Londonjoseph Posted February 6, 2023 Share Posted February 6, 2023 I have decided to make a log on gripboard to keep myself more accountable when it comes to bending steel. For reference, here are my best bends: Single ironmind pads: Huge golden bastard or hexabastard, both were hard Doubles: Nibelungen Cert, and almost a KOAB. Have done some harder 6" edgins in doubles. To start the log off, today I did 20x 5/16" bends. All ironmind pads only. Here is what I did: 7x Bastard 6x red nail 2x shiny bastard 2x Horrido A2 1x bendsport Canada moose 1x 70D 1x big bastard The session took about 2 hours, and really tested my willpower. I want to develope my hand toughness and single pad bends, and I was happy with today's result. I am going to try to do 2 sessions a week, and I want to log the results to keep me accountable. Pictures is the beds from my session, and the KOAB I attempted a week or two ago. Cheers! 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZRMMA Posted February 6, 2023 Share Posted February 6, 2023 Good work! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blacksmith513 Posted February 6, 2023 Share Posted February 6, 2023 Very strong 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Knowlton Posted February 7, 2023 Share Posted February 7, 2023 Great bending 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matek Posted February 7, 2023 Share Posted February 7, 2023 Cool bending, and good to see you made a training log 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lennix Posted February 7, 2023 Share Posted February 7, 2023 kill it 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Londonjoseph Posted February 7, 2023 Author Share Posted February 7, 2023 Thanks guys, appreciate the kind words. I didn't sleep well last night, but my hands are feeling a lot better as compared to yesterday after the bends. I'll probably have to take next session a little easier, but that's ok. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blacksmith513 Posted February 7, 2023 Share Posted February 7, 2023 3 hours ago, Londonjoseph said: Thanks guys, appreciate the kind words. I didn't sleep well last night, but my hands are feeling a lot better as compared to yesterday after the bends. I'll probably have to take next session a little easier, but that's ok. That’s good to hear. That was a crazy session. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Londonjoseph Posted February 13, 2023 Author Share Posted February 13, 2023 Todays work was just 8x JH grade 5 1/4"x6" ironmind pads touching reverse no rubber bands. I also took out my gymnastics rings today, and even though I haven't trained on them in an extremely long time I was still able to perform a solid 10 sec back lever l. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Londonjoseph Posted February 15, 2023 Author Share Posted February 15, 2023 Today I tried some easier bends, I just did a 7"x1/4" grade 2 barehanded, and 2 JH grade 8's in ironmind pads. The JH grade 8 is part of a challenge @strangersent to our group. The challenge is to bend it in ironmind pads and to see who can crush it down the furthest within a 1 minute time limit. My first attempt was 1 & 5/32". I accidentally took 15 seconds too long because I was fiddling with the rubber bands. On my second attempt it took 55 seconds and I achieved a slightly lower result with 1&3/16". I opted to use no rubber bands in the second attempt, I'll definitely try for a further crush down if someone in our group beats my time. Here is my Grade 2 barehanded video: 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blacksmith513 Posted February 15, 2023 Share Posted February 15, 2023 NICE! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Knowlton Posted February 16, 2023 Share Posted February 16, 2023 Way cool 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Londonjoseph Posted February 16, 2023 Author Share Posted February 16, 2023 I was pondering about the red nail cert, with some friends, and decided the easiest way to achieve it would be the pads touching method double overhand. For this wrapping method you fold it into thirds and then fold it over the nail pads touching in the middle. You have 2 minutes from when the nail touches the pads, so I think this bend here would be under cert conditions. However I'm unsure since the rules are extremely complicated. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Knowlton Posted February 16, 2023 Share Posted February 16, 2023 NICE WORK 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blacksmith513 Posted February 16, 2023 Share Posted February 16, 2023 you owned that red nail. are you going to Don Cummings May 6? I really want to make it out there. Kinda hard to commit yet because of work right. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matek Posted February 17, 2023 Share Posted February 17, 2023 (edited) Very strong bend. It depends on how you interpret 'incidental' from "incidental contact between the bender's arms or hands (or the nail itself) and the bender's body is permitted", but I think it would pass because the lack of red certs is getting really embarrassing for IM. If even this would not pass, somebody should put a pound of chalk in the "pocket" of the wraps, essentially making it semi-doubles and cert in a clown mask (there is no restriction about the amount of chalk). Edited February 17, 2023 by matek 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Londonjoseph Posted February 17, 2023 Author Share Posted February 17, 2023 11 hours ago, Blacksmith513 said: you owned that red nail. are you going to Don Cummings May 6? I really want to make it out there. Kinda hard to commit yet because of work right. I will be attending. Don lives 30 minutes from me, so I'll be there for sure my goal is to win Unbraced. The competition is gonna be the hardest yet, especially with Alex Guiha entering the field. 8 hours ago, matek said: Very strong bend. It depends on how you interpret 'incidental' from "incidental contact between the bender's arms or hands (or the nail itself) and the bender's body is permitted", but I think it would pass because the lack of red certs is getting really embarrassing for IM. If even this would not pass, somebody should put a pound of chalk in the "pocket" of the wraps, essentially making it semi-doubles and cert in a clown mask (there is no restriction about the amount of chalk). I have emailed ironmind. This one felt like a harder red. I don't do much pads touching bends, if any, so I'm confident in my ability to succeed. Thanks for the kind words gentlemen. Cheers! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blacksmith513 Posted February 17, 2023 Share Posted February 17, 2023 1 hour ago, Londonjoseph said: I will be attending. Don lives 30 minutes from me, so I'll be there for sure my goal is to win Unbraced. The competition is gonna be the hardest yet, especially with Alex Guiha entering the field. I have emailed ironmind. This one felt like a harder red. I don't do much pads touching bends, if any, so I'm confident in my ability to succeed. Thanks for the kind words gentlemen. Cheers! Good luck.. But hopefully i'll be there... You don't have to fear me unless you want to come in last. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Londonjoseph Posted February 18, 2023 Author Share Posted February 18, 2023 This was Randall's response regarding the video I sent him: 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
insane.warrior Posted February 18, 2023 Share Posted February 18, 2023 You'll get it soon! Of course It might require more time to gain some extra strength to match those strict rules but it's doable. Be patient, don't give up and best of luck. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Londonjoseph Posted February 18, 2023 Author Share Posted February 18, 2023 1 minute ago, insane.warrior said: You'll get it soon! Of course It might require more time to gain some extra strength to match those strict rules but it's doable. Be patient, don't give up and best of luck. Quite frankly, I'm unsure if I even want to go through the cert process. It's a hassle to deal with this. With what my other videos show, I have no doubts I have MORE than the strength required to do the cert, even with the complicated rules. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
insane.warrior Posted February 18, 2023 Share Posted February 18, 2023 You could be the first person certified under the new rules. IMHO, it worth to try) 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Londonjoseph Posted February 18, 2023 Author Share Posted February 18, 2023 I think randy is starting to play ball a little bit here, I might just ask him to send new pads anyways just to have more. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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