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I've been hitting a lot of new feats lately. Getting stronger. Finally snatched a 50lb blob after a few years of trying. And did a sloppy combo feat of 174lb inch replica + 50lb blob curl by the face.

New double underhand cert from Cody @Beyond the Bend Podcast with a A4 6" bolt:

Thank you for this Jan! also, apologies to everyone for the hiatus. I’ve been intentionally avoiding the bending forum.. I know that if I stay in the mix I’ll end up back bending heavily and other training would fall by the wayside. I can’t even begin to relay how hard it has been to fight the urge to bend DO.. now that I’m stronger across the chest and front delts than ever before, I tend to drool thinking about what’s possible for me to bend DO now.

Probably the ugliest reps I’ve put in the thread... but hey... 350 for 3

Continuing the tradition of a winter grip contest started by Eric Milfeld and Paul Knight - we will have a DFW Grip contest this February. 27 Feb (Saturday) 4 pm. Weatherford Tx. this contest will be held on private property and will absolutely be hosted on time. PM if you have questions/concerns. Guests are welcome to protect themselves as they see fit but no one will be asked to anything other than enjoy themselves and lift strong. classic 4 event contest with ArmliftingUSA rule set - Silver Bullet hold with Captain of Crush grippers. A new out of the package #4 wil

It seems it is a pain keeping track of your workouts without writing stuff down, so I'll start a new log for that reason. Atm I'm doing a lot of pinch work with a knurled block I made. And I also recently made a 2" handle with an offset bar. A Holle dumbbell essentially but a smaller diameter. I also use a threaded bar for the weights on this so I can lock them tight. So it behaves like a solid dumbbell along with a offset handle, it's very taxing and difficult to lift. So I'll use that, the block, and another Holle dumbbell I have with 62.8mm diameter.

Couldn't agree more. Bending to light stuff for volume will not make you much stronger at bending. It might give you better endurance, better pain tolerance and tougher skin (if you use less wrapping) but to be able to bend harder stuff you need to bend increasingly harder stuff.

60mm offset Holle it training. Hardest setting 22.5kg x 3 L+R 32.5kg x 2 L+R 36.5kg x 1 L+R 38.5kg x 1 L+R 42.5kg x 0* R 0 Left but good "air" *pulled pretty high but not full lockout. Very Good progress for me. Bar at lowest "6 oclock" 2nd hardest setting . 52.5kg x 1 L+R 54.5kg x 1 R 0 L nearly locked out. 62.5kg x 0 but air L+R Bar at "9oclock" finger setting. 62.5KG x 1 L+R 72.5kg x 1 R 0 L

Stuff from this week Getting really interesting now

Here is the first interview from many that will follow. No other than @Tommy J. is included in this. Link: https://www.horrido-bending.com/post/interview-001-tommy-jennings Any feedback on this format? Just let me know!

Today’s training coc 2.5 12 reps right 7 reps left ghp7 2 reps right forced rep left ghp7 1 rep ccs coc 2.5 5 reps left Coc 2.5 11 reps right 5 reps left coc 2.5 10 reps right 4 reps left coc 2.5 8 reps right 5 reps left inverted Coc 2.5 5 reps right 6 reps left coc 2 15 reps right and left coc 1.5 45 reps right and left

If you’ve been watching Tim on Instagram you’ll know the dude is a BEAST. Smash the MM2!

I bent a Headless Goliath cut to 36” long flat bar today! Very fun bend! Here is video:

Drill rod is great, it really fights back throughout the entire bend. I like to describe it to people that steel is rated to 30º, but that after the initial kink CRS often "gives up" a bit and us usually easier on the crush. In contrast, if a piece of drill rod is rated 500 lbs it stays 500 lbs through the kink, the sweep, and the crush. It ends up being an exhausting fight. The same day I bent my first Red Nail I also bent a few pieces of 19/64 x 7" drill rod and the Red Nail was a 30 second cakewalk in comparison. It doesn't have to be horrendously expensive either. I get my drill rod f

It's a great tool. Have had mine for awhile but haven't used it much due to gripper obsession. Now I'll really give it a go. No, me neither. I made that one for a few reasons. I'll probably never own an axle but I wanted something that would benefit it should I want to compete down the road. It's the same mechanics just even more difficult, so I think it will be a great tool for that. Also the carry over from axle to grippers should anecdotally be good. And I would say that while the bigger diameter taxes the thumbs more, the smaller one taxes fingers and wrist considerably more, in

Friday's Session Axle Floor press: 92,5kg*8 92,5kg*7 80kg*10 80kg*10 70kg*13 Pinch Block 50mm 27kg*6 (best so far) then, tried 25kg with one hand, on a calibrated plates setup: Finally, Zombie Squats 70kg*6 70kg*6 60kg*8

You’re both psychopaths. I love it.

Tried these today, Michael. You ain’t kidding about the radial deviation stress. Very tough indeed!

If my goal was a specific length of bar (let's use the Red Nail for example), I'd choose the 15 pieces of Drill Rod in a heart beat. If my goal was a 6" bar that was a LOT harder than a 60D, then I'd choose the 15 pieces of Drill Rod every time.

Thank you my friend. Yes its a good amount of weight but also that is the easiest setting to lift on that handle, however The large diameter plates and the spinlock collars being drum tight gives it a lot of rotation though so its not easy either.

Thursday's Session Dinnie lift straddle Several warmups with 200kg, 220kg, 250kg 270kg*1, I did 5 singles, all feeling smooth Backoffs with 220kg* 1, 5 singles as well Plate hub lifting I just got a pair of 20kg hub plates, and tried to hub them. Just managed right hand this time, so I'll have to bring up the intensity in hub training. The hub has this curve that makes it harder than the hub plates that I tried before. Loadable Inch Replica 60kg * 4 , after 2 weeks of no thickbar training. Just maintained the strength. Then backoff sets wi

Bro! those 72kgs are fantastic!! you are achieving big numbers my friend

Keypinch Barbell Curl 132 lbs x 2 - YouTube

Your next step might be to try some 1/4” square CRS and see how it feels. If you do well there you can probably just buy M and N drill rod, but if it’s very hard you could pick up the I and L too. Roughly, 1/4x7” CRS will usually calibrate around 275 pounds. According to some theoretical numbers I have (that correspond well to the ratings people have done), I calibrates around 310, J around 330, K 340, L 380 (about like a 1/4x6 grade 5), M 400, N 420 (about the same as a 1/4x6 grade 8), and 5/16x7 CRS around 450. (Obviously steel varies.) If you asked my opinion, and I don’t know why

I think 40kg with my pinch block. 60kg with 2" Holle dumbbell And 45kg with 2,4" dumbbell Something like that.

Wasn't the plan, but since they won't delete my account I can't refrain from logging in constantly (which was the reason I asked them) so I thought eh what hell 😛

A new snapping cert today from Nico Oliveto with a 4.8 bolt!

210121 2" Holle: 46kg 10 singles. Many singles with 36kg. 36kg farmers walk 2 sets each hand.

Laying one arm press Did these with my inch trainer, felt like it hit my wrists really nice 13kg 2x10 17kg 2x10 Braced bending 12x500mm rebar ROUND 2 Could not move it. I will keep trying until it gives. The grade 5 bolt once felt impossible for me and now its a warmup. I just have to keep hitting the steel until I find the right positions to put maximum power into the bar. Bending 7x165mm nail DO imps x2 Plate curl trainer 5kg x8 10kg 2x3 7.5kg 2x5

You can use different wrapping for progression as well. That's how I did. Started double wrapping instead, then after I got stronger at that I was able to bend a red in singles. First I couldn't even bend it in doubles. Of course you don't need to single or double wrap, you can do everything in between that if you want as well just by cutting up your own pads in different sizes.

Nobody ever asks, "did you f@€k the hot chick perfectly?" They just want to know if you did it. Great job! Of course the barbell will be getting together with her barbell girlfriends tonight to rate every aspect of those reps. 🤣🤣🤣

Med ball overhead throw 12kg 4x5 1 arm floor press 12kg x 5 L+R 22kg x 5 L+R 26kg x 4 L+R 32kg x 3 L+R 36kg x 2 L+R 38kg x 2 L+R 36kg x 7 L+R Bent over row (thumbless) 30kg x 5 40kg x 5 50kg x 5 60kg x 5 70kg x 5 80kg x 5 90kg x 5 100kg x 5

Today’s training squat a single with 315lbs then 4 sets 5 reps 275lbs hip thrust 3 sets 8 reps 275lbs GHR 3 sets 9 reps DB box step ups 3 sets 8 reps 45lbs ab wheel 4 sets 25 reps also joined Reddit and tried the monthly challenge. It was max axle, pinch and gripper didn’t quite lock out 275 on the deadlift with fat gripz then did 265. Two hand pinched 2x45lbs plates didn’t have anything else to try to pinch Closed my ghp7 and my coc 3 with a wood 2x4 block so 1.5” set. Video sucks on the 3. Also today was my first time ever closing my GHP7

This weekends training: Saturday 1/16/21 Started of with sled work in the gym with 3 other training partners. Which did it with 4 different styles (holding a bar behind the back facing forward, Attached to our weight belt facing forward, Pushing forward and lastly pulling backward with a bar). Did 2 times down and back each style for a total of 8 times down and back. Took about 1.5 hrs between all our sets. Next week we made a promise to track the weight better Standing Barbell Overhead Press warm ups 190 lbs - 6x, 7x, 7x, 6x 245 lbs - single attempt. So Freaking

#1.5 2 reps x10 Let the hunt to close #4 start!

Horseshoes are great and I would love to have them in the game, but sorry they are totally not consistent and this is a big factor what's all about the horrido certs. So unfortunatley there will be no horseshoes from me. But you can find a really good and big progression list from beginner to elite from my friend Kalli here:

Yeah, its such a jungle. And unfortunately there is alot of good shoes that you can't get here in Sweden. The jump I made from Kerckhaert TDR to SSP and Meister was huge. If you want to shop shoes here in Sweden I would recommend TDR or/and Kings Steel DR to start with. I bent TDR size 2, 1 and 0 first time I tried horseshoe. I have bend TDR size 000 also, but it's very tiny and not to much fun to bend. Kings Steel DR is really easy shoe. Like I said, the jump from there is big. There might be some good shoes inbetween, but I have not found them. Meister D7 and SSP#3 was my next sh

FRIDAY, 22 JAN 2021 FOUR (4) ROUNDS OF: 3 ↑↓ FAT HANDLE WRIST ROLLER @ 9kg 30 FAT HANDLE REVERSE WRIST CURLS @ 9kg 30 FAT HANDLE WRIST CURLS @ 9kg 30 L&R HAND GRIPPER @ COC#1 30 CLOSE-GRIP PUSH-UPS <60s REST

Again a new cert out of italy! Stefano Chiera bent an A4 bolt for the cert list today!

Good interview Tommy and Jan!

You might find this helpful (or not, not sure if anyone linked it on the first page): http://www.fatbastardbarbellco.com/Benders_Bag_Road_to_Bag_Screenshot.PNG FBBC’s Road to... bag uses big jumps until the end of the line, where you do L, M, and N as very small incremental jumps before going on to the Bastard. I think that’s very reasonable. What are you bending now? What’s an easy bend and what’s just out of reach?

WEDNESDAY, 20 JAN 2021 FAT WRIST ROLLER + BELT PRONATION + BELT DEVIATION: 2 SETS = 10 ↑ + 50 L&R + 50 L&R @ 5kg; 60s REST FAT HANDLE WRIST ROLLER: 3 ↑↓ @ 9kg FAT HANDLE REVERSE WRIST CURL: 50+ @ 9kg FAT HANDLE WRIST CURL: 50+ @ 9kg 2 Sets of 10 ↑ = ~400 Total Rolls completed in two separate sets (one flexion focused the second extension) of ten consecutive clusters of ~20 Rolls Up Only (Speed Release Down)

You are very determined to achieve your size goal and I'm sure you will reach it with time, I will follow your updates, keep going man! PS. By the way, what's your height?

new braced cert from Cody from @Beyond the Bend Podcast with a strong 12.9 6,5" bolt!

Venue is confirmed for 27 Feb 🎯🎯🎯🎯

Grippers! #1.5 3 #2 3 #3 1 1 1 1 1 #4 0(8-9mm)PR 0 0 0 #3.5 0 3mm Gripper didnt stay in place but still sub 10MM! https://www.instagram.com/p/CKMbRlkgHR0/?igshid=fux5jz6urca4

Congrats to South Korea's Heo Won Jae for smashing the GHP Level 7 back in October of last year.

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