CavemanDaveman Posted August 7, 2020 Share Posted August 7, 2020 I'm new to bending and wondering if anyone had some insight for short steel bending mobility? I feel my positioning is limited by lack of mobility. Any insight would be helpful! Thank you. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Tom Flesher Posted August 7, 2020 Share Posted August 7, 2020 inb4 @Donc101 describing swinging clubs (which is incredibly useful - he and @Andrew Dube are both much better with them than I am). The most crucial pieces for me are a resistance band, a piece of 3/4" polycarbonate rod, and a set of 2-pound clubs. My pre-bending mobility work typically goes like this: - 10 banded face pulls on my squat stand - drop the band to nose height, grab the band with both hands, step back, and row toward your face. - A round of club-swinging - 3-5 DO hits on a polycarb bar wrapped up like I'm going to bend it. I'll do 3 rounds, using a 7" polycarb the first time, 8" the second, and 9" the third. I find I'm fairly loosey goosey after that. I'll usually finish with some mace swinging and pullovers. I use a loadable mace, but you can get good results using a sledgehammer. I'm fairly immobile but this gets me loose enough to hit 7" bars confidently. I've also used 8" stock to warm up and as long as I work the 9" polycarb a little longer this gets me loose enough for that, too. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CavemanDaveman Posted August 8, 2020 Author Share Posted August 8, 2020 Wow thanks very much for the insight! I do use clubs and find they are great for warm up. I'll give the rest of that a try. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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