In the building I worked was a healthy young buck that practiced this sport. He would take all comers on the hood of a car.
One day a plasterer was working in the building, average size and not young.
That day I learned that plasterers use a hawk and trowel, ALL DAY LONG AND LOADED WITH PLASTER.
After being put down the big guy said, "LEFT HAND?" That was a huge mistake! Not even a struggle.
Underground? Why? Is it somehow illegal? I cannot imagine why. Then again, it is NYC.
"The first rule of arm-wrestling club is you don't talk about arm-wrestling club!"
Try concrete workers. They pick up two cinderblocks with one hand at a time.
Several years ago Hollywood put out a heavily-promoted movie starring Sylvester Stallone on the subject of arm wrestling. I never saw it because of the subject—if they’re going to make a movie about arm wrestling, why not make one about tic-tac-toe?
One day I was eating in a restaurant out in farm country. A blacksmith was at another table. The owner knew the blacksmith, and gave him an iron skillet so he could demonstrate something to the crowd.
The blacksmith took that skillet and twisted it into the shape of a pretzel. He then passed the skillet around.
It was one of the most amazing things I’ve ever witnessed.
It’s not how big you are or what you do for a living, it’s your genes.
I know a guy, 5’8” - 160lb or so, he works in the office and doesn’t work out in any way. He makes all comers “feel like girls”, hundreds of them. One guy gave him a contest but he beat him, and another guy made him feel like a girl.
There’s an arm wrestler on youtube that doesn’t look like much next to the freaks he beats, “Schoolboy”.
My favorite arm wrestler is Schoolboy. Has the innocent look of a Covington Catholic School kid... and it’s exceedingly rare to see him lose to even the largest of men.