Old Time Feats of Strength

[wscorpion]

Hi all,

My first post on these forums and I'd like to start it with a few questions :

- Is there anyone here performing old time feats of strength?
- What other ideas for feats of strength can you come up with?

To clarify a few things to what I see as old time feats of strength:

- Nail bending snapping
- Horse shoe bending
- Long bar bending
- Rolling up a frying pan
- One finger lifts
- Stone Lifting (and other odd objects)
- card deck tearing
- driving a nail through wood
- breaking a baseball bat
- etc.

I'm currently training for lifting the Dinnie Stones. These are 2 stones which are being seen as a strongman feat since the 1860's since Donald Dinnie first lifted them.
For more info on the Dinnie Stones: here.

Although not really an "old time" strength feat, it could have been :
Here's me breaking a padlock:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=coFp7FQD08c

So these are the kind of feats I like to do. Besides being great crowd pleasers, they are also great training tools for both the mind and the body.

So here are the questions again :

- Is there anyone here performing old time feats of strength?
- What other ideas for feats of strength can you come up with?

Thanks a lot!

Cheers

Mark

[singyay4ed]

A real man could have done that without the protective cloth wrapped round...Lol jk, that was awesome.

BTW, is that the theatrical screechings of Cradle Of Filth I hear in the background?

[dethmetalanimal]

- What other ideas for feats of strength can you come up with?

- Ripping a phone book in half
- Blowing up a hot water bottle

There is a Pro Strongman named Corey St. Clair, that post on the boards some and has a bodyspace. (I can't access my bodyspace account at the moment or i'd post a link to his account. just search his name and it should be easy enough to find though).

[someonefat]

They do a lot of that stuff on the gripboard. Personally I'm more impressed with real strength like lifting heavy ****, not tearing some cheap cards. Most of stuff you listed is not that hard to do once you learn proper technique.

[mosley1990]

These types of strengths are awesome haha.

[vikingsrule92]

They do a lot of that stuff on the gripboard. Personally I'm more impressed with real strength like lifting heavy ****, not tearing some cheap cards. Most of stuff you listed is not that hard to do once you learn proper technique.

the OP is a VERY well respected member on the GB, he was asking about people here.
Hey Mark! You know me, no need to state what it is that I do
That's not even slightly true, not even a little bit. I'm all of about 170 pounds and not to sound cocky but I'd bet every piece of equipment I own that I could beat you on all of those lifts except stone lifting and maybe tearing as thats not really my specialty.

[blindsideflank]

how about the on arm presses with barbells and the thomas inch dumbell(i think)
or growing a long curly moustache and riding a pennywheel bike and doing calisthenics in a singlet

http://www.oldtimestrongman.com/blog...0Strength.html
haha some of this stuff gives ma a real kick

[Reps n Sets]

Maybe sometime in the future... I'm still trying to master simple **** like closing grippers.

[Lager1]

dude does that hurt your hands when you do stuff like that? have you ever used COC grippers before? any more vids?

cool!

[Code_B]

thats really awesome. How long have you been training for stuff like this?

[Rawngus]

filth ftw cover of mr crowley is awesome

[Norse1308]

filth ftw cover of mr crowley is awesome

Negged, Cradle of Sh!t is such a horrible excuse for BM.

Anyways,

I think the old feats of strength are awesome. Sure a big guy can squat down and use his ass to power up a heavy bar, but applicational grip and hand strength is neat as well. You use your hands so often every day, it'd be awesome to see what they can do when trained for power. You can tell a hard working man from a pencil-pusher by his handshake.

[75kg]

Hey Mark, it's Zach(MalachiMcMullen) from GB. Don't forget sledge levering I forget, did you lift the full Dinnie stone weight yet? I was a hair away after my last competition.

[kevinm24]

in my woodshop class we have these metal clippers nd just **** around with it trying to break nails the whole class. u have to break 1 nail with 1 hand or 2 nails with 2 hands

[DevilsSon]

They do a lot of that stuff on the gripboard. Personally I'm more impressed with real strength like lifting heavy ****, not tearing some cheap cards. Most of stuff you listed is not that hard to do once you learn proper technique.

post any one of those feats on video....otherwise you're just another loudmouth....

bend a RED or a Bastard

Close #3

lift 250+lb on a rolling thunder

etc

I would be willing to bet you'd be nowhere close to any of these feats.

[wscorpion]

Hi Derek & Zach!
Nice to see some more GB members here

Thanks for the nice replies guys. To clarify some things:
I do the regular lifts as well, but it's not as unique as these feats are, so it's not really worth posting IMO. What would you prefer to see, me breaking a lock, or me benching 300lbs for example?
Btw, I did make a video of a strict one hand overhead press with a 52kg (114lbs) dumbbell, see the link below for the video:

More videos of me can be found here: http://www.youtube.com/mvogels

I've torn some phone books as well, but as you can kind of cheat with it with certain technique, the general public won't see the difference.
I haven't blown a waterbottle (definitely not a hot one ) yet, but it's something I would love to do some day.

I train with grippers as well, and working towards the #3.5 now, see my videos for a close of the #3 for example.

As for the wraps when breaking a lock. I've done some bending barehanded in the past, but It's really hard on the skin and not too good for the nerves in the hands either. Even with wraps I've cut myself and got blisters from bending, so they really are required for protection

And the inch dumbbell, well I have a replica at home, but I'm still training for it. I'm not there yet

Zach, I lifted 174,2kg & 134,4kg on the replica rings last monday and I could've lifted more but my skin started tearing, so if I feel strong next monday I'll give 190kg & 150kg a try
Of course there's a video of the lifts from last monday on youtube as well

Cheers!

Mark

[Rawngus]

Negged, Cradle of Sh!t is such a horrible excuse for BM.

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they had 1-2 blackmetalish albums but your right they arent black metal and they dont claim to be dont worry i listen to all that kvlt **** like xasthur, burzum, darkspace, leviathin, sunno))), and emperor too

[singyay4ed]

they had 1-2 blackmetalish albums but your right they arent black metal and they dont claim to be dont worry i listen to all that kvlt **** like xasthur, burzum, darkspace, leviathin, sunno))), and emperor too

I think the "tr00" and "kvlt" BMers see BM as having no keyboards + atmospherics etc. Therefore many of the bands you just posted are not "kvlt".

FAIL!

[Rawngus]

I think the "tr00" and "kvlt" BMers see BM as having no keyboards + atmospherics etc. Therefore many of the bands you just posted are not "kvlt".

FAIL!

fine then hows this

mutiilation
arkhon infaustous
blut aus nord
immortal
bathory

but bm is about atmoshpere rather then technicality so fail yourself sir good day to you

[singyay4ed]

fine then hows this

mutiilation
arkhon infaustous
blut aus nord
immortal
bathory

but bm is about atmoshpere rather then technicality so fail yourself sir good day to you

Hey, I'm not defending what the elitist twats say, I'm just being pedantic in stating what kvlt is and what it is not.

BTW, Bathory are ****ing awesome.

[nockowt1]

I'm also a member of the gripboard and do some of the stuff you listed.

[wscorpion]

I'm also a member of the gripboard and do some of the stuff you listed.

I know, nice to see you here as well

[grape-ape]

I am part of a group that does this type of feats. Personally, I do:
tear decks of cards(biker) in my hands
bend nails
bend a 5/8 thick,4 foot bar in my teeth
tear 3 inch phone books
blow up hot water bottles
break baseball bats over my back and thighs
crush pop cans in my hands

[grape-ape]

[75kg]

grape-ape, those traveling groups are always fun to watch! Nice man

[grape-ape]

grape-ape, those traveling groups are always fun to watch! Nice man

thanks bro...tons of fun do too

[someonefat]

post any one of those feats on video....otherwise you're just another loudmouth....

bend a RED or a Bastard

Close #3

lift 250+lb on a rolling thunder

etc

I would be willing to bet you'd be nowhere close to any of these feats.

250+ on rolling thunder is ridiculous, I can't think of many people in world who can do that that have a normal size hand. Most of feats of grip strength, if you have a big hand you'll be able to do 99% of the 'hard' feats out there.

And a lot of them require tricks or technique and anyone can do them.

[vikingsrule92]

250+ on rolling thunder is ridiculous, I can't think of many people in world who can do that that have a normal size hand. Most of feats of grip strength, if you have a big hand you'll be able to do 99% of the 'hard' feats out there.

And a lot of them require tricks or technique and anyone can do them.

I would really expect less trolling from someone not heavily in the red. That's not at all true, having a big hand helps with some things, but you're definitely WAY off base dude. Oh and ok then lets see a 200+ RT pull from you, plenty of average sized handed people have done that and I bet you're not even mildly close.
Tricks or techniques huh? Please do any of these amazing feats with a trick or a technique:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C2paB...e=channel_page

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4solf...e=channel_page

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rvm_m6NFSMA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-1CCoF7_TQ

(My embs aren't working for whatever reason)

I can keep going if you prefer, I have about a million videos from various friends that now apparently are all just tricks and techniques and must be easy. Damn why have I been training this so hard for nearly 2 years to get to the Elite position I'm at when I could've just learned these simple tricks and techniques

[grape-ape]

I would really expect less trolling from someone not heavily in the red. That's not at all true, having a big hand helps with some things, but you're definitely WAY off base dude. Oh and ok then lets see a 200+ RT pull from you, plenty of average sized handed people have done that and I bet you're not even mildly close.
Tricks or techniques huh? Please do any of these amazing feats with a trick or a technique:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C2paB...e=channel_page

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4solf...e=channel_page

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rvm_m6NFSMA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-1CCoF7_TQ

(My embs aren't working for whatever reason)

I can keep going if you prefer, I have about a million videos from various friends that now apparently are all just tricks and techniques and must be easy. Damn why have I been training this so hard for nearly 2 years to get to the Elite position I'm at when I could've just learned these simple tricks and techniques

Nice job on the BKOAB bro. I have only been able to get 1 Red nail legit. Always kills my elbows. Are the BKOAB cold rolled or hot rolled?

[skinnycalves]

whatever kvlt is, it is the opposite of cradle of filth

but to each his own, but i totally can get down with blut aus nord, bathory, and immortal