Artem Babenok – Over the top. 09:00 05/28/2014 Inspired by the character of Lincoln Hawk, Artem decided to write his own armwrestling life scenario. Not what you were looking for? Search for other text. “Over the top”, starring Sylvester Stallone, was a great way to promote armwrestling. When that movie came out, the number of armwrestlers al over the world grew exponentially. This was also the case with Artem Babenko. This movie made me try armwrestling for the first time – recalls Artem. – This kind of movie was very popular at that time, everyone wanted to be like Stallone and Schwarzenegger. It was at that time that I’ve first gone to a gym. I’ve gotten into armwretsling when I was at the university. Mu first coach was Alexander Denysiuk; he’s shown me the basic rules of training and techniques. When the time came for my first university contest, my coach promised to perm his hair if I got one win, and grow a mustache if I got too (laughter). This was a great motivation, so I did