How to win at... arm-wrestling | Episode 2 | BBC Ideas

Want to win at arm-wrestling? Have you heard of the top roll strategy? The captain of the GB team shares his secrets to give you an edge.

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[kingzingo]

Lmao I don't want to break my friend's hand I want to win.

[wiandryadiwasistio]

i should be worried.

1.005 people watched this. there's a slight chance i will absolutely lose

[HoHSiS]

Step 3.5: Don't break your, or your opponent's, arm.

[anushkas]

But what if my opponent is stronger enough to keep his arm on place???

[Snowsnow]

Omg!! That’s help me win my classmate stronger boy 🤪

[gva]

So, basically dislocate your opponent's shoulder...mk

[nadiasultana]

My body has lots of energy but my hands are weak

[qvyxmid]

this guy wants to rematch me to an arm wrestle again because he lost against a girl so imma come back stronger haha

[theswayzeexpress]

Neil forgot to mention cupping! Super important!

[laimawolf]

*me, who bet my brother (whose biceps are litteraly the size of my head and is probably a body builder) that if I win in arm wrestling with him, I get his massive hoodie.... THATS HOW IM HERE-*

[joracer]

Wrong! you want your forearm shorter, the roll makes your arm shorter your opponents longer, the leverage points are moved giving you a mechanical advantage. Take a physics class. The torque to win is at the elbow it puts your opponent down. All things being equal say both generate 100 ft lbs of Torque at the elbow, we know the longer arm will be easier to move the 100 ft lbs of tq than the shorter arm, So the taller arm moves and loses. Use an example a lug nut was tighten to 100 ft lbs, short bar will be hard to turn the nut, remember in arm wrestling the nut (elbow)is trying to move the bar your opponents arm, but with a long bar it's very easy, hence the long bar ( the long arm) will move 1st and turn the lug nut ( your opponents elbow) and you will win. Simple physics. You failed your physics class or had a terrible teacher. In your example the fulcrum would be the elbow, the distance after it to the earth will be the length of your forearm. The farther you move the earth away from the fulcrum the harder the earth will be to move, long forearm = less Torque, short forearm = more Torque.

[NightmareZzK]

That’s won’t work on me unless there stronger than me at arm wrestling

[stylish_lerolero]

That day at school you in the middle of arm wrestle you say to your opponent useless !useless useless useless useless useless !useless !useless useless !useless useless !strength

[ikorn]

Then bend your wrist inward and pretend your wrist and chest are the same and go down with your whole body weight

[Suleimann._]

I aint gonna do thie it will break his arm

[johnbraucher]

Neil your voice!! It got...


Deeper!! Lol

No but seriously why did she say it's going to be expert advice BY Neil pickup and then proceed to speak in a British manner, with a higher pitched voice than that of the true Neil pickup?

[StressedSkizo]

The way to win is just to stay in and gets to da hentai

[andreabarone]

This video is bullshit, the toproll takes you to be stronger than your opponent in the forearm, also you would want to make your lever shorter... not longer, because the fulcrum is indeed the elbow but the bicep is where you put your force not your hand, that why people love the hook... also when you toproll you don’t make your opponents lever shorter you make them lose control of the bicep because their wrist is not engaged and you also make their lever longer, right about till their fingers, the thing you want to do after a toproll is to get your hand closest to your shoulder as possible and do a press with your whole body weight.... you will need to be stronger in the forearms than your opponent if you want to beat them with the top roll... or else they won’t make you do it, also this video lacks anatomy knowledge, there is literally no muscle that makes your body move your arm diagonally, its dangerous if you try, you could pull or tear a bicep and you could break your shoulder...

[nikolaveskovic]

As a state champion armwrestler i suggest you to stop watching this shit video because you are most probably going to dislocate your elbow or tear something, if you really want to get better at armwrestling and dont depend on sheer luck when we talk about injuries, you must condition your arm in a very specific way, i can't teach you how to do that over the comments but you can check out a channel called "Voice of armwrestling" or some of the big names in armwrestling like Todd Hutchings or Matt Mask, there are many armwrestling chanels out there that are much safer and will actually help you not beat only couple of your friends and peers but pretty much everyone you come in contact with, good luck, stay safe.

[zannix]

A girl just beat me at arm wrestling and I'm watching videos like this? You think I'll win? don't answer that, . I suck at this game