Rob Bigwood is a vegan, animal rights activist and an Interactive Designer currently working at Atmosphere BBDO in New York, NY. He also is one of the top Professional Arm Wrestlers in the Northeast and currently ranked eighth in the United States in the 242 lb. division. He has won over 40 state tournaments covering the entire country, as well as the a left-handed World Championship in 2006. The goal of this blog is to prove that athletes don’t need meat or animal products. Connect through Facebook or rb@rbigwood.comTumblr (3.0; @rbigwood)http://blog.rbigwood.com/<iframe width="400" height="300" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/UqscvS7HVA0?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/>http://blog.rbigwood.com/post/20230988189http://blog.rbigwood.com/post/20230988189Sat, 31 Mar 2012 12:38:20 -0400rob bigwoodveganvegetarianathletenew yorkarm wrestlingarmwrestler<iframe width="400" height="300" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/encWHrC1Bnw?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>This is the second time I have been on an arm wrestling table in about a year. My brother is using two hands and my dad using a rope to help me train side pressure. I’m thinking about jumping into the <a href="http://www.nycarms.com/" target="_blank">New York Big Apple Grapple</a> this year to see where I stand. It’s always hard to compare hours in the gym with hours on the table.</p>http://blog.rbigwood.com/post/20230824977http://blog.rbigwood.com/post/20230824977Sat, 31 Mar 2012 12:35:17 -0400rob bigwoodveganryan bigwoodarmwrestlerarm wrestlingathletenew yorkvegasun warriorvegetarian athlete<iframe width="400" height="300" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/a-6_XRJc_6w?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/>http://blog.rbigwood.com/post/19533756857http://blog.rbigwood.com/post/19533756857Sun, 18 Mar 2012 17:10:36 -0400<iframe width="400" height="300" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/rIrowhSUziA?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/>http://blog.rbigwood.com/post/19533589084http://blog.rbigwood.com/post/19533589084Sun, 18 Mar 2012 17:07:50 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m0uag6ayM51qzyulyo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Check out my latest <a href="http://intellectualyst.com/interview-with-rob-bigwood-the-vegan-arm-wrestler/" target="_blank">interview</a> by <span class="cab-author-name">Anjali Saree</span><span class="cab-author-name">n</span><span class="cab-author-name"> of </span><a href="http://intellectualyst.com/" target="_blank">Intellectualyst</a>, an e-newspaper built on the ideas that the world needs change and progress to grow, and that thinking critically about who we are and what we do are the tools for that change.</p> <p>My favorite question she asked was…</p> <p>Q: “Tell me about arm wrestling – what’s it like? What made you get into it?”</p> <p>A: Professional Arm Wrestling is cool! Too many people think its a bar sport where out of shape meat heads growl at each other over a table, but it’s the complete opposite. Arm wrestling is a legitimate sport that takes serious training, dedication, technique and focus. It’s also extremely intensive on the body, muscles, joints and ligaments. This sport hasn’t been tainted by money like most others and it’s one on one, if you lose there is nobody else to blame but yourself.</p>http://blog.rbigwood.com/post/19247693513http://blog.rbigwood.com/post/19247693513Tue, 13 Mar 2012 16:04:54 -0400Rob bigwoodarm wrestlingveganvegetarianprofessional armwrestling<iframe width="400" height="300" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/A9Raht_zVLI?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><h1 id="watch-headline-title"><span id="eow-title" title="Armfight 40 extra bonus from Vendetta in Vegas">Armfight 40 Vendetta in Vegas!</span></h1> <p><span title="Armfight 40 extra bonus from Vendetta in Vegas"><br/></span></p>http://blog.rbigwood.com/post/19138737502http://blog.rbigwood.com/post/19138737502Sun, 11 Mar 2012 16:56:03 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m0a62hg4Vx1qzyulyo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Dan Mims of <a href="http://www.theethicalman.com/" title="The Ethical Man" target="_blank">The Ethical Man</a> was cool enough to ask me a few questions about veganism and the sport of professional arm wrestling. Click <a href="http://blog.theethicalman.com/post/18446982729/rob-bigwood-will-pump-you-up" title="Rob Bigwood T.E.M. Interview" target="_blank">here</a> for the full article.</p>http://blog.rbigwood.com/post/18627630671http://blog.rbigwood.com/post/18627630671Fri, 02 Mar 2012 18:18:00 -0500<iframe width="400" height="300" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/crD65WwfO9w?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>Some matches from the 2010 MMA Arm Wrestling tournament held in Atlantic City, NJ. Some featured pullers in the video are Roman Tsindeliani (12 Time World Champion), Shawn Lattimer (3rd Ranked left-handed Super Heavyweight in the U.S.A), and Dan Sorrese. I ended up taking first place left handed and second place right handed.</p>http://blog.rbigwood.com/post/1619682167http://blog.rbigwood.com/post/1619682167Fri, 19 Nov 2010 12:21:20 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l95rzifxpY1qzyulyo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>I’ve created a Facebook group called <a title="Vegan Strong" target="_blank" href="http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1621826080#!/group.php?gid=130359160343571&ref=ts">Vegan Strong</a>. It will feature some bad-ass vegans and create a community for like-minded individuals to teach and inspire.</p>http://blog.rbigwood.com/post/1167874683http://blog.rbigwood.com/post/1167874683Wed, 22 Sep 2010 13:16:30 -0400<iframe width="400" height="300" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/b5uAXAwBlbI?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p><span>Teaser for the 2010 Ultimate Arm Wrestling League television show.</span></p>http://blog.rbigwood.com/post/892642985http://blog.rbigwood.com/post/892642985Mon, 02 Aug 2010 06:14:54 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l681jlXEwX1qzyulyo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><a title="UAL" target="_blank" href="http://theual.com/">The Ultimate Arm Wrestling League</a> has to be one of the most exciting things to happen to this sport in a long time! Take a peek at the website for upcoming events, current champs and etc!</p>http://blog.rbigwood.com/post/866278010http://blog.rbigwood.com/post/866278010Tue, 27 Jul 2010 10:57:21 -0400<iframe width="400" height="300" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/z1bn0WpOdyc?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/>http://blog.rbigwood.com/post/863699789http://blog.rbigwood.com/post/863699789Mon, 26 Jul 2010 21:11:16 -0400<iframe width="400" height="300" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/yxLVz9tNvvU?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>The right arm is shot so I might as well focus on the left!<span> Brooklyn, New York 7/26/2010.</span></p>http://blog.rbigwood.com/post/863696577http://blog.rbigwood.com/post/863696577Mon, 26 Jul 2010 21:10:24 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l64x1hY8de1qzyulyo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>280 lbs. before I moved to New York. I worked out 6 days a week when I lived in Jersey, now I’m lucky to even get a few days in a week.</p>http://blog.rbigwood.com/post/858486369http://blog.rbigwood.com/post/858486369Sun, 25 Jul 2010 18:27:00 -0400vegetarian,rob bigwoodveganpro armwrestlerstrongest veganpeta<p>I&#8217;m ranked third left handed and fifth right handed in the Northeast United States. Looks like I need to start training some again!</p> <p><a title="USA Rankings" target="_blank" href="http://maine-armwrestling.com/blog1/northeast-rankings/">View the rankings here.</a></p>http://blog.rbigwood.com/post/858400947http://blog.rbigwood.com/post/858400947Sun, 25 Jul 2010 18:02:18 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l64v8o3Ivq1qzyulyo2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l64v8o3Ivq1qzyulyo3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l64v8o3Ivq1qzyulyo4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l64v8o3Ivq1qzyulyo5_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>Some pictures from the Bronx tournament from a few months ago. I didn’t compete that day but hung out with <a title="Jason Vale" target="_blank" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hmkkwBTqVPc">Jason Vale</a> and <a title="Mike Selearis" target="_blank" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6O8ToHkkyOI">Mike Selearis</a>.</p> <p><span> </span></p>http://blog.rbigwood.com/post/858355105http://blog.rbigwood.com/post/858355105Sun, 25 Jul 2010 17:48:00 -0400<a href="http://aliensdayout.blogspot.com/2009/12/welcome-to-vegan-gun-show.html">Welcome to the Vegan Gunz Show </a>http://blog.rbigwood.com/post/858290190http://blog.rbigwood.com/post/858290190Sun, 25 Jul 2010 17:29:04 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l5wyq8NJEh1qzyulyo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>I was selected for the 10th Anniversary Issue of <a title="Vegnews" target="_blank" href="http://www.vegnews.com">Vegnew’s</a> The Hot List! What an honor to be sharing a spread with <a title="Vanessa" target="_blank" href="http://vanessa-lengies.net/">Vanessa Lengies</a>. “From tough guys to artists to the toasts of Tinsel Town, these 10 vegans are making the world a better place.”</p>http://blog.rbigwood.com/post/841012789http://blog.rbigwood.com/post/841012789Wed, 21 Jul 2010 11:22:56 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l5m0nz1pWa1qzyulyo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>My name was mentioned along side Mac Danzig and Tony Gonzalez in the July issue of Maxim Magazine! The article is called <a title="HE-MAN VEGANS" target="_blank" href="http://www.maxim.com/humor/stupid-fun/93472/he-man-vegans.html">HE-MAN VEGANS</a>. Check it out.</p>http://blog.rbigwood.com/post/815872556http://blog.rbigwood.com/post/815872556Thu, 15 Jul 2010 13:31:00 -0400Mac DanzigTony GonzalezJohn Josephrob bigwoodhe-man vegansMaxim magazinego greentough guys<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l5lyk6hUsO1qzyulyo1_250.png"/><br/><br/><p>Check out my latest “<a title="Not Your Typical Treehugger" target="_blank" href="http://www.treehugger.uproar.org.au/rob-bigwood/">Not Your Typical Treehugger</a>” interview from <a title="UPROAR" target="_blank" href="http://www.uproar.org.au/">UPROAR</a>.</p> <p>Yet we have no­ticed over the years that many peo­ple car­ry around a tired old set of an­ti ve­g­an prej­u­dices, just wait­ing to un­load them on the first un­sus­pect­ing ve­g­an they come across. You’ll of­ten hear th­ese peo­ple mind­less­ly char­ac­terise ve­g­ans as pale, weak, wast­ing away, tree hug­ging let­tuce munch­ing hip­pies, most­ly with­out ev­er hav­ing met an ac­tu­al ve­g­an! The aim of the Not Your Typ­i­cal Tree­hug­ger cam­paign is to in­tro­duce you to re­al ve­g­ans in the com­mu­ni­ty, from all walks of life, and in the pro­cess take a sledge­ham­mer to un­in­formed and in­cor­rect prej­u­dices about what it is to be ve­g­an.</p>http://blog.rbigwood.com/post/815725381http://blog.rbigwood.com/post/815725381Thu, 15 Jul 2010 12:45:00 -0400