John4cars Posted July 21, 2008 Share Posted July 21, 2008 (edited) Hello everyone, my name is John and I have an addiction! Well yesterday I went over and spent about half of the day closing grippers and doing the overhand bending for the first time ever. Here are a couple of conclusions that I have come to. 1. After the first bend I was absolutely hooked! 2. When the palms of your hand start hurting, stop for a moment to examine them to make sure you still have skin left. 3. I never knew that after you bend for hours that your neck just below the chin would feel like some punched you there. Noticed it when I woke up today. 4. No one ever told me I would dream all night long about bending. No kidding! 5. I have the overwhelming urge to buy leather wraps so I can get started bending this morning. Probably not a good idea though. 6. I would list all of the places that I am sore today but I am not sure that I can count that high this early in the morning. 7. After an awesome bend my adrenaline must have been flowing strong because I picked up my new hose clamped Coc#2.5 that I received this Fri (hose-clamped to parallel) and crushed it like it was my coc#1 To have Bencrush as my teacher for the first session of double overhand bending was awesome. Every time I started with bad form and brought the nails/rods away from my neck he would tell me to bring it back up, and what do you know, even though it felt awkward all of the major bending that happened always happened when he had me adjust my form. I honestly felt like I wanted to bend all day long. But as my hands tore on my 7 minute bend of the shiny 60D, I needed to quit. Not to mention the rest of my body needed a serious rest. Here is a list of videos that I we took from my bending and grippers. John Sandy Coc2 close John Sandy 1st dOH bend 3 16 x 7 stainless John Sandy 2nd DO 8 twist timber tie John Sandy 3rd DO bend 6in and quarter in grade 2 John Sandy 4th DO bend 60 D John Sandy 5th DO Shiny 60 D John Sandy 6th DO bend 8 twist timber tie John Sandy 7th DO bend quarter inch by 7in drill rod Coc single stamped (Jason Payne's) difficult 2 not quite John Sandy Coc# 2.5 close in hose clamp parallel John Sandy New Coc# 2.5 1st try in Hose Clamp.AVI Edited July 21, 2008 by John III Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TKtheGreek Posted July 21, 2008 Share Posted July 21, 2008 (edited) props dude, stick with it youll progress really quickly! especially with Ben training u Edited July 21, 2008 by TKtheGreek Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John4cars Posted July 21, 2008 Author Share Posted July 21, 2008 Thanks guys. Yes Ben is an awesome teacher. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gumpster Posted July 21, 2008 Share Posted July 21, 2008 You sure got a great start! Congrats on those great first bends. Props to Ben for guiding you along. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Booyah!!! Posted July 21, 2008 Share Posted July 21, 2008 Welcome John!!! Awesome bending workout I am addicted too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David_wigren Posted July 21, 2008 Share Posted July 21, 2008 Alot of good bends. I especially liked your fight with the shiny 60D. You will murder that piece next time! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bencrush Posted July 21, 2008 Share Posted July 21, 2008 Yeah, it was a great time watching the raging enthusiasm John put into the bending. I don't know many guys that would be almost fist fighting me to keep bending even when they've got flaps of skin coming off on their palms. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John4cars Posted July 21, 2008 Author Share Posted July 21, 2008 Yeah, it was a great time watching the raging enthusiasm John put into the bending. I don't know many guys that would be almost fist fighting me to keep bending even when they've got flaps of skin coming off on their palms. That was fun. Not the hanging skin part but the bending. Now once the bending stigmata heals I can start bendimng again! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ox3782 Posted July 22, 2008 Share Posted July 22, 2008 Sweet stuff John have a great time with it and great job on what you got started with!!! Brendan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John4cars Posted July 22, 2008 Author Share Posted July 22, 2008 Sweet stuff John have a great time with it and great job on what you got started with!!! Brendan Thanks Brendan! Man you wouldn't believe how much everyone was giving me sh@t today when I told them about the bending. They thought bending was the funniest thing they had ever heard of. Doesn't bother me what they think, but it sure doesn't make any sense to those guy I work with. They thought grippers were goofy but now they really think I'm a loon, lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Knight Posted July 22, 2008 Share Posted July 22, 2008 Sweet stuff John have a great time with it and great job on what you got started with!!! Brendan Thanks Brendan! Man you wouldn't believe how much everyone was giving me sh@t today when I told them about the bending. They thought bending was the funniest thing they had ever heard of. Doesn't bother me what they think, but it sure doesn't make any sense to those guy I work with. They thought grippers were goofy but now they really think I'm a loon, lol. Get used to it Your gonna get good real fast Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John4cars Posted July 22, 2008 Author Share Posted July 22, 2008 (edited) Sweet stuff John have a great time with it and great job on what you got started with!!! Brendan Thanks Brendan! Man you wouldn't believe how much everyone was giving me sh@t today when I told them about the bending. They thought bending was the funniest thing they had ever heard of. Doesn't bother me what they think, but it sure doesn't make any sense to those guy I work with. They thought grippers were goofy but now they really think I'm a loon, lol. Get used to it Your gonna get good real fast Edited July 22, 2008 by John III Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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