Sunday, March 15, 2009
The Human Vise Strikes Again!Why do they call Pat Povilaitis the Human Vise? This collection of bent steel should explain it: About fifty bounds of bent, mangles steel: nails, spikes, horseshoes, rebar, bolts, wrenches, drill bits... nothing is safe when "The Vise" does his thing.
Labels: Bend Spikes, Bending, Bending Feat, Bent Horseshoes, Bent Steel, Bolt Bending, Human Vise, Nail Bending, Pat Povilaitis, Steel Bending
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Monday, January 07, 2008
| Stanley Radwan was a catch wrestler and strongman who performed during the 40s and 50s in the Cleveland, Ohio area. He is not especially well known outside of the Cleveland area but very well known and well loved inside the Cleveland area especially among the Polish community. This event poster from 1949 advertises him pulling cars with his teeth, biting through steel, breaking chains, bending horseshoes, bend nails and spikes, nail driving by hand, tearing decks of cards, and performing the human link feat. It was said he could also bend coins with his hands. |  Stanley Radwan |
Labels: Bending Feat, Coin Bending, Nail Bending, Nail Driving, Oldtime Strongman, Oldtime Strongman Feat, Polish Strongman, Stanley Radwan, Steel Bending
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Thursday, November 08, 2007
Charles Vansittart: Bent Steel NailThey used to call Charles Vansittart "The Man With The Iron Grip" for good reason. -- he could bend an Old English penny, rip a tennis ball in half and bend pieces of steel like the one pictured above.
Steel bending has always been a traditional Oldtime Strongman feat, not only do many people find it incredibly impressive as a feat, merely doing it will build tremedous strength throughout the entire body.
You can tell that rectangular stock (like the nail above) was actually hand bent by the shape. If a piece of steel was truly hand bent, it will bend on the angle, not the flat edge.
Labels: Charles Vansittart, Grip Strength, Iron Grip, Nail Bending, Steel Bending
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Monday, October 29, 2007
Joseph Greenstein aka "The Mighty Atom"Joseph Greenstein aka The Mighty Atom twisted horseshoes, drove nails through boards with his bare hand, broke chains, bent iron bars, BIT nails in half, he even held back an airplane with his hair...
Find out more about the Might Atom from his #1 student Slim The Hammer Man
Labels: Bent Horseshoes, Joseph Greenstein, Nail Bending, Nail Driving, Oldtime Strongman, Strongman Feat, The MIghty Atom
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Sunday, September 23, 2007
 "Developing Grip Strength" | Stronger hands and forearms have always been a very important (but often overlooked) area of training for every athlete. Published back in 1986, Developing Grip Strength by David Gentle and David Webster became an instant classic as it was the first "book" ever written specifically on the subject of grip training. You'll be lucky to find a copy these days -- I've seen them listed at several hundred dollars on some of the used book sites. |
While this book is quite rare, you can learn how to train for many of these feats with the four different courses in our Classic Grip Course Collection
Labels: Chest Expander, David Gentle, David Webster, Grip Strength, Hand Balancing, Hand Grippers, Nail Bending, One Arm Deadlift, Phonebook Tearing, Single Finger Lifts, Sledge Hammer Leverage
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