Matthias Schlitte Is A Modern-Day Popeye
Total Pro Sports - Okay, I promise not to make the joke about how this man's arm got this way. Let's just say the joke has something to do with why that high school basketball coach in Idaho is in all that trouble.
The man pictured here is 22 year old German arm wrestling champ Matthias Schlitte. Most people shy away from arm wrestling, especially knowing someone can have their arm snapped in 2 (or 3 or 4). If you have an arm like this kid though, I guess there's no need to worry.
This man claims he has been training for 6 years to grow the massive trunk you see on his right arm. I guess you could say this guy is a modern-day Popeye, although at least Popeye was symmetrical. Schlitte's right forearm measures 18 inches around. 18 inches! The man you would think would be embarrassed to be associated with Popeye (I mean its not exactly a flattering comparison) was just that, stating emphatically:
Many people’s first association with arm wrestling is a beer-soaked bar-table and drunken sailors – which is completely wrong.
While its fun to gawk and mock him, what Schlitte has done is actually quite ingenious. If you think about it, by only increasing the size of his one forearm and no other part of his body, he has allowed himself to arm wrestle in lower weight classes, even though his arm is as strong or stronger than much bigger men than him. Like Schlitte himself said, the older and more experienced fighters smiled at him for being so light-weight, but they weren't smiling anymore after he won. Sylvester Stallone didn't have to game the system in Over The Top, but you gotta do what you gotta do.
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Um, Popeye arm Hellboy fucktard seems to be losing in the vid…
His fantastic fapping forearm doesn’t seem to help at all.
It also seems that having a short arm rather than a big arm is the key…
and I just found a sport that is more boring than watching chess being played.
That’s your opinion (about it being more boring than chess). His larger than normal arm do help. More than that, his enormous hand helps. He’s a very good armwrestler. Nobody ever claimed he was the best in the world and he’s not, just the best in Germany (still a very good accomplishment). His large arm is mostly the result of a birth defect, his bone structure is just huge, that’s not going to be a huge benefit in armwrestling. It’s a lot more about technique, wrist strength, rotational strength, and tendon strength than it is about genetics.
It amazing me how many of you have commented and used foul language and scrutinized this guy for what he did. It’s just like when poeple flipped out over Mrs. Obama wearing shorts. Seriousl poeple…do you have nothing better to do with your time then harass another human being for doing something that you do not deem appropriate. Grow up and get a life. No, I would never do something like this, but who am I to judge….and who are all of you to judge!
wtf r u talking about
i agree , elephantiasis. if you look at his forearm it’s very swollen,if he lifted weights his forearm would be ripped. everyone is missing that not just his forearm is big, but his hand is alot larger than normal how ?????
This entire approach depends on the idea that only the contact arm is contracting during competition. Untrue. The chest, shoulders and abdominals are active during an arm-wrestle – and these need developing. But if he’s dominating his weight-range, well cool.
looks like popeye….
thats great his resume says im a good arm wrestler. you know damn well hes never been laid ever hes ugly as sinn and he has an arm thats about the size of a his whole body so lets see here popeye would you rather be a regular arm wrestler or a circus freak cuz i think i know where you would make money. why the fuck would you just do one arm? why not just do pullups like everday all day and do both arms? anything but this what a stupid fuck.
dude your an idiot leave the poor guy alone, his enormous right arm is the results of a birth defect, lifting weight and armwrestling only right handed surely has a little to do with it but mostly it was just a birth defect! His right forearm was twice as big as his left even as a baby.
too much wanking….
it srsly looks like he has some sort of disease,or like the arm is swolen hahahah ewwww
His arm looks more like its made up of synthol… the rest of his body appears to be lean, where as his arm looks fat.
For those dont know what synthol is look it up in google images, its an oil bodybuilders inject ito blow up their arms to make them bigger.
Stupid though, as it doesn’t aid strength as far as im aware.
Tank from Left 4 Dead 2!
Hehe, that’s what you get from wanking too much…
fapped to much
all that introduction and he still lost. fag. cruising around with an arm like that would suck dick. and that hand wtf. i never heard of working out your hand
Holy crap, when I first saw that pic I thought his arm had some sort of infection that caused swelling…didn’t actually know he intentionally built it that way.
I wonder what his training is like…
But I do know that arm wrestling incorporates more than just your ‘arm wrestling’ arm…you need your body and your other arm to be strong as well. It’s almost a total body sport.
hahaha he’s a true wanker LOL this statement is within context whether or not its true doesnt matter : )
Real life charger.
u guys have it wrong… Do u honestly think his arm would be that big if he trained both his arms????? guys do that ALL he time…. the reason his arm is so freakish is because he has obviously focussed on it intensely………….
of course hes not going to work out his other arm, you only need one arm to wrestle… any additional muscle on his other arm would have no benefits other than forcing him into higher weight divisions
and those who are saying that his arm is not ripped are retarded…. arm wrestling requires stamina… what you guys are talking about is definition which is purely aesthetic…
if he really was in it for looks then he wouldnt be where he is now…. good on him for goin at it hard’koh!
i find this pretty damn cool, and really smart to be honest, but i wouldn’t wanna look like that, even if i was world champion in my weight class(; and also, i dont think he just trained his right arm, guess he also trained his right breast, and all other muscles that you use while arm wrestling, dont think his that dumb