New Braced Pr Tonight

[Tim71]

I decided to up my 1/2 inch PR tonight or at least try. I didn't do all the calipers and stuff because I figured I couldn't get this one in under 5 minutes anyway but I did get it on video. Horrendously long because my leather was puncturing so I had to stop and rewrap plus my first tape ran out so there's a break while I change tapes so if it does make youtube it will be edited.

The bar in question is a 1/2 inch (12.76mm) by 9.5 inches. I did get it to under 2.5 inches which was a terrible challenge because it really tightened up at the end but like I said I won't submit it to David because it was over the 5 minutes. Makes a nice PR trophy for me though.

Here's the pic.

1/2 inch by 9 1/2 inch

I'll have to heal up on this one. It slipped once and I almost thought it broke something.

Nice to get another PR.

Tim

[Alawadhi]

Looks awesome Congrats of the PR!

[vikingsrule92]

Amazing bend Tim, I bet that was ridiculous . Get that under 5 mins and send it to David.

[wscorpion]

Nice work mate, that's really impressive!!!!!

[David Horne]

Incredible!!

Next time under 5 mins.

David

[Gripper42004]

Thats INSANE!

[amaury]

WOW!! Can't imagine the pressure needed on the crushdown

You're taking this to new levels Tim.

[antarath]

You're the man Tim!! GREAT BEND!

(don't force me to give my 3/4" x 32" a try!)

Mats

Edited July 9, 2007 by Mats Erik

[gazza]

Tim

No "LIMITS" mate congrats on yet more braced PRs your setting a great standard for others to aim at matey.

[timiacobucci]

Nice, did you finish the whole crushdown between your legs? How do you think you will progress from here? Are you going to try and go smaller on the 1/2" or start cutting down thicker bars soon? Have you tried 9/16" yet?

[Tim71]

Nice, did you finish the whole crushdown between your legs? How do you think you will progress from here? Are you going to try and go smaller on the 1/2" or start cutting down thicker bars soon? Have you tried 9/16" yet?

Tim,

Yes I do the crush between my legs on the tougher bends. Some of the lesser braced bends I may crush it on one leg like Steve McGranahan does but the "Dennis Rogers" style is what I use on the toughest of the tough.

Answer to your second question is both. I have to special order 9/16 and I'm running low right now but I do have some pieces cut. You'll see a new 9/16 PR for me real soon. Problem has been as I've been a little greedy and trying to up my PR too much. I'll try Mark Vogel's stock next when it gets here then maybe 9 inch by 1/2 inch then maybe a new 9/16 PR.

9/16 is good stock. It's ashamed that it's not real easy to find. I have to special order it and half the time my steel supplier gets the wrong stuff in.

Thanks for all the kind words guys. I'm feeling that bend today big time. Wrists and knees are singing the blues.

Tim

[ox3782]

Great Job Tim Thats a short thick peice of steel!!!

Brendan

[bencrush]

Incredible bend Tim!!!

[timiacobucci]

I'm feeling that bend today big time. Wrists and knees are singing the blues.

I don't mean to hijack your thread, but what kind of recovery do you need after doing something like this?

I ask because I was doing allot of braced bending between my legs the day before my barbell incident with the cleans. Maybe this was the real reason my knee gave out.

I did some 3/8" x 12" hrs and isos on the stuck 7/16" x 14", enough to have big bruises where my hands were on the inside of my legs. Do the bruises lessen btw? And the next day I did the 5 sets of front squats and then on the 5th set of cleans my knee had enough I guess.

I really didn't integrate my bending and regular lifting, I just sort of bent whenever I felt like it. I suppose that was my mistake and I should respect this stuff more.

Also what is your current pr in 9/16"?

[dimmers]

Wow Tim!!! i don't look at the bending section for a while at there's PRs everywhere... nice work, that is something

[Tim71]

Tim,

There's no set period for my recovery. Just totally depends on the difficulty of the bend and how stubbornly I go after it. Sometimes up to a week for these tough half-inch bends. Seems like the more I progress, the less healing time I need.

As for the bruising part I was never one to bruise easily anyway but I will say that in my experience the inside of my legs has toughened up alot. So has the top of my leg where I pressed down for that matter. First time I tried to bend this way it hurt like crazy and I had whelps and maybe a little bruising. For me personally it's toughened up alot. I know I'd hate to do heavy lifts that involved my legs after a tough between the thighs bend. I feel it definately weekens my knees for a few days anyway.

I haven't looked at my PR bar closely on 9/16 in a while. It's a really old PR and I could beat it any given day so I really don't consider it a good indicator but I've got a bend planned for that size real soon that will be more on par. I will say from playing around with it that it's much tougher than the 1/2 inch. I mean much tougher too. It was a little under 20 inches though.

Have you tried 3/8 square? It's simliar to the 7/16 but I'd say very slightly easier. 3/8 spikes are always good too.

Keep doing the isos on that 7/16 and before you know it it will start to bend and you'll finish it. That's a very respectable bend by the way. As I said in another thread I had some really big guys as work try 3/8 by 12 inch HRS and nobody got more than probably a 30 degree bend.

Feel free to PM me too if you need to.

Hope this helps!

Tim

[Tim71]

You're the man Tim!! GREAT BEND!

(don't force me to give my 3/4" x 32" a try!)

Mats

Mats,

That would be an incredible bend! I did a little 3/4 work a couple weeks ago but I can tell you I'm nowhere close to you. I'm very rusty on the 3/4 and I never was close to that. I need to knock out a 4 footer for David then slowly work my way down from there.

You can do it!

Tim

[Tim71]

Also what is your current pr in 9/16"?

Tim,

I decided to answer that question tonight at least to some degree. I just finished a 17 inch piece of 9/16 HRS. Now I will say that I'm nowhere near healed from the 9.5 inch bend; as a matter of fact, my wrist that was hurting started screaming the blues right off but I wanted to at least top the 19 7/8 incher I did long ago. Plus I didn't really realize that my thigh was so tender from the push but it was pretty sore in this too.

That's my PR as it stands now but that still wasn't a peak 100% bend. I'll try in earnest when I'm peak and see what falls. I've got a pretty good idea but I hate to say for sure.

Later,

Tim

[timiacobucci]

9/16" x 17" is still very damn impressive. I mean that is only 1/16" from 5/8" and i don't think many people think of bars that size as anything but long bar territory. At least not yet. I had never thought of 1/2" as spike range until your 10".

What is the shortest 5/8" you have tried?

That goes for Mats too. I'd imagine you can get some pretty short 5/8" if you can get the 3/4" so short.

[antarath]

9/16" x 17" is still very damn impressive. I mean that is only 1/16" from 5/8" and i don't think many people think of bars that size as anything but long bar territory. At least not yet. I had never thought of 1/2" as spike range until your 10".

What is the shortest 5/8" you have tried?

That goes for Mats too. I'd imagine you can get some pretty short 5/8" if you can get the 3/4" so short.

Haven't tried some really short lenghts, but the shortest I could find was a 29" I bent 5" offcenter

I'll give a shorter one a go!

hehe I have a 3/4" x 32" piece I've already kinked 45 degrees offcenter. I'll be dead meat if I ever finish that one off

Mats

[Tim71]

9/16" x 17" is still very damn impressive. I mean that is only 1/16" from 5/8" and i don't think many people think of bars that size as anything but long bar territory. At least not yet. I had never thought of 1/2" as spike range until your 10".

What is the shortest 5/8" you have tried?

That goes for Mats too. I'd imagine you can get some pretty short 5/8" if you can get the 3/4" so short.

I've done 28 inches by 5/8 inch which is my PR. My foot did touch the bar in one phase of the bend but the bar never touched the ground and my foot was not on the ground when it touched the bar but according to David that didn't work for his list so I had a 30 inch piece left over and I bent that for David's list. I'm not going to be as good at the 5/8 inch and over stuff since it involves a style that will be more Mats territory. I suspect I'll be good for a 24 to 26 inch piece when I'm up to snuff. I've studied David's list and I personally believe the 24 inch by 5/8 will be significantly tougher than a 4 foot by 3/4. I think somewhere around 28 inches the 5/8 catches up to the 3/4 list. Now cut down the 3/4 and you get into some scary stuff. I did a 44 inch piece once and man it tore me up. I had whelps like you wouldn't believe. Mats has to have some insanely tough knees I can tell you that.

Yeah I like to think these sizes are usually reserved for long bar.

Check out this link:

bodybuilder bends 9/16 bar

I looked in the rest of the gallery and the bar is almost definately 4 foot long. Plus he's obviously bending it braced. I've always saved this link from 1 1/2 years ago as something to compare to and keep a perspective on these bends.

Thanks for the compliments!

Mats, I did a 4 foot piece of 1/2 inch by 1 inch flat steel a while back and I'd say it was easier than 3/4 but still a good bend. You might try some of that too.

Later bending bros!

Tim

[bencrush]

Tim, you're turning into a real Freak Show. And I mean that in a complimentary kind of way. I tried some braced bending today and was so weak it's just ridiculous. I won't even post the results. Ever probably. You big braced benders have my undiluted respect.

[Tim71]

Thanks Ben! Funny thing I tried some unbraced bending today since I got my FBBC order in. You big G5 killers have my respect. It was a tough bend I'll say that and it was nowhere near routine for me. Only on a read good day when everything's right on will I try to best that one.

Tim

[Tim71]

Ben,

I just read my post again and it may sound like I bent a Big G5 which is definately not the case. You'd have heard about it by now. I meant what I bent of the FBBC stuff is far below that crazy Edgin level that it's hard to comprehend then my thought jumped back to the braced bend. That's what I meant was so hard.

Didn't want to confuse.

Tim

Edited July 15, 2007 by Tim T

[bencrush]

Right on Tim. The day will come when you bend the Edgin. Then all hell will break loose for you. You'll be smoking both the lists then.