Steel Benders Hall Of Fame

[Donc101]

9 hours ago, KapMan said:

 

But no one talks about it unless they post a “look what I did” and even then theres what 3 here that currently post regularly.

No innovation, no nothing except ancient stuff from 5-8 years ago. David horne seems to be the biggest promotor with his steel shredders contest (which I wasnt aware of because apparently its like fight club)and then you have 1 contest here. 

Im an idiot though, what do I know. I just feel a way about things. 

 

Shawn, I started bending in 2016, after the BB days. It looked like an awesome time back then with lots of people bending. It is a great time to be bending now too. There is tons of stuff going on. We had the Bay State Bending Bash last year. It was the first big, in-person bending only contest since 2012. We have another one this year I am putting on in Michigan. I think we are going to have a big showing for this contest.  We have the Steel Shredder contests and are on #4 for those in the past 2 years.  The current event has 34 competitors from 9 countries and we still have almost 2 months of time left in the contest. Those contests definitely are not “fight club.” David posts all the time about the contests on Facebook and we even have a thread on the Gripboard for the current contest.  David also has tons of different challenges, records and certs for every different type of bending imaginable if you look through his page.  That includes rated braced steel, which I don’t think there has ever been a list for that before this year when it was announced. That is so important because steel varies wildly sometimes.  We have Iron Mind certs, FBBC certs, Iron Grip Certs and GBI certs. There is the horseshoe benders list to try to get on. There are a lot of people performing olde time strongman shows and teaching others how to do it. There are some really good scrollers out there.  What I am trying to say, is that I think this is a great time for bending. The problem for me is not that our options are limited but that there are almost too many options.  So order steel today and get in on the Steel Shredder #4, there is plenty of time left. Join my contest and start training for it. Pick something and work hard for it and you will have a ton of support, have a great time and get strong doing it.  Also, you will have tons of fun!!  Good luck! 

Edited December 5, 2018 by Donc101

[Mike Rinderle]

Bend it and they will come...

 

By the way, bent horshoes on your desk at work are a great way to scare the shit out of your employees. I keep this big ol Kerckhaert #8 sitting there just to let everyone know who's boss.  

 

[Climber028]

Just now, Mike Rinderle said:

Bend it and they will come...

 

By the way, bent horshoes on your desk at work are a great way to scare the shit out of your employees. I keep this big ol Kerckhaert #8 sitting there just to let everyone know who's boss.  

 

That's a good tip, I might have to throw one on my bench. Anyone know where I can get a plastic horseshoe? 

[Donc101]

2 minutes ago, Mike Rinderle said:

Bend it and they will come...

 

By the way, bent horshoes on your desk at work are a great way to scare the shit out of your employees. I keep this big ol Kerckhaert #8 sitting there just to let everyone know who's boss.  

 

Haha, that is great! Big shoe! I have a bunch of bent steel on my desk too. 

[KapMan]

30 minutes ago, Donc101 said:

Shawn, I started bending in 2016, after the BB days. It looked like an awesome time back then with lots of people bending. It is a great time to be bending now too. There is tons of stuff going on. We had the Bay State Bending Bash last year. It was the first big, in-person bending only contest since 2012. We have another one this year I am putting on in Michigan. I think we are going to have a big showing for this contest.  We have the Steel Shredder contests and are on #4 for those in the past 2 years.  The current event has 34 competitors from 9 countries and we still have almost 2 months of time left in the contest. Those contests definitely are not “fight club.” David posts all the time about the contests on Facebook and we even have a thread on the Gripboard for the current contest.  David also has tons of different challenges, records and certs for every different type of bending imaginable if you look through his page.  That includes rated braced steel, which I don’t think there has ever been a list for that before this year when it was announced. That is so important because steel varies wildly sometimes.  We have Iron Mind certs, FBBC certs, Iron Grip Certs and GBI certs. There is the horseshoe benders list to try to get on. There are a lot of people performing olde time strongman shows and teaching others how to do it. There are some really good scrollers out there.  What I am trying to say, is that I think this is a great time for bending. The problem for me is not that our options are limited but that there are almost too many options.  So order steel today and get in on the Steel Shredder #4, there is plenty of time left. Join my contest and start training for it. Pick something and work hard for it and you will have a ton of support, have a great time and get strong doing it.  Also, you will have tons of fun!!  Good luck! 

 

 

[David_wigren]

3 hours ago, Mike Rinderle said:

Those were the days old friend.  Cletus (USA) Vs. The Swedish Fish (Sweden) in some sort of bending challenge to the death every month for about 2 years.  

 vs.

Indeed, those were the days my friend! It’s good to see you doing so well with the grip stuff lately. Especially with the Rhabdo-thing you went through. I heard your pinch game is crazy strong lately.

I’m still doing the occasional bend now and then. Even managed to win steel shredders 3 earlier this year with not much training. Short braced bends always were one of my strong points. I’m doing Shredders 4 now, with the midbar lengths. Hoping for a 3rd spot behind Dom and Reuben. Would’ve been interesting to see what bar a Carl Ansara in his prime could do for Shredders 4. Though the guys today are strong, I think Ansara would kick everyone’s butt at midbar length. At least the current bends that have been posted.

[Mike Rinderle]

2 minutes ago, David_wigren said:

Indeed, those were the days my friend! It’s good to see you doing so well with the grip stuff lately. Especially with the Rhabdo-thing you went through. I heard your pinch game is crazy strong lately.

I’m still doing the occasional bend now and then. Even managed to win steel shredders 3 earlier this year with not much training. Short braced bends always were one of my strong points. I’m doing Shredders 4 now, with the midbar lengths. Hoping for a 3rd spot behind Dom and Reuben. Would’ve been interesting to see what bar a Carl Ansara in his prime could do for Shredders 4. Though the guys today are strong, I think Ansara would kick everyone’s butt at midbar length. At least the current bends that have been posted.

Maybe I'll check it out and jump in just to beat you.  Bwahahaha

[Mike Rinderle]

1 hour ago, climber511 said:

The problem with bending is simply how to do it without destroying one's body.  Everyone I know just goes for a max bend every session - with little to no actual "training" to condition the body for the stress.  Until this is figured out I can't see how the sport can be sustainable.  Everyone know "how" to train for it - just no one does it.  When every other post talks about another person tearing something up - it doesn't really serve as an invitation to start.

It's not a pursuit for tge faint of heart or those who shy away from pain.  You must embrace the crazy if you want to excel.  Haha

Also, I think a big reason nobody does a long term approach built on high volume with sub-maximal bends is the money.  I certainly didn't have money to bend 50 -100 sub max pieces a week going with the rep approach.  Plus, it was a hell of a lot more fun battling dragons every day.

Until someone comes up with a training device that accurately mimics bending, a traditional training method will be too expensive for the majority.  Horne's wrist thingy for reverse was the closest we ever got and it wasn't that close.

Getting better at bending also isn't so much about increasing strength as it is building up pain tolerance and figuring out the technique and leverages that are best for you to move a hard piece of steel that won't bend.  That's impossible to do with easy stock over and over again.

At least in my opinion.

[Mike Rinderle]

48 minutes ago, David_wigren said:

Indeed, those were the days my friend! It’s good to see you doing so well with the grip stuff lately. Especially with the Rhabdo-thing you went through. I heard your pinch game is crazy strong lately.

I’m still doing the occasional bend now and then. Even managed to win steel shredders 3 earlier this year with not much training. Short braced bends always were one of my strong points. I’m doing Shredders 4 now, with the midbar lengths. Hoping for a 3rd spot behind Dom and Reuben. Would’ve been interesting to see what bar a Carl Ansara in his prime could do for Shredders 4. Though the guys today are strong, I think Ansara would kick everyone’s butt at midbar length. At least the current bends that have been posted.

Found Shredders 3 results.  Can't seem to find anything on Shredders 4.  Anybody got a link?

[Fist of Fury]

33 minutes ago, Mike Rinderle said:

It's not a pursuit for tge faint of heart or those who shy away from pain.  You must embrace the crazy if you want to excel.  Haha

Also, I think a big reason nobody does a long term approach built on high volume with sub-maximal bends is the money.  I certainly didn't have money to bend 50 -100 sub max pieces a week going with the rep approach.  Plus, it was a hell of a lot more fun battling dragons every day.

Until someone comes up with a training device that accurately mimics bending, a traditional training method will be too expensive for the majority.  Horne's wrist thingy for reverse was the closest we ever got and it wasn't that close.

Getting better at bending also isn't so much about increasing strength as it is building up pain tolerance and figuring out the technique and leverages that are best for you to move a hard piece of steel that won't bend.  That's impossible to do with easy stock over and over again.

At least in my opinion.

Well said. It takes a certain type of mentality to be great at steel bending I think and as you said it's not cheap. The Wrist Developer is great and fun but unfortunately I don't think it has much carry-over to steel bending, however I feel that steel bending have a lot of carry-over to the WD.

[KapMan]

17 minutes ago, Mike Rinderle said:

Found Shredders 3 results.  Can't seem to find anything on Shredders 4.  Anybody got a link?

Fight club

You didnt hear this from me but. *whispers* scroll to the bottom 

Steel Shredders

[Andrew Dube]

36 minutes ago, Mike Rinderle said:

It's not a pursuit for tge faint of heart or those who shy away from pain.  You must embrace the crazy if you want to excel.  Haha

Also, I think a big reason nobody does a long term approach built on high volume with sub-maximal bends is the money.  I certainly didn't have money to bend 50 -100 sub max pieces a week going with the rep approach.  Plus, it was a hell of a lot more fun battling dragons every day.

Until someone comes up with a training device that accurately mimics bending, a traditional training method will be too expensive for the majority.  Horne's wrist thingy for reverse was the closest we ever got and it wasn't that close.

Getting better at bending also isn't so much about increasing strength as it is building up pain tolerance and figuring out the technique and leverages that are best for you to move a hard piece of steel that won't bend.  That's impossible to do with easy stock over and over again.

At least in my opinion.

This is a great idea for dealing with the cost issue. Snapping also is a great way to get in lots of reps. 

[KapMan]

41 minutes ago, Mike Rinderle said:

It's not a pursuit for tge faint of heart or those who shy away from pain.  You must embrace the crazy if you want to excel.  Haha

Also, I think a big reason nobody does a long term approach built on high volume with sub-maximal bends is the money.  I certainly didn't have money to bend 50 -100 sub max pieces a week going with the rep approach.  Plus, it was a hell of a lot more fun battling dragons every day.

Until someone comes up with a training device that accurately mimics bending, a traditional training method will be too expensive for the majority.  Horne's wrist thingy for reverse was the closest we ever got and it wasn't that close.

Getting better at bending also isn't so much about increasing strength as it is building up pain tolerance and figuring out the technique and leverages that are best for you to move a hard piece of steel that won't bend.  That's impossible to do with easy stock over and over again.

At least in my opinion.

Closets thing is the steel benders helper. You can put in serious reps. The down side is the thickness doesnt accurately mimic actual bars. But they are tough and they do help imo especially as a garbage bender trying to get better..like me

Inman was sent one and the only reason i bought mine was because of his review 

 

Steel Benders helper

[KapMan]

2 hours ago, Andrew Dube said:

This is a great idea for dealing with the cost issue. Snapping also is a great way to get in lots of reps. 

Dont think ive seen this. Adam. the man is pretty crafty. I think our community is lucky to have dudes who tinker constantly. 

Edited December 5, 2018 by KapMan

[Mike Rinderle]

9 hours ago, climber511 said:

The problem with bending is simply how to do it without destroying one's body.  Everyone I know just goes for a max bend every session - with little to no actual "training" to condition the body for the stress.  Until this is figured out I can't see how the sport can be sustainable.  Everyone know "how" to train for it - just no one does it.  When every other post talks about another person tearing something up - it doesn't really serve as an invitation to start.

I did a bunch of sub-maximal bends in one session on special occassions for challenges and such.  Here's one where I destroyed $44 worth of shoes in under 5 minutes.   Just 20 ultralite 2s, but I did most of them just using a couple paper towels for wraps to keep it interesting.

An expensive hobby to say the least.  I'm guessing I went through $3k - $4k in steel over 2-3 years.  You definitely need an understanding wife for the steel bending hobby.

[KapMan]

16 minutes ago, Mike Rinderle said:

I did a bunch of sub-maximal bends in one session on special occassions for challenges and such.  Here's one where I destroyed $44 worth of shoes in under 5 minutes.   Just 20 ultralite 2s, but I did most of them just using a couple paper towels for wraps to keep it interesting.

An expensive hobby to say the least.  I'm guessing I went through $3k - $4k in steel over 2-3 years.  You definitely need an understanding wife for the steel bending hobby.

Save money and bend children

[Mike Rinderle]

15 minutes ago, KapMan said:

Save money and bend children

They snap.  Then CPS gets involved.  Turns out to be more expensive in the long run.

Really, the only secret to bending big shoes in tiny wraps is growing a strong pornstache. Once that's in place, you can bend almost anything in just IMPs. I think this is the shoe I have on my desk at work.

 

 

[robertmiller67]

Crazy freaky horseshoe bend big Mike!! Awesome!  

I’ll stick with unbraced bending sir!  

Wes Inman helped me bend a few good size horseshoe back in the day but I didn’t take it too far...  my 1st love was DOH bending!  

[robertmiller67]

On 12/4/2018 at 7:12 PM, Mike Rinderle said:

I think a lot of it has to do with the toll it takes on you if you are bending often at a high level.  Beat me up worse than when I was playing hockey 4 nights a week.  You can only go hard for so long before you have to take a long break.

Also, if you are bending seriously, you can pretty much forget about improving your grip strength.  At best you are stalled usually.  By serious, I mean bending hard stock 3-5 days a week minimum.  I was always a 6-7 day a week guy.  Sometimes a couple times a day.  That gets expensive too.

Well said Mike!  I think once you get into heavy steel... like grade-5, 11/32, 3/8” and above for me anyways- it takes me a substantial amount of time to recover!!  

I used to do a heavy max bend roughly once per month on average...  then recovery bend with lighter steel for 2-3 weeks.  

Its very similar to Armwrestling in regards to recovery... very hard to progress in anything else at the same time if yer training it at a high level! 

Cheers- Rob

[David_wigren]

On 12/5/2018 at 5:01 PM, Mike Rinderle said:

Maybe I'll check it out and jump in just to beat you.  Bwahahaha

You asshole, you wouldn’t dare! Haha

Honestly though. Go for it. If you can fit it in your training right now I think you can give Don and Reuben a run for their money. For me though. I’ll be happy with a top 5 spot. Top 3 would be best case scenario. I can’t fit that much bending into my training right now, and even if I could I don’t think I’d be able to bend any +250kg mid-length bars. 

[Mike Rinderle]

4 minutes ago, David_wigren said:

You asshole, you wouldn’t dare! Haha

Honestly though. Go for it. If you can fit it in your training right now I think you can give Don and Reuben a run for their money. For me though. I’ll be happy with a top 5 spot. Top 3 would be best case scenario. I can’t fit that much bending into my training right now, and even if I could I don’t think I’d be able to bend any +250kg mid-length bars. 

I'm guessing the shipping on the bars would be pretty high.  I'll have to look into it.  I think mid length is one style I could still do with my torn rotator cuff.

[David_wigren]

10 hours ago, Mike Rinderle said:

I'm guessing the shipping on the bars would be pretty high.  I'll have to look into it.  I think mid length is one style I could still do with my torn rotator cuff.

I take it back! You have no chance! 

 

[Mike Rinderle]

Just now, David_wigren said:

I take it back! You have no chance! 

 

Not bad for a little skinny guy.  I emailed David today.  You're going to need a bigger boat... fish.  Like a 280k boat.  

 

[Mike Rinderle]

3 minutes ago, David_wigren said:

I take it back! You have no chance! 

 

Oh...

FREAKING AWESOME BEND!

[EricMilfeld]

I'm no longer a moderator in these here parts, but ya'll need to stop all this good ol" days bending talk before I start crying .  It's making me nostalgic and melancholy...