camz Posted August 21, 2018 Share Posted August 21, 2018 Goliath was big (0.5"x1.5" x 48"). COLOSSUS is bigger: 0.5"x2" x 47.2" or to be more precise: 12mm x 50mm x 120cm. 5,5kg (12,1 lbs). I trained the last six months for this bend and finally managed to take it down in a good time: David Horne honored me big time, as he included this bend to his "World of Grip - Grip Feats List"! http://www.davidhorne-gripmaster.com/gripfeats.html Go bend some steel! 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horrido Posted August 21, 2018 Share Posted August 21, 2018 Epic Bend Kalli. It's a huge piece of steel and a big achievement. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donc101 Posted August 21, 2018 Share Posted August 21, 2018 Just a giant bar! That's awesome that you set the goal and then trained 6 months to be able to achieve it. What was your training regiment? Just bending or other assistance stuff to build up strength? What is the next goal? Congrats again! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Flesher Posted August 22, 2018 Share Posted August 22, 2018 That’s incredibly brutal! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
camz Posted August 22, 2018 Author Share Posted August 22, 2018 8 hours ago, Tom Flesher said: That’s incredibly brutal! Thanks! 13 hours ago, Horrido said: Epic Bend Kalli. It's a huge piece of steel and a big achievement. Thanks, buddy! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
camz Posted August 22, 2018 Author Share Posted August 22, 2018 11 hours ago, Donc101 said: Just a giant bar! That's awesome that you set the goal and then trained 6 months to be able to achieve it. What was your training regiment? Just bending or other assistance stuff to build up strength? What is the next goal? Congrats again! Big thanks, Don! Very much appreciated! I do a lot of other stuff besides bending (bouldering, grip, family, job), so I have usually only one long bar session per week. And only if I feel fresh! This long stuff is so demanding on the body (and the bars cost a buck, too), that I only bend, when I feel comfortably. If not, I skip the session and replace it with some sling trainer and/or paralletes work. This helped me a lot with the tension/compression you need for harder bars. Of course there is a next goal There is ALWAYS a next goal! ....but at the moment it looks too absurd to talk about it in public... 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vikingsrule92 Posted August 22, 2018 Share Posted August 22, 2018 I have only done flats for scrolling but MAN … this is just the silliest sh*t I've ever seen. That bar is MASSIVE and you really didn't struggle with it at all. The only "struggle" was the hesitation with which technique to use at certain points. WOW. Carl, I'd love to see you hone your round bar skill and go after some 7/8"/22mm stuff. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
camz Posted August 22, 2018 Author Share Posted August 22, 2018 24 minutes ago, vikingsrule92 said: I have only done flats for scrolling but MAN … this is just the silliest sh*t I've ever seen. That bar is MASSIVE and you really didn't struggle with it at all. The only "struggle" was the hesitation with which technique to use at certain points. WOW. Carl, I'd love to see you hone your round bar skill and go after some 7/8"/22mm stuff. Thank you very much! I tried a 22mm bar at 120cm (7/8" x 47.2") in June or so. Took me 20 or 30 minutes for the full bend. Hope to get this faster in the future. But there are some other bends waiting before I go back to that... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buccos1 Posted August 22, 2018 Share Posted August 22, 2018 Nice bend! That thing looks brutal! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
camz Posted August 23, 2018 Author Share Posted August 23, 2018 11 hours ago, Buccos1 said: Nice bend! That thing looks brutal! Big thanks, Carl! Very much appreciated! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anton.Torrella Posted August 23, 2018 Share Posted August 23, 2018 Awesome bend on that huge bar! Congrats on the bend and the determination to stick with it! Look forward to seeing your future victories! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
camz Posted August 24, 2018 Author Share Posted August 24, 2018 22 hours ago, Anton.Torrella said: Awesome bend on that huge bar! Congrats on the bend and the determination to stick with it! Look forward to seeing your future victories! Thank you very much! I hope I can step it up in the future. My goal bar arrived yesterday and it is SCARY!!! But if you don't fear it, it's too easy, isn't it? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anton.Torrella Posted August 24, 2018 Share Posted August 24, 2018 Haha very true! Can't look like a push over - good luck training! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mateus Posted February 3, 2019 Share Posted February 3, 2019 this is great bending and all around power. Are there more people wich bending colossus? This deserve much much more attention. its a hall of fame bend. Brian Shaw can not do this. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joefrey Posted February 4, 2019 Share Posted February 4, 2019 Awesome ! Great bending ! Congrats man ! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xyzzm Posted February 5, 2019 Share Posted February 5, 2019 Man, that sounded painful. I get scared of seeing something pop when i watch braced bends for some reason, they just look so brutal. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
camz Posted February 25, 2019 Author Share Posted February 25, 2019 On 2/3/2019 at 8:25 PM, Mateus said: this is great bending and all around power. Are there more people wich bending colossus? This deserve much much more attention. its a hall of fame bend. Brian Shaw can not do this. Thanks man! I know that some really strong guys tried this bar, but only Marco Buhl (4 or 5 times national grip champion and an overall strong ox) managed a full bend. The problem is, that even grip-experts have no clue about braced bending and how hard this is. But that's ok. It is how it is... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
camz Posted February 25, 2019 Author Share Posted February 25, 2019 On 2/4/2019 at 11:27 AM, Joefrey said: Awesome ! Great bending ! Congrats man ! Thank you very much! Hope to get harder bars down this year! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
camz Posted February 25, 2019 Author Share Posted February 25, 2019 On 2/5/2019 at 5:53 PM, xyzzm said: Man, that sounded painful. I get scared of seeing something pop when i watch braced bends for some reason, they just look so brutal. Yeah, braced bending at this point is Type-2-fun! The fun begins when the pain relieves. But you get used to this... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mateus Posted March 1, 2019 Share Posted March 1, 2019 On 2/25/2019 at 5:24 PM, camz said: Thanks man! I know that some really strong guys tried this bar, but only Marco Buhl (4 or 5 times national grip champion and an overall strong ox) managed a full bend. The problem is, that even grip-experts have no clue about braced bending and how hard this is. But that's ok. It is how it is... Thanks for the info.I saw a video of him, now. You both should be named in a future bending morvie or so...I never did bending so i really don't know how hard it is. I think normal people out there don't know that, too. Until they try. There are so much hardcore strentth feats out there but not recognized by the world. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
camz Posted March 3, 2019 Author Share Posted March 3, 2019 On 3/1/2019 at 1:24 PM, Mateus said: Thanks for the info.I saw a video of him, now. You both should be named in a future bending morvie or so...I never did bending so i really don't know how hard it is. I think normal people out there don't know that, too. Until they try. There are so much hardcore strentth feats out there but not recognized by the world. Haha Thanks for the kind words! This bend was not the end for me. I am still working on some harder flatbars, but... yeah... they are hard! In the meantime I tried to improve my long bar skills and I've bent some shorter bars to get a feeling for the different techniques. Even though I still stuck on my main projekts, I was able to bend some hard round stock. This one for example: I think I am just the second man in the world to bend a 22mm (7/8") bar. So this is a good consolation prize. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
camz Posted May 5, 2019 Author Share Posted May 5, 2019 (edited) Feeling stronger than ever, I was able to step it up from the Colossus and here we go with the MEGA-COLOSSUS! 12x55mm x 120cm - 0.5"x2.165"x47.2" ...5 days after this, I FINALLY achieved one of my two maingoals by bending an even bigger bar: bending a LEVIATHAN bar. Will post this in a new thread... Edited May 5, 2019 by camz 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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