What happened in the nationals ?
To answer quickly about my results , I lost my matches. There are elimination rules, meaning that you are out when you lose 2 matches. The finals can have different rules. As I suspected I was too slow in the starts and were consistently caught in losing position immediately. Anyhows I managed to give at least some resistance to the ones I wrestled. Tere was also an incident where I got a bonus match, this was because I was supposed to pull against number 189 but
by some reason number 190 came up. The judges didn't notice the mistake so we had a pull and afterwards when the secretaries was going to register the result they discovered the mistake.
At the competition I learnt more about myself psychologically than I learnt about armwrestling techniques. I was quite nervous before the first match , but after that was done, I was calmed down. I didn't know what to expect before the first match. Later on, I felt it was just a matter of trying to "survive" the starts, trying to catch the opponents quick starts.
After the competition there was a dinnerparty for the people who have been at the competition. A great dinner : pork filet with potato gratin and sallad. After eating, I went to get some autographs and chat a little bit with some people there. Armwrestling experts everywhere. Time to get hints and tips! And guess what ? Having "small hands/short fingers" like I have is not a disadvantage. While chatting, I was told that there are a guy called "Skogshuggarn" ( means lumberjack in swedish) who has small fingers but was known for his unpleasant grip.
It turned out that I have same size of fingers as Skogshuggarn. He told me about a good way to utilize the hands. I wanted to try the new ideas i have been taught, and since they had a righthanded table there, it was no problem. Now the armwrestling I could do was improved greatly. It was feeling more natural.
During the evening I was chatting and armwrestling ( I have no idea how many times I was trying to wrestle ) and making new friends. When I went to bed I had really sore arms, not from the competition but from the dinnerparty (since I pulled a lot there) !!!
I learnt a lot there, met nice people and got motivated to attend more competitions to follow up
the progress. I have changed my training a bit, doing different exsercises in a different way. I still practice grip straining, but have lowered the resistances. I have focused more to strengthen the stabilizers of the upper arms. This will reduce soreness when armwrestling I hope.
Thank you Ove ( my step dad) for driving me to Ludvika, keeping me company and supporting me. I appreciated that and I know you appreaciated to learn more about the armwrestling sport !
by some reason number 190 came up. The judges didn't notice the mistake so we had a pull and afterwards when the secretaries was going to register the result they discovered the mistake.
At the competition I learnt more about myself psychologically than I learnt about armwrestling techniques. I was quite nervous before the first match , but after that was done, I was calmed down. I didn't know what to expect before the first match. Later on, I felt it was just a matter of trying to "survive" the starts, trying to catch the opponents quick starts.
After the competition there was a dinnerparty for the people who have been at the competition. A great dinner : pork filet with potato gratin and sallad. After eating, I went to get some autographs and chat a little bit with some people there. Armwrestling experts everywhere. Time to get hints and tips! And guess what ? Having "small hands/short fingers" like I have is not a disadvantage. While chatting, I was told that there are a guy called "Skogshuggarn" ( means lumberjack in swedish) who has small fingers but was known for his unpleasant grip.
It turned out that I have same size of fingers as Skogshuggarn. He told me about a good way to utilize the hands. I wanted to try the new ideas i have been taught, and since they had a righthanded table there, it was no problem. Now the armwrestling I could do was improved greatly. It was feeling more natural.
During the evening I was chatting and armwrestling ( I have no idea how many times I was trying to wrestle ) and making new friends. When I went to bed I had really sore arms, not from the competition but from the dinnerparty (since I pulled a lot there) !!!
I learnt a lot there, met nice people and got motivated to attend more competitions to follow up
the progress. I have changed my training a bit, doing different exsercises in a different way. I still practice grip straining, but have lowered the resistances. I have focused more to strengthen the stabilizers of the upper arms. This will reduce soreness when armwrestling I hope.
Thank you Ove ( my step dad) for driving me to Ludvika, keeping me company and supporting me. I appreciated that and I know you appreaciated to learn more about the armwrestling sport !
posted by arm nerd at 15:33
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