Arm wrestling is so skill based
that this match only makes sense for entertaining general public.
That doesn't mean that bodybuilders are weak. The more advanced ones have usually enough muscle mass and are on enough steroids that even their counter-productive training (from strength perspective) gets them decently strong.
On the other hand, young and underweight weightlifters and powerlifters don't usually move significant poundages even if training "correctly".
Paradoxically, young amateur "bodybuilders" training for looks only, soon recognise that they cannot achieve bodybuilderesque physique without chemical enhancements and easily surpass in terms of strength/muscle mass (which is heavily correlated in inexperienced trainers) their counterparts training for strength sports.
That makes some sense, because while strength sports are possible without doping, bodybuilding in current form is simply not.
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omnitruncatedkraken from Empire Algol, Sun 15 Sep 2013, 10:05,
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