bennyb
01-30-2009, 09:27 PM
I have been looking at the type of feats i've been performing and I found i'm best at Scrolling (Shaping long steel), Ripping Phonebooks and Nose levering sledgehammers. Since the new year I have been contemplating what new feats I should attempt and I have found 5 that suited me best. I will probably not master these as quickly as the other 3 but to make an addition into destroying other things that are suited in the Old-Time Strongman Tradition:
1. Bend a Wrench.....Now I'm not talking about just a type of wrench but any wrench because they are not only tougher then other types of steel but the technique is different and thats something to strive for. I'm gonna start with spikes and work my way up until I attempt a major-brand wrench whether 6 inches or longer I will bend it.
2. 100 Consecutive Power T Push-ups......This may not be a strongman feat but it should be cause it takes levels beyond the imagination to hit that number at any weight (for me between 225-230) and as far as I'm at 40 in a row it will take much more mental strength to tackle another 55% of reps I will find a way to do it.
3. Tear a deck of cards.......This feat is one amazing one as it shows grip strength in a different light. Workouts for these are pretty simple, start with how many you can tear and work from there. Want to tear a minimum of 1 deck, if I can do before the year ends I will attempt more.
4. Lever a 14 pound sledgehammer.........This is probably the most insane out of all of these but yet I was already insane when I broke both legs. Training for these will be the toughest, I can crank out a few reps with a 10 per arm and once cranked out one rep with a 12 so doing a 14 will be a pain but I want to shoot for it and I will.
5. Tear a 2000+ page phonebook.......Now most of you know I have the strength and will to tear one up but with that many pages its gonna start back at basics and looking over stacks of book after book. My grip is getting stronger as we speak but its gonna take some real training with real will power. I have fought books and I have destroyed them in seconds. This is just another feat that I know I will accomplish.
Once i've settled with the right "tools" I will be training twice a week on these feats doing different ones each time. Not exclusively but to make a main workout for that day and have certain exercises that help with recovery.
1. Bend a Wrench.....Now I'm not talking about just a type of wrench but any wrench because they are not only tougher then other types of steel but the technique is different and thats something to strive for. I'm gonna start with spikes and work my way up until I attempt a major-brand wrench whether 6 inches or longer I will bend it.
2. 100 Consecutive Power T Push-ups......This may not be a strongman feat but it should be cause it takes levels beyond the imagination to hit that number at any weight (for me between 225-230) and as far as I'm at 40 in a row it will take much more mental strength to tackle another 55% of reps I will find a way to do it.
3. Tear a deck of cards.......This feat is one amazing one as it shows grip strength in a different light. Workouts for these are pretty simple, start with how many you can tear and work from there. Want to tear a minimum of 1 deck, if I can do before the year ends I will attempt more.
4. Lever a 14 pound sledgehammer.........This is probably the most insane out of all of these but yet I was already insane when I broke both legs. Training for these will be the toughest, I can crank out a few reps with a 10 per arm and once cranked out one rep with a 12 so doing a 14 will be a pain but I want to shoot for it and I will.
5. Tear a 2000+ page phonebook.......Now most of you know I have the strength and will to tear one up but with that many pages its gonna start back at basics and looking over stacks of book after book. My grip is getting stronger as we speak but its gonna take some real training with real will power. I have fought books and I have destroyed them in seconds. This is just another feat that I know I will accomplish.
Once i've settled with the right "tools" I will be training twice a week on these feats doing different ones each time. Not exclusively but to make a main workout for that day and have certain exercises that help with recovery.