Sarah Bäckman

Sarah Bäckman

22 y/o 8 time World Armwrestling Champion

BIO:
Started armwrestling Nov 19, 2006 since I won a competition for fun in school, 14 y/o. I had no idea by that time that armwrestling would run my world for the coming years… and put me in a life I only could have dream of. I’m very blessed and thankful and totally believe that life is how you make it …– you get what you deserve coz anything you do pays off.

I did armwrestling from 2006-2013 and I’ve been to over 20 countries and been taking part in over 70 competitions world wide.

In february 2013, while training for the coming armwrestling season in Los Angeles, California I went to a WWE tryout and got signed. Since November 2013 I’m training at the WWE Performance Center at NXT in Orlando, Florida.

April 2014 I asked for my release from WWE.

Personal Interests: Working out, food, travelling, meeting people, shopping, party, love

Contacts:
FaceBook: https://www.facebook.com/WorldChampionSarah/
Instagram: http://instagram.com/swesarahb
Email: sarah@aldrigvila.se

A VERY COMPETITIVE PERSON…
“When I watch this, I miss arm wrestling so much!!!!!!! The feelings before a match and in a match. Even if my mind always was blank, like a black hole, it was like my brain was programmed to perform. I was always fighting like it was no tom…orrow. I did always use to say “I rather die than not win” and I was completely honest when I said that, coz thats how I felt. Now I know there is more in life of course But it’s fascinating how everything I did up to this point was just about this moment. I dedicated every breath and second to every moment of all my matches. It was the most important in my life, to win!!! So much pressure.. Anxiety. But love and passion for a sport and a feeling of satisfaction of yourself. Armwrestling will forever be a huge part of me.”

Her workout:

“I practice armwrestling 1-2 times per week and I work out at the gym almost every day. I love the gym, it’s my 2nd home. I plan the training myself. In the gym I train my whole body because I think it’s fun, and of course I focus a lot on armwrestling exercises – wrist, forearm, side pressure, back
pressure, etc” (World Challenge).

• one or two body parts a day, with two to three exercises of up to
  30 sets for each. 
• heavy, basic, compound movements, with a lot of emphasis on
  Olympic and powerlifting movements.
• low reps- she never does over 6 reps.
• Fat Gripz work for everything from chins and dips to rows to
  build bone-crushing grip strength.
• hammer curls and dumbbell rows to build a strong brachilais,
  which in turn helps her top roll 
• walks 5km four times a week and rocks 10 sets of 100 m sprints
  afterward.

Her diet:
She credits the Pauline Nordin’s Fighter
Diet with her physique, which is a modified paleo diet consisting of mostly massive slabs of ribs and steaks accompanied by a pile of veggies.

Her lifts:

Deadlift: 300 lbs
Squat: 235 lbs
Bench Press: 190 lbs