This is 4 horse shoes in 2 minutes with no additional padding besides leather wraps to protect my hands. I need my hands intact, but i can bend bare handed which i do weekly.
I have read some peoples web pages where they think they have bent a horse shoe, but when i watch their videos, they are using three towels, 4 pairs of leather hand pads, and they are still having that whiny look in their face.
If you want to be a good braced bender, you need to do it the right way- No additional padding than absolutely required for safety. You will not hurt yourself pushing a horseshoe in to your leg, unless you name is Pat and your bending a Diamond #5. Most people are bending entry level shoes with so much padding, I wonder if they can do anything without the pad?
This is not a shot any particular person, but dont say You and I are doing the same things- watch me bend a spike, long bar and some shoes. No additional padding besides the meat in my legs. build pain tolerance. If you can’t do that, email me and i will tell you how to build it.
Be legit, or take up stamp collecting….
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Darn tootin Adam! Build pain tolerance. I have to admit though, on the PR shoes I wuss out and get a small pad:(
Zach
I am glad to see where you stand on this
– to anyone who reads this
#1- this is my training blog, if you dont like it, than move along
#2- If you want to Pop phone books and think thats legit, bend steel with leather pipes, use two hands to set grippers to 1/4 and call that a close, hey good for you.
While your at it, go bench press and have your buddy pull the bar up off your chest after you do the belly flop, Do only 1/4 squats, deadlift with straps, belts, bumper plates and really bounce those reps off the floor. Always use machine, and never ever use odd objects
Leave all the strength business to us fools who are concerned about honest feats.
Good call, man. Integrity. I felt like an idiot after reading your post a while ago about true tearing. I’ve been popping them all along! Shows the value of good research over going with the first thing you see! By the way, your Helsep bend the other day was off the hook. You’re a sicko! Let me know if you’re ever coming to Minnesota and have some free time. I’d like to pick your brain about a few things and maybe get in a training session together. Take it easy, bro!
Adam,
Good shit and excellent blog. I check it daily.
One thing, I often use straps when I pull in training. Saves my forearm and elbow on the arm that is underhand by doing it double over with straps. I wear a belt as well. But usually just with weights over 600.
Keep it up bro-
-Rick
Rick Walker
I am not prepared to go to war with a 700+ deadlifter! Big Brother if you want to use straps you use them, i learned a lot of my shit from your articles.
My comments go more towards some of these clowns i see using straps on their 135 sets of DL and rows. Turns my stomach…
Adam-
Via this link: http://www.flexcart.com/members/elitefts/default.asp?m=PD&cid=114&pid=245
Scroll down and read how they set up their bands and what numbers they came up with:
Band/Tension at the Top
• Strong band – 175lb
• Average band – 115lb
• Light band – 70lb
We use the band pegs on the EFS cage at max setting, which is probably equal to or greater then having them knotted around a 4×4. The blues and greens we put one end on the band peg, and then stretch it around the other band peg and up to the bar. The light band we knot around the band peg, then stretch it like the others up to the bar. Since our bands are not brand new, we guessed we are getting 135 or so per strong band, 100 or so per average band, and 70 or so per light band. When we travel to Elite in May for the VIP seminar I hope to get 2 more pairs of each so we can go 3 strong bands a side!
No worries, I learn from everyone and I understand where you are coming from. I will try and get a photo of the set-up next time we do it so you can get an idea of what it looks like.
-Rick