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Dennis Rogers’ “Hammer” Curl

Posted on Wednesday, May 11th, 2022 by John Wood

Typically you can train with sledge hammers in two ways: levering, or using them to smash a truck tire, but here’s an innovative feat done by Dennis Rogers, the Grandmaster Strongman. Here Dennis Preacher Curls two loaded-up sledge hammers with a total weight of 82 pounds. 82 pounds doesn’t sound like a lot of weight — and it certainly isn’t for Dennis — but the fact that you have to maintain the crushing strength to keep the hammers in one place while you curl them makes this feat quite impressive.

Tearing a Mini-Deck of Cards

Posted on Monday, March 5th, 2018 by John Wood

Plenty of people can tear a regulation deck of cards but it’s a whole new ball game with a mini-deck. Dennis Rogers can do this feat with ease, as well he should since his fingers are about as strong as a set of pliers.

Dennis Rogers’ World Record Dumbbell Curl

Posted on Tuesday, January 9th, 2018 by John Wood

At 5’9″ and a bodyweight around 160 pounds, Dennis Rogers sure doesn’t look like your average strongman… But when it’s time to lift some iron, Dennis can do some things that will shock and amaze you. One of Dennis’ unusual abilities is his incredible bicep strength.

At Memorial City Mall in Houston, Texas, Dennis Rogers’ established a World Record One Arm Dumbbell Curl record of 98 pounds x 10 Reps with an Iron Master Dumbbell- he weighed 148 Pounds at the time. Not many heavyweights can even come anywhere close to such a display.

Card Ripping in Oven Mitts

Posted on Sunday, December 10th, 2017 by John Wood

Ok, so you can rip a deck of cards … but can you rip a deck of cards while wearing oven mitts like Dennis Rogers? …And not only can Dennis Rogers do this, he makes it look easy.

The Double Bent Wrench

Posted on Wednesday, November 8th, 2017 by John Wood

It’s hard enough to bend a wrench one time but Dennis Rogers can bend one twice and make a nifty pen holder. This is a very tough feat that takes incredible grip strength to accomplish — you have to know exactly where to start and end each bend to make it work.

Dennis Rogers’ Steel Scrolling

Posted on Wednesday, February 1st, 2017 by John Wood

A few years back Dennis Rogers performed in Detroit and gave me the piece of steel he bent into a pretzel shape during the show. If you look closely you can see that it is dated 11/06/2005 and signed by Dennis.

Dennis Rogers

Posted on Wednesday, April 15th, 2015 by John Wood

At 5’6″ and 168 pounds, Dennis Rogers does not fit the mold of the typical strongman but he can perform feats that have to be seen to be believed. Here he shows a steel bar that he has just bent into a pretzel shape. Dennis has many unique training methods and has agreed to share many of them with us. Stay tuned…

Dennis Rogers’ Card Notching

Posted on Thursday, September 18th, 2014 by John Wood

Tearing a deck of playing cards is one of the all-time classic feats of strength… there have always been whispers that some strongmen had such fearsome fingers that they could “notch” a quarter-sized hole out of a deck… in fact, many people said it was impossible. Dennis Rogers, however, came along and silenced all the doubters by accomplishing the feat. … and not only that, he makes it look easy.

Dennis Rogers’ Death Defying Airplane Human Chain Feat

Posted on Saturday, May 26th, 2012 by John Wood

The strength feat that put modern-day Oldtime Strongman Dennis Rogers on the map was when he successfully prevented a pair of Airforce T-34 airplanes from taking off in “The Human Chain” feat.

That’s 285 horsepower on each arm! — and one wrong move meant they would have to scrape Dennis off the runway. This amazing feat earned the Association of Oldtime Barbell and Strongman’s (AOBS) highest award from founder Vic Boff.

Paul Anderson, The Nail Driver

Posted on Thursday, May 24th, 2012 by John Wood

Paul Anderson accomplished many things in his life including an Olympic Gold Medal and World Records in just about every lift he tried… but I bet you didn’t know he was also an expert nail driver too… When he traveled around for speaking engagements, Big Paul figured the quickest way to get an audience’s attention was to perform an unusual feat of strength — and a man driving a nail through a wooden board with his bare hand sure fits the bill! Other great nail driving strongmen include Alexander ‘Amazing Samson’ Zass, Siegmund Breitbart, Dennis Rogers, and The Mighty Atom.