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Posts Tagged ‘sledge hammer training’

Beginner Grip Training: Basic Hammer Movements for Wrist Strength

Wednesday, May 10th, 2017

Beginner Grip Training Video Series

We are getting deeper and deeper into this series on Beginner Grip Training Methods. We’ve looked at entry-level plate inching, some of the aspects of gripper training, and even a thick bar training method you can do in just about ANY GYM. Now, it’s time to look at a way beginner grip trainees can work on developing their wrist strength.

Basic Sledge Hammer Movements for Wrist Strength

Sledge Hammer Levering can put a lot of torque on the wrist, and if you go too heavy, too soon, you can experience undue pain from the drills. In the video below, I show you some things you can do right now, as a beginner grip trainee, that are safe and entail less risk.

I hope today’s installment in the Beginner Grip Training Series has been helpful.

If you’ve got additional questions on developing your grip strength, be sure to leave a comment below, or contact me directly.

Either way, I look forward to hearing from you.

All the best in your training.

Jedd

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Tags: sledge hammer training, sledge training, wrist strength, wrist training
Posted in Grip Sport, grip strength, Grip Training, hand strength, how to buid wrist strength, how to improve grip strength, sledge hammer training, wrist strength | 1 Comment »

Sledge Hammer Training – Face Lever & Floor Lever

Tuesday, November 29th, 2016

Sledge Hammer Feats

With my ongoing back issues, I’ve been working on some feats that I don’t normally take time to work on.

Here are some quick clips of some of the training I’ve been doing.

16lb Slim Farman Floor Lever

This is a feat originated by one of the most widely recognized performing Strongmen, Slim “The Hammer Man” Farman. The objective here is to start with the hammer parallel to the floor, with your hand on a towel or pad, and then to lever it up into a vertical position, so that it contacts one of your shoulders.

Below, I do the feat with a 16lb Sledge. I’d like to work up to a 20lb Sledge though, which I’ve done twice in the past. I don’t recall seeing anyone but Slim go beyond 20lbs, so it would be nice to work up to that point as well.

20lb Sledge Face Lever

Next is the Face Lever, a classic oldtime strongman feat, popularized, again, by Slim, and done by many other strongman performers over the years.

The objective here is to start with the sledge vertical, lower it to the face or head, and then return it back to the vertical position with the strength of your wrist.

This is one of the most elusive feats of strength, for me. I struggle with wrist mobility, so I have trouble getting the hammer to my head, and as a result I end up dropping my arm down. So the video below is a poor example of execution of the lift, but it felt cool to add weight to the hammer and then take it off to make the 20 feel lighter. This is a technique that I showed in my program, Lever Bigger Hammers, but haven’t done for a while.

I’ll have more updates on the Sledge Training, since picking things up off the ground is still a no-go.

If you’re looking for ways to improve your sledge hammer training, check out the programs below.

Lever Bigger Hammers

Sledge Only Training for Bending Prep

All the best in your training.

Jedd



Tags: hammer lifting, hammer training, sledge hammer training, sledge lifting, sledge lifts, sledge training, sledgehammer training
Posted in feats, feats of strength, feats of strength bending, sledge hammer training, strongman feats | 394 Comments »

Will Sledge Levering Help Bend Bigger Bars?

Monday, July 18th, 2016

When grip guys and strength aficionados get started in steel bending, they want to progress as quickly as possible up the various levels of steel as fast as possible. They often try many different training techniques in order to strengthen their wrists and lower arms for the many steel bending techniques that exist.

One of the time-honored traditions of steel benders is Levering Sledge Hammers, and I’m often asked by steel benders if Sledge Levering is a good option for building better bending strength.

In today’s video, I address this topic: Will Sledge Hammer Levering Help Me Bend Bigger Steel:

Does Hammer Levering Help Build Bending Strength?

This is honestly a pretty big change in my line of thinking. In fact, in both my Nail Bending eBook and Nail Bending DVD, I suggest Sledge Hammer Levering to bring up their bending.

However, I always try to learn and develop, both as a lifter and a coach. Since working with dozens of benders over the last few years, I’m convinced that Sledge Hammer Levering isn’t as necessary as I once thought.

Also, in talking with many big benders over the years, the consensus, by far is that BENDING is what you should focus on in order to get good at bending.

I still stand by the fact that Sledge Levering will help you in conditioning your wrists for bending. In fact, I suggest a minimum 4-week ramp-up period where the various wrist movement patterns are trained with gradually increasing intensity, prior to doing any bending.

I recommend Sledge Levering for beginners because it allows you to work so many beneficial ranges of motion and movement patterns that are needed with steel bending, including both non-braced and braced bending methods.

However, once you start actually bending full time, or at least making steel bending one of your primary goals in your training, I think it’s most important to focus on purposeful bending, working your way up the ladder, and continually working on perfecting your technique and force production on actual nails and bars. At that point, Sledge Work can take a back seat, and be used mainly as a recovery method between bending sessions, and for keeping things like Tennis Elbow and Golfers Elbow as far away as possible.

I hope today’s post has been helpful toward directing you down as straight and as short a path as possible to your ultimate bending goals.

If you’re interested in more Steel Bending information, please check out the resources that countless other steel slayers have tapped into. The links are below.

Nail Bending eBook: Since 2005, this digital manual has helped more people start out on the right track with their bending than any other resource on the planet. It includes pictorials of how to properly execute all the major and minor bending techniques, dozens of different exercises for building lower arm strength and preventing injuries, as well as a full 9-week lower arm conditioning program for beginner benders.

Nail Bending DVD: Released in 2011, this video picks up where the ebook left off, walking you through the process of becoming a great bender. It shows you the proper way to wrap your steel for powerful bending, and you can see bars bent right on your computer screen or TV. Grab you steel, get your wraps, and let’s do a couple bends together as you play this DVD right in your own living room or home gym.

All the best in your training.

Jedd


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Tags: bending nails, bending steel, nail bending, sledge hammer training, sledge levering, sledge lifting, steel bending
Posted in bending, braced bending, feats of strength, feats of strength bending, old strongman feats of strength, steel bending, strongman feats | 1 Comment »

This Week's Challenge – Sledge Hammer Deadlift

Wednesday, May 4th, 2011

Congratulations to the One Man Wrecking Crew, himself, Josh McIntyre.


Josh did more in the One Hand Deadlift than David Arquette and Charlie Sheen could probably do in the Two Man Deadlift last week, pulling 405-lbs to a legal height over the knee.
Freakin’ awesome, bro, and another win in the books. (more…)

Tags: sledge hammer deadlift, sledge hammer levering, sledge hammer training, sledge hammers
Posted in baseball strength and conditioning, feats of strength, feats of strength bending, grip hand forearm training for sports, Grip Sport, grip strength, grip strength competition contest, how to improve grip strength, old strongman feats of strength, sledge hammer training, strongman feats | 3 Comments »

This Week’s Challenge – Sledge Hammer Deadlift

Wednesday, May 4th, 2011

Congratulations to the One Man Wrecking Crew, himself, Josh McIntyre.

Josh did more in the One Hand Deadlift than David Arquette and Charlie Sheen could probably do in the Two Man Deadlift last week, pulling 405-lbs to a legal height over the knee.

Freakin’ awesome, bro, and another win in the books. (more…)

Tags: sledge hammer deadlift, sledge hammer levering, sledge hammer training, sledge hammers
Posted in baseball strength and conditioning, feats of strength, feats of strength bending, grip hand forearm training for sports, Grip Sport, grip strength, grip strength competition contest, how to improve grip strength, old strongman feats of strength, sledge hammer training, strongman feats | 3 Comments »

New Way to Swing a Mace?

Sunday, March 20th, 2011


Stronger Grip Mace / Core Club

You guys know how much I like Mace Swinging.

I’ve written about it here a few times…

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Tags: club swinging, leverage training, mace swinging, sledge hammer training
Posted in athletic strength training lift odd objects, grip hand forearm training for sports, grip strength, how to improve fitness and conditioning, how to improve grip strength, how to perfrom mace and club swinging | 9 Comments »

Grip Strength Challenge Week 9

Friday, March 4th, 2011

I hope you got the chance to try this week’s challenge, Finger Walking an 8-lb Sledge Hammer, because it is actually a fantastic way to train the hands for balance and hand health. In fact a few of the people who tried it commented on how good it made their hands feel.

Now it is time to vote. Please vote for who you think should win the Grip Strength Challenge. Who dominated it? Who tried the hardest? Who did the coolest version of the feat? Make your decision and leave a comment with your vote.

REMEMBER – This week’s winner gets a free copy of Home Made Strength II – Grip Strength Edition!

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Tags: hand health sledge hammer finger walk, sledge hammer training, sledge hammer workout
Posted in grip strength, how to improve grip strength, improve grip strength crush | 18 Comments »

Diesel Crew Feat of the Week Challenge – Week 4

Friday, January 28th, 2011

Week 4 – Hammer Levering

Hello Diesels!

The time has come to vote for Week 4’s Submissions, but before you get to the videos, read what one of the participants sent me this week.
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Tags: levering hammers, sledge hammer levering, sledge hammer training, sledge lever, vertical lever
Posted in feats, feats of strength, feats of strength bending, grip strength, grip strength competition contest | 77 Comments »

Hammering Strength into the Wrists – Part Three

Sunday, September 27th, 2009

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Scott Bird Loves the Deadlift

I have been working with Scott Bird from the Straight To The Bar site for years. Scott and I have been teaming up ever since I put out the Nail Bending eBook.

He’s been giving me a hand since the beginning and has helped me improve my blog and the Diesel site, and has really helped raise awareness of the sport of grip and feats of strength like nail bending and card tearing.
(more…)

Tags: grip strength, hammer training, hand strength, levering, nail bending, sledge hammer training, sledge training, wrist strength
Posted in feats of strength bending, how to improve grip strength, old strongman feats of strength | 6 Comments »

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