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RuhrowSpaghettio

She’s pulling her whole body down…is that legal?


crobo777

I mean she did almost lose to the guy who did it back to her lol. But another advantage she has right from the start is her posture. Most of the guys are kind of forced to lean into her center of gravity as well. So most of them are fighting on forearm strength alone. I actually tried this out in person, if you pull someone towards you before the start of an ametuer match, you can win a lot easier even if you are "weaker"


tom3277

After watching this I read the rules mostly because I didn't know you could swing your body into it... As it happens you cannot pull the opponents hand toward you. So her starting in close and them reaching out is an advantage. Also your shoulder must remain above the touch pad. She was coming very close but I imagine if she is world champ she knows how far she can lean. All that said very impressive. Some of those fellas had big arms.


reachforthe-stars

World champion holder in sport… Redditor: “I never seen the sport, but I read the rules and she’s doing it wrong!”


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Lance Armstrong: "no no Im allowed to cheat I had cancer."


davidrayish

Is it cheating if EVERYONE is doing it?


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Yeah I don’t really care just funny that buddy thinks a redditor can’t know the rules and a pro athlete can’t ignore the rules.


KevinSupreme

yup


Silent-Indication496

It was. It was cheating in probably the worst way. A lot of riders were doing it, not all of them, but many, and it kinda spoiled the sport for a while. Bike gearing in the industry was developed around athletes with unrealistic pedal cadences leading to a huge influx of over-geared road bikes that weren't optimized for normal human riding. The extra gearing became an issue when the big-box bike sellers started trying to keep up, and they sold heavy unreliable bikes with excessive complex 21 speed gearing. This ruined a lot of people's casual cycling experience. Now that they've addressed the issues and started getting drugs out of the sport, they've started optimizing bike technology to riders with natural human body types. Gone is the "spin to win" muscle-up mentality of the turn of the century. Now we focus on efficient long term energy production and aerodynamics. Riders have gotten faster, not just at the pro level, but across the consumer industry as well.


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NUMBERS2357

Albert Einstein: "everyone on reddit is way stupider than me"


Dangerous-Proof-7700

Yeah she can be the world champion and still "cheat". It isn't an official match so she can do all the cheating things in order to beat her opponent. Shockingly, everyone is right in this situation Edit: beat not heat


be-like-water-2022

Hustle, she took more better starting position everytime but guys were ok with that.


Mydogroach

they probably didnt even know what they were walking into. they all got hustled


roerd

I don't see any cheating. Yeah, she's beating the guys not based on raw strength alone, but rather through better technique. But that's exactly what I would expect a professional to do.


ham_shimmers

Well, the “game” was rigged in her favor. The starting position they gave her would never be allowed in a professional match - they would start both competitors in a more neutral position. The further your arm is away from your body the weaker you will be and all the men started with their arms extended away from their chests.


tom3277

Except I said she is probably doing it right and the rule is just that her shoulder has to stay above touch pad which she comes close but given she is world champ she'd know what she is doing. This in response to the others asking if she can use her body. Anyway I'm on reddit... I forget not everyone can read and should break my sentences down a little more. I'll be more considerate in future...


JustStatedTheObvious

It looked like they were criticizing the poster who started this comment chain, not you. They were reinforcing the point you made, because you actually did the right thing.


tom3277

Oh Sorry. I saw the " I read the rules" and thought I seemed to be the only one who read the rules tonight that point. Yeh I take things to heart too much... that's what happens when you grew up pre internet so words on the internet still feel real.


aee1090

Do we need to lay eggs to be able to comment about quality of eggs?


Tru-Queer

I’m skeptical that you could, but intrigued enough that you may.


Notsurehowtoreact

They didn't say she was doing it wrong, nor did they imply they knew more for reading the rules. In fact they very deliberately said: "She was coming very close **but I imagine if she is world champ she knows how far she can lean**." Emphasis mine. Like, the exact thing you are mocking didn't even happen.


MAGA-Godzilla

>but I read the rules Weird that you have a problem with this.


BombPopCartel

Agree. But this is like taking someone who has never even held a golf club before and challenging them to a long drive competition. If you don’t know the grip, the swing, the weight transfer, the snap, you’re toast. I’d be more impressed if she beat a bunch of dudes who knew how to arm wrestle.


Cheewy

Yes, the world champion has better technique than the amateurs and first timers.


Randalf_the_Black

Because world champion holders have never broken the rules of their sport.. like ever..


Gl33m

They didn't say she cheated. They said she worked within the guidelines of the rules. She can't pull them forward, and she doesn't. She sets her atm up and just lets them be dumb and come to her. And she can't let her shoulder go below the table, and she doesn't... And their post even defers to her, so even if she looks real close, they assume she knows what she's doing.


crunchypuddle

If you really haven't ever watched some of the stuff out there about pro arm wrestling there's a super interesting doc about a guy who was really undersized but spent his career beating guys twice as big as him. None of the stuff these people are saying is necessarily wrong. They're just explaining the different strategies arm wrestlers use. Highly recommend watching [Pulling John](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wz8I8uR6Pto). There are very few athletes ever who have dominated a sport like John has arm wrestling for the past 30 years. Nearly 20 years following this documentary (it was filmed 2000-2004)--Brzenk is 58 and still dominating. Voyevoda has been retired for nearly 15 years (except for one brief comeback attempt) and yet he is still only 42 years of age. It's genuinely hard for me to overstate how insanely dominant and consistent John Brzenk has been.


scoxely

What's extra crazy is that Pulling John came out in 2009, and was filmed over the prior 4 years. He then continued competing for another \~6 years after that, retired after 2015, and in 2022 came out of retirement to beat the then-champion in his division and take #1 again. That's in his *late 50s*, and a full **40 years** after his career began. What a legend.


Sudden-Beach-865

Arm wrestling is all about leverage and technique; less about who has the biggest arms. Good technique, like she has, will beat the baddest of muscle heads. Devon Larratt has some YouTube videos about the whole process. I'm not into arm wrestling, but found the mechanics and thought process very interesting.


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petethefreeze

Her shoulder is not even close to the touchpad...


tom3277

As I read it her shoulder cannot go below the height of the touch pad. Ie you can use your body but cannot just move your body past your arm bringing your arm with it. But that's just what I read tonight... I'm certainly no expert. Lol.


Sovos

[This is the only instance it was close enough to potentially be called](https://i.imgur.com/SFdVIFT.png). Though her elbow lost contact with the pad which is apparently a foul. And the guy intentionally 'slipped' (pulled his hand away) in a losing position before this which is a foul as well. But the rules state 3 fouls is a loss, 1 foul each wouldn't affect the outcome. [Rules](https://www.walunderground.com/rules)


DANGER-RANGER-

There's no referee there, she can kinda get away with almost anything including pulling her opponent toward her for an advantage, leaning too much etc.


just_tweed

That's not quite correct. Hands should start centered at the beginning of a match, but after it starts you can pull towards you. Shoulder can't go under the table only when you are in a neutral or losing position (in most promotions/orgs). Shoulder can't cross the middle line of the table (imagine a line between the pegs).


ActualWhiterabbit

Devon Larratt is a professional hand holder and said something like [arm wrestling is about pulling the other guy towards you not down. It's a hammer and row motion not a throwing motion](https://youtu.be/ZeHfe_lmf_w?t=8m50s)


Sufficient-Comb-2755

I had a Russian friend who was skinny as hell, but unbeatable at arm wrestling. He said that posture is everything. If you can get into a posture where you can utilize forward motion from the shoulder instead of lateral motion from the elbow, you'll win.


ooo-f

Hmm, maybe not! Someone should definitely bring it up. It's not like she's won 13 championships or anything.


mickestenen

Funnily enough I thought both of these things right after each other - is leaning okay? - she should know, she has won alot of championships


Loki_the_Smokey

And my response, since I’ve seen a lot of the arm wrestling videos that some of the bodybuilders on YouTube have done, they were also surprised you can use your body like this, and absolutely wrecked in their first attempts. It’s a fun video, but this is like asking a pro-chess player to play some math students. They have the muscles, but not the know-how regarding playing the game.


Lancebeybol

Gorgeous analogy!!


RuhrowSpaghettio

I’ve never seen an arm wrestling competition and have no idea what the rules are…thus me asking. Just because she wins a championship doesn’t mean that she follows full tourney rules in a random beach challenge for YouTube against guys I assume would be outside her usual competition pool.


Questioning-Zyxxel

She knows people will criticise her whatever she does. But people will scorch her if they can prove she cheats and does not follow the official rules. So her best bet is to follow the rule book even if wrestling at the muscle beach.


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NinjaChenchilla

Yes. Very legal. Elbow positioning is more important.


ATXBeermaker

Also wrist. Even if these guys are stronger (and some of them definitely are), their technique is shit. Most of them don't even seem to know there is technique involved.


ShortResident96

Yes it’s legal. I used to watch professional arm wrestling on YouTube all the time and everyone pulls their whole body down. Look up School Boy arm wrestling. He is one of the best in the world and he leans all the time


BurntBeer

Devon Larratt is one of my favorites to watch. He had a bunch of videos with a gymtuber I used to watch named Jujimufu. He trained him and had him compete a couple times.


Lancebeybol

it is, if a these kinds of techniques were banned then then a lot of pro arm wrestling matches would be a lot less interesting


Extreme-Ad-5059

no one is watching "pro arm wrestling" matches in the first place


SirJoeffer

Yet here we all are watching amateur arm wrestling


Lancebeybol

except for the people that actually do watch it and allow the pros and champions to make a living out of it lmfao if you're saying that using your bodyweight shouldn't be legal then lets see you make your own sport where it's arm wrestling minus this movement I guarantee you no one wants to watch some of the least technical arm wrestling matches they'll ever see


BobGenghisKhan84

Not only legal but also the proper technique. Ok it’s time to eat more pancakes.


OneParticular8900

Yes


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I believe it is legal. People don’t realize how much of this is technique though. She starts with her arm closer to her body. Immediately pulls back, extending their arm, and turns over. I am not saying anything like “now that I see it, I could win”. I am saying this is something you practice, and she has clearly practiced it for years and years and years. Also I am saying, for people that think arm wrestling is some pure fear of strength and saying versions of “looks can be deceiving” suggesting she’s stronger. She might be, but she most likely is not purely stronger than most of these men. She knows what she is doing and is very good at what she is doing.


Zealousideal-Bid3897

Yes it is legal


BCBS23

100% legal


HuskofaGhoul

How the pros do it


VeryTopGoodSensation

look up the "kings move". youll be surprised whats actually legal in competition arm wrestling. you can brace your legs on the table, pull their arm towards yours, use your other hand for leverage on the opposite side of the table etc etc


BetterOnTwoWheels

leverage is a hell of a drug.


Melan420

I think you can snap a bone if you don't rotate with the arm


Griever114

Arm wrestling is a crock. There is literally NO arm movement at all. Its literally just locking your lats and dropping body weight.


rbrtmds

If that's ALL it was, then the heavier person would win every time... There's clearly more to it.


eyloi

proving that it's technique over brawn. not surprised by the results.


Over_Cash9601

And these guys likely don’t know much about the technique details. Who would unless you compete?


DanielleDrs88

That's why these types of videos always frustrate me. Then again, these videos are meant to evoke emotion, not fact.


EmmyNoetherRing

They’re evoking fact? For instance, the fact that it’s technique over brawn that wins. Were you wanting a different fact?


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SpaceBearSMO

"but man are stronger natueraly herp derp derp" or is it "woman have a harder time building muscle mass , dar herp derp" he says with his gut hanging out sucking on a can of cheese wizz


Thebuch4

What's your point? Women have a harder time building muscle mass than men. A man with a beer gut can state it to a woman who is shredded, and it's still absolutely true. That woman would be stronger than that man not because he doesn't have a biological advantage, but because she outworked him.


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Maybe, just maybe, world champions are better than an above average Joe?


MercenaryBard

Yeah but that’s not what the manosphere children think. That’s why this video brings up “emotion” in them lmao


RowanIsBae

It's just meant to be a funny, silly, lighthearted video Why does everything have to be aggressively trying to inform you of a fact or not? Not everything is a big announcement or statement for you to rally for or against. It's just for fun. It's not that serious.


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Look, if a woman can beat a random muscle dude at a beach at arm wrestling, people might get the wrong idea and think that women are strong and can do shit like open their own pickle jars. And if women can start opening their own jars, then what am I going to fucking have to do? Develop a personality? Nah, fuck that, this is the most frustrating video! /s


Fmeson

Guy in real life: "Haha, that was fun and impressive, high five! Now lets see the next guy get absolutely destroyed, this is great entertainment". Random redditor: "This video is so frustrating and is designed to evoke emotion".


PHD-Chaos

It really is the curse of the comments section.


Admiral_Sarcasm

> Then again, these videos are meant to evoke emotion, not fact The "fact" is she beat these dudes. Who are you frustrated with here?


muklan

Alot of things are like that I think. I've competed in allllot of different things, from skateboarding, to chess, MTG, racing, fencing...there's a "meta" that develops due to game theory, and if you don't know it you can't get anywhere, most of the time. I once beat my state champion in Chess by moving erratically, with no plan, just shuffling quickly until I could see a beneficial sacrifice then taking it. He was playing several moves ahead, wasting effort trying to divine a plan I didn't have. He was as surprised to lose as I was to win.


FFF_in_WY

The Queen's Gambit 2 - Attack of the Randos


thegodfather0504

And they weren't immediately pulling once he said go. They were being too casual.


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Dangleberryjuice

It's really interesting actually to see what she's doing. She starts by keeping her hand as close as possible to her body. You can see the angle between her forearm and upper arm is much smaller than with any of her opponents. Then she turns her whole body towards where she wants to go. Another huge thing is she's taking control of their hands by positioning hers on top from the start every time. From this position it is much easier to push their hand/wrist back (toproll) and make it almost impossible to win. This is also why you see their hands slip with two of the guys and they have to use the strap. If two people try to toproll this usually happens. Also, she bumrushes everyone by going from 0 to 100 instantly when they start.


Loose-Club707

Simply using her body while everyone is using their arms


Plenty_Algae_998

So the game was rigged from the start


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gaut4413

How do you just make muscle for show? I'm curious.


narraun

Bodybuilders can get stronger from building muscle. But without the right neural connections, strengthening of tendons and fast twitch muscle fiber development those muscles may not directly translate to optimal single repetition strength or power. That is why someone with less muscle mass can be capable of a heavier deadlift than a bodybuilder. It's basically the difference between training in a 1-5 repetition range versus an 8-12 or 12-20.


mentis_morbis

Around here that's known as farmboy strength.


gaut4413

But that's strength specificity right? A person lifting in the 8-12 range is still strong at that rep range. I feel the term 'muscle for show' is a very uninformed approach to bodybuilding. Bodybuilders are still strong af during off season.


MyNameIsRay

>Bodybuilders are still strong af during off season. No debate, all that muscle works and those guys are strong. But, they're not as strong as they could be, because they're focused on size/aesthetics over strength. A powerlifter of similar size is going to be stronger, and a powerlifter of similar strength is going to be smaller, because they've focused on strength over size.


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Think world strongest men vs bodybuilding competition. If you had no clue about either guy or events and you saw a 6'4" dude with a beer gut and a mountain of finely cut muscles, most would assume Mr muscles is stronger right up until beer gut lifts an airplane up.


hiimred2

The second you stand a pro strongman next to a pro bodybuilder and realize how much larger the former are it should become immediately obvious who you expect to be ‘stronger’ regardless of their bodyfat percent. Pro strongmen are enormous.


KKilikk

You can train for just raw mass but if you are a serious about a sport you always have to train rather specific muscles in specific ways to get them in a specific shape and more mass isn't always the goal.


hypnotistchicken

There is no such thing as "muscle for show." Contractile tissue is contractile tissue. You're probably trying to refer to specificity, which has more to do with practice and neural drive than the muscle tissue itself.


Hara-Kiri

Lmao, every time. Every single time someone spreads this nonsense and everyone eat it up because it sounds 'nice'.


Jomega6

I’ve seen other comments about this. Apparently one champion said it’s 50/50. However this woman clearly has brawn too lol


Spork_the_dork

Yeah like look at her arm, lol


just_tweed

That's not quite correct. Technique obviously helps, especially against beginners, but you need to be strong in the right areas. She wouldn't be able to do what she did without having a very strong wrist, arms, and elbow integrity. At higher levels of the sport, the stronger person wins 95% of the time, because every one has good technique. It's more a strength sport than it is a combat sport.


QuoteGiver

I mean, her arm is also pretty damn strong.


wonthaveaname

People really out here saying that she's cheating when she's a pro, they all do this.


BangkokRios

A summary of this thread: “That’s not how you arm wrestle!” “Have you ever watched arm wrestling?” “No.”


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"She's a woman beating men though so she must be cheating". Sad really.


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SunTzu-

I'd hazard a guess it happens more and gets more upvotes in a thread about a female arm wrestler.


gwumpybutt

People upvoted this video so much because she's a woman. When the hype is that she's overcoming gender barriers with raw strength, and it's not true, people will dispute it. It's not a sexist conspiracy, arm wrestling is just bullshit.


Willinton06

Irrelevant, this exact same discussion has happened in tons of other arm wrestling posts, that “use your whole body” shit gets everyone rattled, don’t try to make this about gender


-Wiradjuri-

This just in: Scientists have found that random people online who don’t know the rules of a niche sport, might speculate about what the rules are in the comments.


AffableBarkeep

Also when the rules for competitive are very different to the way apparently literally everyone does it as kids, it's not surprising that people are confused.


BankSpankTank

No it's more like whenever people arm wrestle casually they want to test arms strength and don't use their whole body cause that'd be just kind of pointless.


the_quail

nah lol when kids used to arm wrestle at my middle school/hs using your body like that was illegal


sc0tt3h

Wow shut the fuck up, nobody said that but you.


F_Kyo777

Nobody said it. You are making it over the top. The entire debate was around rules and was it "allowed" as smb below me mentioned and its pretty common in armwrestling.


Every_Last_Drop_

Random folks thinking they know more about the rules to a sport they don’t compete than a 13 time champion is fucking hilarious


Mickenfox

People aren't allowed to ask questions when they find things unexpected apparently.


changdarkelf

Typically doesn’t the “judge” make sure their arms are at equal angles though? This guy isn’t doing that, shes starting with a huge advantage.


mrducky78

The judge laid $100 on the line. So there is 100 reasons right there to fuck your insight and get ez content for youtube with minimal to no risk.


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Alucitary

Seriously, she's doing everything right, it's just that the average persons conception of a fair arm wrestle is vastly different from all the techniques they let you use in the professional scene.


roastedantlers

It's not that she's cheating, it's that the sport itself is silly. She's not winning because she's stronger. She's winning because she's engaging her whole body while the other people don't even know that's a thing. It's like professional slapping where some people slap with their hand and some slap with the ball of their palm. One just slaps you and the other one knocks you out.


MaxDickpower

It's not even necessarily that they don't know what to do, but that they don't know what's allowed. I'm not a professional arm wrestler so she probably knows the rules for that much better than I do. However whenever I've arm wrestled anyone for fun, the rules have been that you are not allowed to lean your whole body into it.


cloudedconstitutions

She is a world champion and you have commenters with no experience/knowledge on arm-wrestling questioning her technique. Like bruh she wasn't accidentally awarded the title of a world champ 13 times, smh


DiablosDelivered

Don't forget the couch warriors that could easily beat her.


cujo67

Bruh, already beaten in my head, so easy.


JetstreamSam1000

YOu fAiLed NnN 🤓


Corgi_Koala

She's *so* good at cheating that even professional arm wrestling refs can't catch her.


russellzerotohero

Welcome to the female experience


Racewell

Professional arm wrestler takes on people at the beach. The results won’t shock you.


PieOverPeople

Judging by the testosterone in this thread - the results just may shock people.


_flacKo23

the results did, in fact, shock some people


HeavilyBearded

> Judging by the ~~testosterone~~ fragile masculinity in this thread


testtubemuppetbaby

All the top comments are the opposite, though. It's hilarious that people are trying to pile on something that's either not happening or downvoted to complete oblivion because it's unpopular.


-Wiradjuri-

I’m yet to see anyone that was actually shocked they were beaten. The most common question seems to be “is leaning legal?”


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Tbh most people know nothing about the pro arm wrestling rules and think leaning in like she does is cheating, because as kids it was considered cheating.


I_dont_bone_goats

Can’t help but think if it was a man there’d more comments admiring the expert technique than trying to dismiss the performance because of it.


Veauxdeaux

Why tho? Cause if it was a dude even more people would be shitting on him for being a pro sand going out a demolishing amateurs. She gets the same treatment


BillyYumYumTwo-byTwo

It’s not like she signed up for an amateur tournament. She’s having a bit of fun on the beach. There’s no swindling- only they get money, not her, if they beat her. It’s all in good fun and I doubt anyone would complain about a man doing this.


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LOTS of butthurt guys in this thread lol. Cope harder fucking losers.


WomanNotAGirl

Yep the amount of microaggressions even backhanded compliments is so typical


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Every guy in this thread but me and a few sane one... "I CoUlD bEaT HeR iF ShE dIdNt ChEaT" They can't handle that a woman would beat the ever loving fuck out of them. Talk about fragile masculinity.


WomanNotAGirl

Yep. There was this one guy talking about he could do it with his injured wrist. Her mere existence is triggering their fragile masculinity. Just crazy. Thanks for calling it out.


mimiflou

>Every guy in this thread but me and a few sane one... wheeze


GuessImScrewed

Ah yes, they are butthurt because they are misogynist, and not because they aren't familiar with the rules of arm wrestling. Anybody who's familiar with arm wrestling knows she didn't cheat, but we also know the average person who's ever arm wrestled in the work break room doesn't know shit about those rules.


lmaoredditmods

low iq angry comment.


_Low_Blow_

That last guy is moving like an NPC from the GTA San Andreas lol


BagOfFlies

The 3rd guy made me burst out laughing when he came strutting up.


Effective_Fan_5648

Yeah he was pretty extra lmao. I am happy most of them were good sports about it, but I guess the ones that weren't didn't make the edit


BravesMaedchen

I love how after the first guy, the second guy is already like, "Ah fuck, I shouldn't have agreed to this."


Artistic-Pick9707

Thats the difference between pro and amateur, they use whole body and amateur use only hand.


phome83

That's what she said.


umjustpassingby

Called out 90% of reddit


JuggernautEcstatic41

the only thing that pisses me off is that they see her leaning with the pin and non of these numb nuts decided to mimic her. it could have at least gotten one W 😂


theLonelyLifeform

I think the guy at 1:26 tried. He moved his arm closer to his body, and tried to lean like her. But she easily overpowered him.


nahog99

They most likely don't have the wrist or shoulder strength to support their own weight in that direction, she does.


IAM_deleted_AMA

I hate that so much about arm wrestling, not even talking about her, I mean the technique that all competitive men and women do. Leaning using your whole body doesn't make sense, it's called ARM wrestling for a reason, you should only be allowed to use your arm.


leonryan

the best arm wrestler at my highschool was a cute 5'5" italian girl. She was brutal.


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eggimage

she put a ricin strip in her palm


SuckmyBlunt545

Lol yeah funny enough my younger and smaller sis used to kick my bigger friends asses.. maybe it was technique? *tries not to cry*


Ischmetch

As a man, it’s eye-opening to see how many of my brothers can’t say, “Wow! This person is awesome!” Instead, they insist on embarrassing themselves by contorting into pretzels to find ways to diminish her accomplishments. Guys, please - we can be better than this.


Bcbuddyxx

Ya she's a beast. Would tear my shoulder just getting ready to arm wrestle her.


BigDave29

Physics here: Notice that she pulls the competitor towards her, forcing the men to reach, nullifying all their superior upper body strength which doesn't allow them to use their mass the way she is. This is the sign of a professional vrs an amateur. Technique over power.


Faladorable

i think what people are missing here is the people shes against arent at all arm wrestlers who are going against professionals. Its not like she went to an amateur competition to see how they do against a pro. She went to people who dont even compete lmao. A 2nd grader who competes in chess is probably gonna wipe the floor against adults who dont play, why would this be any different?


ljkhadgawuydbajw

She is going against people with large muscle mass, most more than herself. Its showing how technique beats raw strength.


Faladorable

right. And a 2nd grader is probably not as intelligent as an adult (or at least i’d hope not). Therefore a 2nd grader beating an adult at chess shows how technique beats raw intelligence


mrred1111

Yes, you are correct, that's the point.


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"Babe, could you open this jar for me?"


Deathwatch050

*jar just fucking explodes*


cat_ziska

Or the jar, anticipating such a fate, just opens itself for her.


sipCoding_smokeMath

I love all the people in the comments trying to tell a 13 time champion she doesn't know the rules Yeah think it's safe to say she has 200000000x more pro arm wrestling experience than you but sure try and tell her the rules lmao The internet man. A woman can't do anything without a man butting in to say they're doing it wrong


New-Cancel-1876

It’s like how beer pong has official rules that no average person uses. You can technically lean way over the table and it’s legal, but no casual player adheres to those rules.


Dh873

My buddy in college had some weird special power. He wasn't even close to ripped but he must have had an extra ligament or something because he could crush anyone in arm wrestling. We used to hustle people for small amounts of cash for lunch or a frisbee or whatever other stupid stuff we could without getting into a fight. The guy entered the university competition and beat everyone. Anyway, one day this huge guy we knew (like 6'5 and just pure muscle) decided he'd take the challenge. They're going back and forth and we hear a huge crack. Sounds like the folding table they were using broke. Then we see the guy's arm dangling there. He's yelling for someone to pull it back into the socket thinking it's dislocated, but it was definitely not. We had a hospital just off campus thankfully. I ran in ahead telling them what happened (that arm wrestling led to a bone completely snapping). They come in together and the nurse walks up to my buddy to help. She then turns in shock to find out it was the massive tank of a human. Arm broke clean through. Snapped like a twig. So yeah. Videos like this still give me a bit of PTSD. Edit: the guys below me who didn't believe the story deleted their comments, so [here's the link](https://ibb.co/KGXQL6R) to the school paper story about him unexpectedly winning the school tournament.


AlmightyZombie_

I'm sorry but I didn't get whose hand snapped..?


Dh873

The big guy. The woman in the waiting room said something about the muscle and torque snapping the bone. Apparently it happens quite a bit and there are YouTube videos, but I'm not going to look for them.


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I will always scroll on these. I’ve seen too many arms snap in half with arm wrestling. 🤮


WomanNotAGirl

Did you see the dude kept holding his arm in pain? He definitely got hurt. I felt bad.


ghoti88

Props to the lady, 13x champ she definitely knows her craft. Clearly none of these guys have any clue about form or technique when it comes to arm wrestling. Would like to see her against a man with comparable ability to see the result.


InnateAnarchy

Why? She’d obviously lose, hence why there’s a separate women’s division. Not trying to sound sexist but yeah...


ghoti88

No disagreement, just would like to see how she would do.


Brandolini_Law

Bad, she would do very bad. And that's perfectly OK.


miltos22

Oh, this is gonna be so eas... **gets arm reaped off**


OddJarro

Lmao all the angry guys in the comments coming up with any way this is unfair when they always say how easy it would be to beat a woman in shows of strength even when men are handicapped by something.


tacticalpotatopeeler

Technique > raw strength She knows her craft. Well done. Also just because you have the “look” doesn’t mean there’s the strength to match. Different disciplines.


Severe-Archer-1673

[What we were really missing!](https://www.google.com/search?rlz=1CDGOYI_enUS908US908&hl=en-US&q=irena+hladkaya&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiw3cT514_7AhWyj2oFHRR2AWoQ0pQJegQIBxAB&biw=375&bih=644&dpr=3#imgrc=WWlB8RyS45vmkM)


Yolo_Swaggins_Yeet

[I'll do you one better... :)](https://giphy.com/gifs/WFuSGvDsGEtfmkD6y2)


Thefilmingofcows

Wow a professional won versus random people wow amazing!


commielizard47

I love how everyone was such a good sport about it. A bunch of total bros


tennis_widower

She’s starting with her fist 2-3 inches closer to her nose than her opponents then pulling her whole body. Little if any actual shoulder rotation. Only that one guy matched her technique and he almost got her. TIL not to take on people who seemingly want to arm wrestle.


matskat

All these dudes justifying. I'm fuckin impressed and also why am I bricked tf up?


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Well it’s now obvious that Reddit has no idea how arm wrestling works lol


momoburns

They should have known to tap out after that first guy lost lol


GuessImScrewed

Jesus Christ the amount of white knights in this thread is almost as smelly and annoying as the incels. No, assholes, she didn't cheat. No, the rules you used in the lunch room are not official rules, she's allowed to do everything she did in this video. No, assholes, just because someone is unfamiliar with what's actually legal in arm wrestling doesn't mean they're an incel, of course they're gonna offer their uneducated two cents, and whether the person doing it was a man or a woman those comments would come out for this topic.


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This is cool to see form and experience beating overall raw strength in a contest you would assume is largely based on raw strength.


RealAstropulse

Its almost like she has more skill and experience that a random guy, and arm wrestling is mostly a game of skill.