Big Steve Posted November 7, 2005 Share Posted November 7, 2005 Yes, a red can be bent barehanded and as for two at once I give it about 5 more years maybe sooner. Just look at how much this sport has grown since Rick's comp. We ain't seen nothing yet. What we are doing now for max will be warm up in ten years. Mark my words! 300# pinch will happen (Euro) and v bar will be around 400# oh in about yr or so. Some sick stuff is coming down the pike guys. Tell pain to take a Holiday. Limit your mind, limit your strength! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muscle Turtle Posted November 7, 2005 Share Posted November 7, 2005 I agree there, look at these guys who are natties and are just CRAZY strong... look at the young guys who are ripping it up, they have lotts of time to surpass their teachers, its bound to happen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikael Siversson Posted November 8, 2005 Share Posted November 8, 2005 Mark my words! 300# pinch will happen (Euro) and v bar will be around 400# oh in about yr or so. ← V-bar perhaps, pinch not so sure. Predictions a few years ago about #4's (not weakish ones) being slammed at every contest have proved to be wrong thus far. Jim Wylie's 163.8k v-bar WR was described as doomed already in the summer of 2004. It is still standing (hopefully it will fall by the hands of Jim himself in a few days). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deaner Posted November 8, 2005 Share Posted November 8, 2005 A red can and has bent bent barehanded.Brookfeild didnt bend 2 reds at once, nor did it say that. ← Who bent the red barehanded? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Steve Posted November 8, 2005 Share Posted November 8, 2005 V-bar perhaps, pinch not so sure. Predictions a few years ago about #4's (not weakish ones) being slammed at every contest have proved to be wrong thus far. Bending reds were wrong too at comps. They must have been weak ones. The point is, these will happen. My time frame is always set short but my goals are always reached. Where did I put my weak World Class? Must get started on that too. HEHEHEHE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Too Tall Posted November 8, 2005 Share Posted November 8, 2005 A red can and has bent bent barehanded.Brookfeild didnt bend 2 reds at once, nor did it say that. ← Who bent the red barehanded? ← I think Nathan Holle did this once...not sure though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Horne Posted November 8, 2005 Share Posted November 8, 2005 I am sure that the 400lb V-bar will be done on saturday unless Jim has a bad day. I really want him to do what I have seen him do a few times in training. As far as a 300lb pinch, who knows, but I don't see it coming from me. I'll be over the moon when I get 250lb on the euro apparatus. David Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick McKinless Posted November 8, 2005 Share Posted November 8, 2005 Yeah...Jim is the real deal and has some serious talent...just needs some of our aggression Dave!! Also...too many rumours and not enough lifting in this game. Too much I saw this and that shite.... Nick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3Crusher Posted November 8, 2005 Share Posted November 8, 2005 Nick, You have not posted in a long time, but you summed it up very well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raisinkane Posted November 10, 2005 Share Posted November 10, 2005 A red can and has bent bent barehanded.Brookfeild didnt bend 2 reds at once, nor did it say that. ← Who bent the red barehanded? ← I think Nathan Holle did this once...not sure though. ← The Holles: Bending Raw Back in the 1960s, in the earliest days of powerlifting as an organized sport, there was fellow named Wilbur Miller who was also known for his hand strength - and Wilbur Miller could bend spikes in his bare hands, which is exactly what the Holle brothers are doing now. In the late 1980s and the early 1990s, short bending, never exactly a mainstream activity, got some unprecedented attention when IronMind began shining a spotlight on what John Brookfield, most notably, was doing in this arena. John and a handful of others kept pushing up the standards, but short bending had not exactly become something you'd find practiced all over the place. Moving down the road another decade, what had begun as a seed had taken root and was growing. We would say that the dam really broke when Gavin Holle turned the bending world upside down after he quietly bent an IronMind Red Nail in half - something that nobody other than John Brookfield, the first to congratulate Gavin, had done. Despite having top flight authentication for his feat, there were some Doubting Thomases, who would soon develop an adaptation of Gavin's style, which was very different from John's, and before long, PR performances were popping up around the bending world, which was growing rapidly. At this point, controversy reigned because there were all sorts of arguments about bending styles, permissible padding, etc., and we've even seen rules for bending that are wordier, no doubt, than some national constitutions. In what might well be a case of back to the Holles for a glimpse of the future again, the latest is that the Holle brothers, likening bending pads to the wraps used by some powerlifters, have eschewed all forms of padding and now, quite simply, they bend everything with their bare hands. And from what IronMind has seen, the bends are also done in the traditional overhand style, with the hands at about midsection height. It is hard not to be almost bowled over by the directness of such as assault on a nail, but it should also go without saying that this feat of strength is not for everyone, and that the chances of injury - potentially very serious - should be apparent, understand and accepted by anyone tempted to try this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muscle Turtle Posted November 10, 2005 Share Posted November 10, 2005 well someone sure is a Newbie... some wise guy posting stuff? I do like the article though! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Walker Posted November 13, 2005 Share Posted November 13, 2005 I cant even bend a coat hanger, so take this with a grain of salt. It would seem the best chance to bend the red barehanded would be to do it double underhand because this style seems to limit contact with the nail ends. Doble overhand-forget it! You are going to punch that red right through your hand. From what I have personally witnessed, the best double underhand benders out there are Big Steve and Jim "Shrug" Smith. I have personally witnessed Big Steve take down 2-60ds at once double underhand, and Shrug can do a red without batting an eye double under. Is it possible? Maybe. I didnt think a lot of things were possible until I met Big Steve... -Rick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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