Is strength proportional to the size or muscle mass? The answer to this question may differ from person to person. The importance of strength and muscle mass differs from sport to sport. If we talk about arm wrestling, it is a sport where several factors come into play besides the size of the muscles. A viral video, that turned out to be a lesson for many who belittle peers in the training compounds. A famous YouTube channel with 2.88M subscribers, Lessons in 30s, recently shared an arm-wrestling video.
Apart from showing the downside of being arrogant, the video also depicts that humbleness is the key to growth. So, what are we looking at in this video? Let us find out.
The lean arm-wrestler silences the bodybuilder with his strength
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In the YouTube video re-shared by Lessons in 30s, the young 19-year-old arm wrestler and a bodybuilder get ready to arm-wrestle. However, before beginning the competition, the bodybuilder sarcastically pulled up his opponent’s sleeves and laughed, looking at his biceps. On the other hand, the arm-wrestler stood calmly and reciprocated with a smile. What happened then?
Further, as the competition began, the bodybuilder tried all his strength to push his opponent’s hand to defeat him. However, the arm-wrestler didn’t even have to apply his complete force to deny him from winning. For around 20 seconds, the arm-wrestler stood still and let the bodybuilder use all his strength before he finally applied power to beat the bodybuilder. The bodybuilder was speechless and just smiled as he tasted the loss from a 19-year-old, and received an important lesson to not judge a book by its cover.
The viewers watched the video and loved the strength and body language of the arm-wrestler who schooled the bodybuilder with this one arm-wrestle. Let us have a look at a few of the comments on the video. The viewers wrote,
“That was the most chill face I have ever seen a human have”
“Bruh. The fact he didn’t mock or laugh at him after embarrassing him. What a humble beast😊”
“One guy trains for mass, the other trains purely for strength.”
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“his poker face deserve an oscar 🧐”
“Amazing how his face doesn’t show any tensions or stress. He won it with calm, strength and slow moves. Almost like if it was just a random effort for him. Impressive.”
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The intensity of expressions on both of their faces from the beginning to the end summarizes the competition. On one hand, the bodybuilder’s expression went from excited to it is not happening. Whereas, the arm-wrestler stood calmly all the way even after he won. What do you learn from this video? Let us know in the comments section.
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