Post by toddzilla on Aug 30, 2007 9:40:38 GMT -5
Name (First+Last): Todd Hutchings
Age or Birthday: May 30th. 1966
Profession: Mechanical Engineer
Height: 5' 11"
Biceps size: medium
Forearm size: medium
Location (City/Province/state): Monticello, South Carolina, USA
Armwrestling Titles:
Who do you train with/Team name: South Carolina
Year you started pulling: 2000
Weight you compete at: 198-242
Favorite Pulling style: Loud and violent, mostly inside, usually broke wristed ( I am working on fixing that )
Toughest Match you've pulled:
Favorite tournament you've attended:
Supplements Used: Tribulus. I don't know if it makes a person stronger, but it certainly makes the Mrs. smile and giggle (if you know what I mean).
Favorite Puller/or somebody you look up to in the sport:
Travis Bagent for his ambition and innovation in trying to develop a professional tier to Armwrestling.
Igor Mazurenko for the same reasons and for doing it first.
Crazy George Izakoits for developing a uniquely personal style of pulling and being so effective at it.
How often do you train: Pulling 1-2 days, weight training 5-6 days.
Training tips:
Forget everything you've ever read or seen in Bodybuilding magazines.
Measure your strength with a 1 rep max, if it does not increase regularly, change something or everything.
Get coaching, get some decent practice partners. Find experienced pullers and take their advice, but not their training regimen. Training should be individualized.
www.sidepressure.com
The Westside system is one of a few systems proved effective for all sports.
www.westside-barbell.com/
My interpretation of Westside armwrestling training:
Monday Max effort squat/deadlift
rest periods can be up to 5 minutes
drag a sled with my hands holding 2.5 inch pipes, arms locked in Armwreslting position, walking forward.
Max out on a squat or deadlift variation
Back 4-6 sets of 3-5 reps. Some type row or good morning. perform rows with fattest handle or barbell your gym has (1 use 2 3/4" - 3" barbells)
Biceps 4-6 sets of 3-5 reps.
Triceps 4-6 sets of 3-5 sets.
Tuesday Max effort armwrestling
rest periods can be up to 5 minutes
Max out barbell lifts, I have 12 different barbells, I work out to a max on a different barbell each weak
Max out on Voevoda lift. I named this after the Russian I saw do it first. You put a heavy dumbbell or barbell on the floor or in a rack. Sit down next to it. Lock your arm in a arm wrestling position. Lift the weight with your back keeping you elbow locked.
some classic wrist curl variation with 2.5"-3" handle or barbell 4-5 sets 3-5 reps
some reverse curl or hammer curl variation 4-6 sets 3-5 reps
Wednesday armwrestling practice
Pull in your worst move. if you win more than half your practice matches you are wasting your time.
If you beat every body in practice, order some jump-stretch bands and use them to help your opponent. (You pull the opponent and the band)
Thursday Dynamic effort squat/deadlift
All rest periods are 60 seconds or less (in competition you get 1 minute between restarts)
Prowler (a sled you push) 6 -8 trips of 100 feet, fast as I can.
6-9 sets box squats with 50-60% my 1 rep max + bands.
Back 4-6 sets of 6-10 reps. Some type row or good morning. perform rows with fattest handle or barbell your gym has (1 use 2 3/4" - 3" barbells)
Biceps 4-6 sets of 6-10 reps.
Triceps 4-6 sets of 6-10 reps
Friday Dynamic effort armwrestling
All rest periods are 60 seconds or less (in competition you get 1 minute between restarts)
drag a sled with my hands holding 2.5 inch pipes, arms locked in Armwreslting position, walking backward.
side pressure 6-9 sets of 3-4 reps with 50-60% 1 rep max + bands -or- circa max routine.
some classic wrist curl variation with 2.5"-3" handle or barbell 4-5 sets 6-reps
some reverse curl or hammer curl variation 4-6 sets 6-reps
My optional days
Wednesday mornings
All rest periods are 60 seconds or less (in competition you get 1 minute between restarts)
Prowler (a sled you push) 1 lap around the gym (0.3 miles) as fast as I can with 100 pounds of weight. I usually have to stop 2-5 times
Plyometrics- tossing a kettle bell or dumbbell from hand-hand
lower back
abs
Sunday mornings before church
max out on side pressure
-or-
6-7 sets of heavy isometric side pressure or back pressure
some light wrist work.
That's it. Very simple and very basic but it put me in the top 10 of the world within 5 years, without the use of any illegal substances.
Gripper training per Austin Slater
For grippers instead of doing reps try this; Alternate overcrushes with your
#2 and negs with something above your #3. If you have an elite or a harder
#3 that will work. With the #2 you close it and keep it closed for 5 sec.
but the goal is to close it as hard as possible to bring a spike of force.
Your actually trying to grind the handles down if it would be possible.
Sounds kind of goofy but it will work. Then for the negatives you take a
gripper you cant close and you do an attempt on it, force it closed and try
to hold that position or as close as possible for 5-7 secs. Here is what an
example workout would look like:
warmup trainer, #1, #2
#3 for a single or attempt
Then alternate overcrushes and Negs
#2x5 sec. overcrush
Elitex5 sec. negative
#2x5 sec overcrush
elitexneg
The volume will be up to you. I usually quit when I cant close the lighter
gripper for an overcrush. There are a bunch of other routines to try but
this one is a good one to start with. Then finish with your pinch and wrist
work as you normally would.
I dont do reps on the grippers other then a change of pace and most of the
big gripper guys done either. If you dont have something above your #3 then
I can bring you an elite or something that you can use for negs, its no
problem and you have helped me with my training so I would be glad to give
you a gripper. Also do you set your gripper? If your not sure what this
means then let me know and Ill explain it, if your not doing this, then
adding this in will make a big difference with your #3. Sorry for rambling
and Hope this helps
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One more thing to try with the grippers. Alot of the big gripper guys do the
routine that I gave you alternating overcrushes and negatives. Another
popular routine and the one that worked the best for me was to take a
gripper that was one level above my goal gripper or in your case your #3. I
have a ton of grippers so its easy to find one that is barely harder then my
goal gripper. Your #4 is probably too much of a step to use but maybe take
your #3 and put the helpers on it and that should make it about perfect. I
havent used those yet but they should work fine. I would do 6-10 attempts on
it. Its basicly a negative but I would attempt to close it and then force it
in repeatidly over and over again for a duration of 5-10 sec. Some guys go
longer like up to 20 secs and that would probably work as well. I would do
this for a couple of wks, 3xwk and then take a single on the #3 without the
helper or added resistance and Im betting you will kill it. Hope that makes
sense and if not feel free to ask away.
Goal(s):
To have a profile as interesting and popular as Chris McDonell's
Sponsor(s) Always looking, none found so far. This takes a set of skills I do not possess.
Anything you would like to add/statements/comments:
Beginners, please get out of the Novice classes as soon as possible. Novice pullers do not pull correctly and Novice classes are breeding grounds for bad habits and poor perspective. In the heyday of Armwrestling, when todays monsters were cutting their teeth, there were no Novice classes.
No matter how much time and treasure you've invested, keep in mind at this point in history armwrestling is still a game. Keep it fun.
ESPN is arguably the worlds authority on sports, they place armwrestling in the same leaque as Scrabble, Rock-Scissors-Paper, and jumping out of airplanes on snowboards.
You are, afterall, trying to win prizes by pushing down another mans hand.
Go to church, it makes everyting better.
Feel free to contact me at any time if you think I can help you with anything.
