Heck no, I saw a guy get his arm snapped off in that Sylverster Stallone movie... or was that a Youtube video?
I remember Sylvester Stallone having a movie about arm wrestling; it was probably that. Although watching some good arm wrestling matches on youtube might not be a bad idea. Back to your original post though, calculators do not determine things like whether you're slow twitch or fast twitch dominant, CNS efficiency, stabilizer maturity, etc. If you are slow twitch dominant, then it'd be pretty close; however, if you are fast twitch dominant and have a highly efficient CNS, then you would be able to get more weight than what the calculator says. Personally, I'd say your max is around 255 to be honest. I'm going by the way I'd determine my own. The last time I got up 185 x 10 reps, my 1RM was around 255lbs. Anyway, as a fitness enthusiast it's good to see so many hunters involved in resistance training. Nobody around here hunts anymore unless they're older in age (sad, it's WV) and that's primarily why I joined this forum....if nobody is going to let me talk about hunting and discuss bows with me, my as well join a bowhunting forum. :D
Your thumbs are arms Crik I don't arm wrestle due to my jacked up Elbow. There is an art to arm wrestling as well and it doesn't matter how strong you are, this point can be seen in the following video. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hDrijM0H_Uc
Ah, the wrist technique and leaning. it's hard for me to use those though where my arms are so short.
Yeah right I have seen your forearms Arm wrestling is something I was very good at years ago, I have taken down many a men that were much much bigger that me. Definantly an art and not a strength thing. The one I remember the most was a Brother to a friend of mine that was having his batchelor party. He was about 250 lb of stockyness, not fat, and I was around 175. I beat him 4 times in a row and he was getting some kind of pissed off :D He just was not going to quit till he won and I wasnt going to let him :D Finnaly his brother pulled me to the side and talked me into faking a loss cause it was his day I did, but he never knew it Fun times. Now back to topic,,I have not tried a one rep max in along time. I did get 245 X 2 on a 4th set about a year ago but never tried just a warm up and a max out er. Hell im to old for that anymore anyway
i use the max chart and a few others (%charts). i use them as tools to track my progress/regress and to give myself something to shoot/goal for.
According to the max bench calculator I just used, my 1RM should be 278lbs. I just benched 295lbs (un-racked it myself, no spotter other than my wife, who weighs 115lbs on a good day). I'm fast twitch dominant though. I can only bench 185 probably 15 times.
DUDE!!! I must be the other twitch, I can do 185 for 13-14 reps but know im no where close to that max. well done!!
LMAO, Im actually in an actual OFFICE for 2 weeks, I cover for the boss when he is gone,,,what else is there to do? Give me the wrenches back,,im not cut for this stuff
Agree with Crick... I put up 185 cleanly 11 times yesterday, but can't imagine 295... I am curious, but would be pissed off beyond belief if I injured myself so that it hampered my bowhunting trying to put up real heavy weight... hence the point of this thread, I guess. Congrats again on the 295... that's awesome! (... as Jason snickers at all of us... :D )
The reason I'm fast twitch (and a lot of it is CNS efficiency) is that I hadn't done high reps for about 5 years up until a few months ago. I would do 3x5 or 3x3 on my lifts, but never ever above that, not even on pullups (I did weighted pullups instead). Bloodcrick, do you know what your current 1RM is? Don't sweat it man. Not everyone maxes. You know where your lifts are about. I figured up until I hit 295 that my max would be 275-285, but after years of training my CNS I guess I was a little higher than I expected. The last time I benched 305 I could get 185 probably 17 times or so, just never tested it. I always did 225 rep tests. Maybe just keep pumping though and max after bow season? If you read that article I posted by Dave Tate earlier guys, the average intermediate lifter might recruit 70% of his maximal muscle tissue. You have Golgi Tendon Organ, that doesn't allow your muscles to exert 100% of capable force, so using dynamic training allows you to activate more motor units, and the result is to utilize more strength. Beginners tend to use about 50% of their maximal muscle force, while intermediate and above tend to utilize about 70%.
