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Grip Strength for Earth – LIVE

Jedd Johnson — Sat, 24 Apr 2010 01:52:22 +0000

Hey everybody, the Grip Strength for Earth Tearing extravaganza went great. Thanks to everybody who tuned in.

If you didn’t get a chance to see the show, sign up for the Grip Strength newsletter below because I will be sending out links to download it either today (Sunday) or tomorrow.

Thanks everybody!

Steel Bending Contest Coming to Philadelphia

Jedd Johnson — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 04:11:41 +0000

Sonny Barry bending a 5/8″ x 43″ round steel bar at the 2009 Olde Time Strongman and Barbell dinner

STEEL BENDING CONTEST

Sonny Barry recently contacted me and asked me to help him get the word out about his contest he is holding in Philadelphia in January.

SEE THE DETAILS AFTER THE JUMP

Since I know some of the best steel benders in the world come to the Diesel site, I told him I’d be glad to post some information about his contest here.

STEEL BENDING CONTEST

Hosted & Judged by “Man of Steel” Sonny Barry & Professional Strongman Greg Matonick

w/ SPECIAL GUEST SLIM “THE HAMMER MAN”
& GUEST JUDGE “IRISH ANVIL” TOM KELLY

When:
Sunday January 10TH, 2010 – Contest Starts at 11am. Registration starts at 10am or Register Online at PhillyExpo.info

Where:
3rd Annual Philly Sports Extravaganza
Valley Forge Convention Center
1210 1st Ave King of Prussia PA 19406

What:
• Spotlight your best 3 feats of strength in front of a large crowd and fellow peers
• Judged by Professional Strongmen Sonny Barry & Greg Matonick, the “Irish Anvil” Tom Kelly, and Slim “The Hammer Man” Farman
• Impress us with your steel bending prowess! Accepting steel bars, nails, bolts, horseshoes, steel framing hammers, wrenches, scrolling metal, railroad spikes, tearing license plates, breaking chains, etc.
• (No phonebooks, decks of cards, etc. – This is NOT a “Man of Paper” contest)

Winner will be the official 2010 “Valley Forge Man of Steel”

AWARDING 1ST- 6TH Places
ENTRY FEE: $20

*Bring your own props. All props will first be inspected by the judges

GENERAL ADMISSION TICKETS $15.00 online and $20.00 at the Door
Ticket gets you in to see up to 15 sports including Powerlifting, Boxing, Olympic Lifting, and Karate.

A 28 1/2 x 1/2 square bar bent in half,then twisted into a heart that Barry bent at 63 yrs. old. This guy knows serious steel bending.

Who is Sonny Barry? Here’s a little bit of information on the man, himself…

• Started lifting weights at the age of 12
• For about 10 years, trained under George Everly in Catch Can (shoot) wrestling
• Black belt in Judo, a 3rd degree brown belt in Aikido, and a brown belt in Karate.
• Was introduced to the world of feats of strength by Greg Matonick.
• Bent a horse shoe on his first try.
• Has performed many other tremendous strength feats at many impressive venues…

For more info on Sonny Barry, check out his site: SonnyBarry.com

For more info on the Steel Bending Competition, check out: PhillyExpo.info

Who will be the steel bending champion?

If you are planning on attending this competition, let me know! Leave a comment below…

-Jedd-

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Dan Cenidoza Bends the Red Nail

Jedd Johnson — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 10:54:35 +0000

Dan Cenidoza squeezing a gripper at GGC 2005

If you’ve been around the Diesel site for the last few years then you have seen us mention our good buddy, Dan Cenidoza, from BeMoreTraining.com. I have competed against Dan in several strongman contests, and trained with him countless times.

After a lay-off of a few years, Dan recently got back into nail and bolt bending. He really worked hard on improving his technique and shortly after coming back he was murdering Grade 5 bolts and even managed to get through a Grade 8.

I told him, after you bend that Grade 8, you’re just a short ways off from getting the Red Nail.

A Bent Red Nail (photo taken by lightweight on the GripBoard)

The Red Nail is the main goal nail from IronMind.com. Not really a nail, but rather a 7-inch piece of cold rolled steel 5/16 of an inch in diameter, if you bend it into a U-shape under two minutes with their company’s wraps, you get your name on their Red Nail Roster.

I knew it was just a matter of time, and just the other day I got a text from Dan saying that he had slain the red giant. Here’s the video, where he bends a couple red nails in suede wraps.

Now, in this case, since Dan used his own wraps, he is not a certified Red Nail Roster member, but I have seen Dan’s wraps and they are pretty thin and flimsy, so I’d go as far to say that if he gets his hands on some of the official wraps from IronMind, he’ll be bending reds with them within another couple of weeks.

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Dan also added that the main thing he had trouble with in transitioning from the Grade 8 bolt to the Red Nail is the length difference. The 1/4-inch Grade 8′s he was bending are only 6 inches long, and since the Reds are 7 inches, it takes some time to get the nail into position and get comfortable.

Just wanted to say congrats to Dan the big accomplishment and good luck working on getting ready for official certification.

-Jedd-

Grip Nationals

Jedd Johnson — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 23:22:28 +0000

Save this link!

If you have any questions regarding this year’s Diesel Grip Contest, please post them here in the comments section! As questions are asked, I will update this post, so make sure you ask about anything you are unclear about.

At the beginning of the year, I announed GGC’s date for August 29th, 2009.

Now that Chad’s excellent Grip contest is out of the way, it is time to prepare for Nationals.

The events are all the same as last year with one sizable change and a few minor changes.

1. Grippers
– Parallel set only – Credit Card set is out!!!!
– Tons of calibrated grippers will be used

2. Two Hands Pinch
– No changes here. Same as always. Multiple widths, depending on athlete preference.

3. Axle
– Double Overhand only
– Sumo is allowed.

4. Medley
– We will not do the mystery event this year. I know it was popular, but I feel it ended up too hard for the smaller handed individuals.
– All items will be announced.
– Some people may end up bringing things to use, but they will still be announced.
– Items will include Blob, Inch, Levering, Bending, Tearing, Loose Pinch, Block Weights, Rolling Thunder. Weights will be manageable for smaller handed individuals.

5. Weaver Stick (instead of bending)
– I want to include a wrist event
– I don’t want to include any bending
– Weaver Stick looks cool and is fairly easy to judge.
– It was a lot of fun at Gripmas

Entry fee is $50 and we are doing it at my house.

You must qualify for Nationals in one of three ways:

Qualification Chance 1: Athletes shall qualify for Nationals if they finish top 3 in a US Hand Strength sanctioned contest announced on the Gripboard between September 2008 and August 2009.

Qualification Chance 2: Athletes can also qualify for Nationals by completing 3 of the following feats during 2008-2009 competition:

Qualification Chance 3: Complete any one of the following Wild Card feats:

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I think that’s about it. Post below here, if you have questions.

Tearing a Catalog

Jedd Johnson — Fri, 29 May 2009 11:14:54 +0000

You may have tried tearing a phonebook in the past, but have you ever tried tearing a catalog? They are way tougher to rip in half. Check out some catalog tearing in this video below.

All the best in your training,

-Jedd-