David_wigren Posted December 18, 2014 Posted December 18, 2014 Tried to make a comeback a couple months ago, but I got sidetracked. Just to busy and to focosed in other areas to have the time to bend. I wish everyday was 25 hours, so I could have one extra hour of bending every day lol. Saw my buddy Juha Lähtimäki bend the red in one IMP, so I wanted to see if I could still do it. Yes I could, barely. Got one of those small blood blisters on my right palm now, haven't had one of those in a few years. My palms have gotten softer from me not abusing them anymore. Anyway, thank you for watching. This was a fun bend. 7 Quote
David_wigren Posted December 19, 2014 Author Posted December 19, 2014 Excellent man!! Very good Thank you brother Quote
Buccos1 Posted December 19, 2014 Posted December 19, 2014 Nice!! Never really tried one of the single wrap bends but it looks pretty nasty. Quote 2023 Goals Huge Golden Bastard - DU Big Bastard - DU Bodyweight Press (semi-strict) 2.75 x Bodyweight Deadlift 1.75 x Bodyweight Bench Press 1.85 x Bodyweight Bench Press Close my easy #3 again MMO cert. 5'9" 180bs. 7.35" hands nearly 40 years of consistent, hard and heavy training YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/CarlDonatiJr
David_wigren Posted December 19, 2014 Author Posted December 19, 2014 This is how my hand looks after that bend😢 Quote
Jose Cabrera Posted December 19, 2014 Posted December 19, 2014 Unreal that this is your base, awesome work Wiggy! Quote
David_wigren Posted December 19, 2014 Author Posted December 19, 2014 Nice!! Never really tried one of the single wrap bends but it looks pretty nasty. Thank you Carl! I think you could do it if you tried and really went for it. Unreal that this is your base, awesome work Wiggy! Thanks Jose! You'll probably be ahead of me soon enough. Especially since you're already bending 7" squares in one IMP and you're still relatively new at this stuff. Quote
king crusher Posted December 19, 2014 Posted December 19, 2014 So would you say it's not really much harder but that it's way more painful and that makes it harder? Quote
David_wigren Posted December 19, 2014 Author Posted December 19, 2014 BTW Peter, if you're reading this, that Red nail was the one I got from you. So would you say it's not really much harder but that it's way more painful and that makes it harder? I'd still say it's quite a bit harder even without factoring in the pain. But the pain add another dimension of difficulty to it. Quote
king crusher Posted December 19, 2014 Posted December 19, 2014 I'm gonna try an L bar one day upcoming and see how that goes. Quote
Jared Goguen Posted December 19, 2014 Posted December 19, 2014 It's inspiring to see bends like that. 1 Quote My YouTube channel - grip, and shop projects.
Mike Sharkey Posted December 19, 2014 Posted December 19, 2014 Nice David. These youngins weren't around to see the glorious barehand battles. This is a very legit bend, especially considering you don't even bend regularly. Quote
EJ Livesey Posted December 19, 2014 Posted December 19, 2014 This makes me jealous. Am I the only veteran bender that can't do this? Quote Junior steel bender in training The only limits are the ones YOU set. De-feat-ist (noun)Somebody who accepts failure as a matter of course 6'3" 258lbs of pure man
JoshW Posted December 19, 2014 Posted December 19, 2014 Damn man, your hand! Such an inspiring bend for me. You still got it! Quote Goals for 2016 Certify bastard DONE Bend bastard in BB wraps DONE Certify big bastard Certify Hexabastard Certify Shiny bastard
Juha Lehtimäki Posted December 19, 2014 Posted December 19, 2014 This makes me jealous. Am I the only veteran bender that can't do this? Have to say I bend only 9 months now. Great bend David! Quote
FJM Posted December 19, 2014 Posted December 19, 2014 This makes me jealous. Am I the only veteran bender that can't do this? Have to say I bend only 9 months now. Great bend David! yes. But you are long time iron hand competitor which gives you advantage Very impressive bending by Wiggy. Maybe someday i can bend reds like that. Quote
David_wigren Posted December 19, 2014 Author Posted December 19, 2014 Thank you brothers! Sharkey, I still have nightmares from those days lol! Ej, I think you could do it if you gave it a little time experimenting with grip positioning. You have well enough strength and hand toughness for it! Quote
Sean Cashman Posted December 19, 2014 Posted December 19, 2014 (edited) Yes, you still do have it Wiggy! Amazing how you can comeback from a layoff and smash a bend like this. Great work brother!! btw- I'm loving seeing these single imp bends. I'd have a hard time doing a yellow nail in one imp! ha! Edited December 19, 2014 by Sean Cashman Quote
king crusher Posted December 19, 2014 Posted December 19, 2014 Grip positioning is most of it. Doing that L bar the first couple hits no way I could apply force but I kept moving my grip a tad and found one that wasn't unbearable. First hit is the worst then gets easy from there. Quote
David_wigren Posted December 19, 2014 Author Posted December 19, 2014 Yes, you still do have it Wiggy! Amazing how you can comeback from a layoff and smash a bend like this. Great work brother!! btw- I'm loving seeing these single imp bends. I'd have a hard time doing a yellow nail in one imp! ha! Thank you Sean! Well I still train my grip and wrists hard so most of the associated muscles are strong. The technique is second nature for me at this point. And that specific bending strength is probably going to stay for a long time just from having me specialize in it for so many years. Quote
nickr104 Posted December 19, 2014 Posted December 19, 2014 Ha that looked hard Great bend! Quote Nick RosendaulI am a Upser"I slept with John Eaton and lived to tell about it!"
David_wigren Posted December 20, 2014 Author Posted December 20, 2014 Thank you Nick! It honestly felt hard though. Sweep and crush gave me a fight. Quote
Hannes Kainz Posted December 20, 2014 Posted December 20, 2014 Very nice David congrats! Still very good DO technic i see! Quote
David_wigren Posted December 20, 2014 Author Posted December 20, 2014 Very nice David congrats! Still very good DO technic i see! Thank you Hannes! Technique was always my strength. It was the only reason why I even had a chance of competing with any of you true monsters, like yourself! How is your AW training going? Quote
MANTHOS Posted December 23, 2014 Posted December 23, 2014 I could not expect something less... Number 1 brother!! Quote
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