Mas Wrestling

[MartyFox1]

I built my own Mas Wrestling board a few years ago and me and the guys break it out sometimes if we’ve had a few beers and we have a dispute to settle about who’s stronger. This may be a dumb question, but am I asking for a back injury by pulling from a completely bent over position like you would in the sport of Mas Wrestling?

[Mark Rippetoe]

I have no idea what "Mas Wrestling" is. I'm not a big fan of touching men anyway.

[mitchless]

I have no idea what "Mas Wrestling" is. I'm not a big fan of touching men anyway.

The advantage of Mas Wrestling is that you're probably only going to touch a man's hands. You put your feet against a board between you and grab a wooden dowel. Then you attempt to pull your opponent over the board while keeping the dowel in your hands.

Here's Larry Wheels doing it:
Larry Wheels First Strongman Competition - MAS wrestling FINALS (Event 3/8) - YouTube

Alright, maybe you could end up with a dude landing on top of you.

[MartyFox1]

Mas-Wrestling: Egor Degtyarev VS Roman Iskenderov - YouTube

There isn’t actually any touching, you’re both sitting facing each other with your feet on a board between you, trying to pull a stick out of your opponents hands (or pull your opponent over the board). I found it to be like a long range-of-motion deadlift with some twisting and jerking... I guess I’m answering my own question here...

[Mark Rippetoe]

In that case, I'm still out.

[gadders]

In that case, I'm still out.

What about ear-pulling?

[Mark Rippetoe]

Okay boys, enough of this stupidity.

[MartyFox1]

What about ear-pulling?

Me and the dudes will have to give that a try! That is, if I don’t herniate my L5 Mas Wrestling first...