armwrestling advice ask paul maiden....

armwrestling advice .....ask paul maiden questions about training,armwrestling,etc

hello paul. what advice would you give to someone new getting into the sport ?

yo paul......how do you train your hands & wrists plateloader, dumbells,pulleys etc

paul!!...how can i drop weight quick and keep all power and muscle ??

Hello Adrian
well i didnt touch any sort of weights for atleast 3-4 years al i did is armwrestle and learn the trade to the point were i could wresle all day and apply a counter move to every move,it took longer to build power at the highest level that way but now i have the power along with all the skills,also you need to be at a club were you can be around as many top pullers as you can to learn,you will go backwards before you go forwards as it takes alot of time to master the moves correctly but given time all will come together...

Hi Nick
at the the moment iam using pulleys with a mixture of free weight exercies,i only train my wrist 1 time per week at the moment directly using a scaffold type bar hanging over the knee doing full curls till i struggle then in the same set finish of with half reps 3 sets as many reps as possible without going over 40 reps...i also use other training dys such as back to train my wrist but not directly,meaning as i pull the weight to my i rather let the weight hang into my fingers and as i pull roll curl my wrist at the sme time or start the exercises with my wrist curled in...

Hi Jo
well i use a high carb low carb style diet i.e on my lifting days i take in a large amount of carbs oats,spuds,rice,pasta etc to recharge my glycosyn levels and on my cardio days take in a small amount as your body doesnt need as much fuel,i dont eat any carbs past 4pm anyday which is fortunate due to i do all my training 6-7am which enables me to get my 6-7 meals in,i also dont eat any food after 6pm apart from a casein protein shake before bed which is a slow release protein to feed my muscles and aid recovery threw the night...i finding drinking massive amounts of water with fresh lemons left in over night keeps my water levels normal as most people who dont drink enough retain water around 1-2 kilos of excess water,i always do cardio on a empty tummy am times as your only burning what you have and not what you have eaten.Always try and keep your protein levels high this keeps your muscle anti catabolic(dont eat themselves)..

thanks for the reply paul.

how does it feel to be back armwrestling ....mr maiden .....

Feels very good thanks champ,also very sore esp the left but atleast i no iam not weak ans now have the base to build on,8 weeks time is going to be my testing time hopefully (touchwood) injury free and il be a very nasty peice of work to pull

hello paul, how do you train your toproll move & what training do you do for that..you looked very in control with alan greaves & gary rickets at rossendale rampage 2

Hi Nick
it used to be based around pullups(alot) and hammer statics done with a belt to work the roator at the same time,but since my injury i have only done about 8 sets of pullups...i now have a pulley machine setup perfectly to apply my stlye of toproll,mixed with 8 sets a week of full length curls 4 bicep,4 hammer curl done with a tricep rope,i also have a specilized back machine that simulates the seting up phase of the pull,i plan to start the belt statics once a week starting from this tue

thanks paul...

how many times a week do you do armwrestling training & do you train the same area every week or do you have different routines each week......

Hi Nick
i normally stick with the same routine i found that adding to much stuff complicates things and you end up losing site of what your trying to acheive,i train armwrestling with a partner 1 time per week but if i use my pullys etc then twice

thanks paul...

Paul,

How would you deal with someone with a larger forearm and wrist to you who would drag you towards themselves opening up your arm using their lats and then top rolling you. Is there a specific way that you would counter this? How would you train to grow stronger and stop this?

obk wrote:

Paul,

How would you deal with someone with a larger forearm and wrist to you who would drag you towards themselves opening up your arm using their lats and then top rolling you. Is there a specific way that you would counter this? How would you train to grow stronger and stop this?

Hey Pal
well the larger hands and forearms should really scare you so forget they exsisst i have the smallest heavyweight hand in the country but ask anybody who pulls it,its a bad boy
i would say firstly you have to use there leverage against them,if there using there lat to drag you i suspect they are setting up at the front of the pad??? if so grab there hand a little lower than normal as it no good fighting a guy were there have a natural advantage anyway,make sure you get wrist to wrist with him so your hold of a full hand,then lock your arm and use your lat to open up his arm,this will take away some of his leverage and also give you a consealed load,on the hit i would pull downwards at his hand as your lat is stronger than anybodys hammer curl and also lowering the levers to suit you than i would make a move side ways to try and drive his hand away from his shoulder hope this helps paul

PAULLL! question! is there any supplements to help with weight loss im dieting hard training daily all that is there any thing to help,im asking becuase i am not sure myself and dont know what is within doping tests i dont want to choose something that may be wrong lol! i dont know what the doping test allow and so on, i just want to get off weight quicker any ideas???

http://www.bodybuilding.com/store/nutrex/lipo6.html

Hi Jo these are my babys ive used them now for 2 years on and off very good just dont beleive the pics hehehe

appriciate that thanks mate hope fully see you soon!

Cheers Paul!

how's the arm's champ after last weekend matches

Hey champ they have just recoverd after 2 week tbh but no injurys and back at it 2mz hard

good to hear your arm's are ok