so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Broly Posted July 11, 2011 Author Share Posted July 11, 2011 July 11th: Back, Biceps, Forearms Pullups 18wide, 12close, 8wide, 6close Fatgripz DB hammer curls 35x10, 7, 7, 6 Fatgripz DB Heavy Concentration curls 50x6, 8, 6, 6 Terminator Handle 42.5-wrist curls 35-across chest *This is a brand new piece of equipment, Focused on getting a feel for it and a comfortable weight and proper angles Straps Rising Flexors-15 Top rolls- 20-25 *Same as above, not a new piece of equipment, but trying new movements that appear to be extremely affective Still getting acclimated to a new gym and a new routine with what I have available. Did some experimenting so next week will be fine tuning. Working with the straps and my new handle I feel will put my training to a new level of effectiveness. Now just have to figure out the frequency without over training. Surprisingly my arms felt good and no pain at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Broly Posted July 17, 2011 Author Share Posted July 17, 2011 July 13th: Upper Body, GYM Bench Machine 100x15, 150x15, FG210x7, 7, 225x6 *Left thumb still slightly sprained. DB Shoulder Press 40x15, FG50x10, 10 FG shoulder cable lats 20x15, 30x8, 8, 8 GG Tricep Press 25x8, 20x12, 25x8, 30x6 FG Rope Extensions 60x8, 8, 6 Rope Crunches 42.5x30, 50x25, 20, 15 H.I.T run 1 mile in 10 minutes Good upper body workout, nothing new to report. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Broly Posted July 17, 2011 Author Share Posted July 17, 2011 7/14 Practice Canceled-Home workout Being as how practice was canceled, I had a chance to really try out my new Terminator handle. Used an Aylio 40lb orange resitance band in the doorway to work on my Hook and then switched over to the straps to work on my toproll. This really felt like a practice session and will fine tune this as a replacement for canceled sessions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Broly Posted July 18, 2011 Author Share Posted July 18, 2011 JULY 15TH- LEGS& CARDIO Giving the upper body a rest day, Might as well get some blood flowing with legs and cardio. Leg Press 150x20middle, 210x12 high, 230x12 low, 250x10 high, 250x10 low Leg Extensions 110x10, 120x9, 60x8 singles, 65x8 singles Seated Leg Curls 110x9, 9, 60x9 singles, 65x8 singles Calf Extensions 120x10, 130x10, 70x10 singles, 70x9 singles Stomach leg raises 30, 22, 15 Torso twist 90x12, 110x10, 120x10 H.I.T Run *New personal best 1.7 miles in 17 minutes Joining a gym right by my job has given me much more time to train my body in ways I wasn't able to before due to lack of time. Normally I would only be able to do 3 days a week so i'd have to focus on What is going to benefit arm wrestling but now with more time I can hit much more during rest days and non rest days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Broly Posted July 21, 2011 Author Share Posted July 21, 2011 JULY 17TH, HANDS & WRISTS fingertip pushups 10, 6, 6, 3 GG pullups 8, 10, 8, 7 plate wrist curls *superset 8, 8, 8, 6 reverse db curls 8, 8, 6, 5 twist yo wrist 20x1 full, 1full, 1half, 1half leverage bar 5x8, 8, 8, 8 RT deadlifts 100x1, 110x1, 115x1, 100x8secs pinchgrip 25x25secs, 30x10secs, 35x5secs, 4secs gripper straps #1-thin-5lbs-5secs #1-thin-5lbs-7secs #1-thin-5lbs-4secs pullups 15, 11, 8, 6 Not a bad workout, not exactly where I was a month ago but I'm getting it back, just have to keep on being consistent. This was actually a really good workout and focused heavily on hand and wrist strength. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Broly Posted July 21, 2011 Author Share Posted July 21, 2011 JULY 18th BICEPS FG Hammer Curls 25x25, 35x10, 10, 40x5 Heavy Concentration Curls 55x9, 60x6, 6, 4 Bicep Machine Holds 130x20secs, 150x20secs, 190x15secs Cable Crunches 50x30, 60x10, 60x10, 50x20 H.I.T Run 1 mile 10 min Needed to keep this short with having alot to do back at work but overall a great workout to hit the biceps the way they needed to be hit. Forearms feeling a little shot off of yesterdays workout but still felt strong. Tried doing some static holds on one of the machines which puts my arm in the same position it would be in if I was losing on the table and needed to wear my opponent down. Will continue with the H.I.T cardio runs after my gym sessions to burn off the fight so I my weight at 175lbs is more muscles than anything else. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Broly Posted July 22, 2011 Author Share Posted July 22, 2011 July 22nd: Practice Canceled Workout: GYM Practice was canceled due to a tournament being held in two weeks. Not suppose to pull 2 weeks out. Unfortunately I have a trip the day of so I will just have to try and beat my arms up and simulate what I can. Terminator wrist curls 25x15, 42.5x11, 50x10, 57.5x7, 6 Strap Wrist curls 20x8, 6, 7, 25x5, 30x30secs Terminator Pulls to chest (bands) 40lb Orange band: 3 sets & 2 hold sets Top roll straps (bands) 40lb Orange band: 3 sets & 2 hold sets Reverse FG wrist cable curls *This felt extremely hard with my forearms feeling shot 10x10, 9, 8, 7, 6 Finger loop pullups 10, 8, 7, 6 3 sets of crunches No H.I.T run today, will be playing basketball after work for my cardio. A great practice replacement workout, Forearms felt like they were about to explode and were worked to their very core. This has got to be one of the best forearm workouts I've had so far. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Broly Posted July 27, 2011 Author Share Posted July 27, 2011 July 25th: Upper Body work G4 cable rows 100x15, 140x12, 160x8, 165x6, 4 Chest press 150x15, 230x6, 6, 4, 3 GG pullups 10, 8, 8, 7 G4 DB Shoulder Press 40x15, 50x12, 60x8reg G4 cable laterals 30x10, 35x7, 6 GG tricep cables 30x7, 6, 6, 4 G4 Tricep cables 60x7, 70x6, 4 Cable Crunches 50x30, 20, 20, 20 H.I.T Run= 1 mile in 10 minutes. Great overall working to keep the blood flowing everywhere else. I've heard some contradictions when it comes to Arm wrestling training as far as working out other parts of the body that really aren't involved and some say it's good to keep everything strong and others say it's a waste. From what little experience I have, I feel much stronger when I try and just hit everything at least once a week and then get back into focusing on the movements and specific training. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Broly Posted July 30, 2011 Author Share Posted July 30, 2011 JULY 27th: Pulls G4 Hammer Curls Left: 30x10, 35x10, 40x9, 9, 6 Right: 30x10, 35x10, 40x6>35x3, 40x3>35x3>30x3 Heavy Concentration Curls 60x9, 6, 5 Terminator Wrist Curls 57.5x9, 8, 6, 10sec Strap wrist curls 20x8, 5, 4, 25x15sec, 15sec, 20 sec Terminator Hook (bands) 4 sets Strap Top rolls (bands) 4 sets GG pullups 8, 10, 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Broly Posted July 30, 2011 Author Share Posted July 30, 2011 July 29th Leg Day Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisJames Posted August 4, 2011 Share Posted August 4, 2011 Love your training log! Keep pulling and best of luck for the future. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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