http://adamtglass.blogspot.com/2008/05/vertical-card-tear-with-ovan-mitts.html
Aside from the obvious misspelling of oven, I thought this might be interesting to discuss.
Clearly this exemplifies serious grip strength. He needs the tape with the mitts, I guess, and complains the tape slows him down. But…
Either way, impressive.
Another vid perhaps of interest, if only because Gillingham holds the record:
Ah, great find man, I’d like to try that (w/o the mitts though, I’m not ther yet!)
John Brokfield supposedly could tear 3 decks of cards in half, stacked. I’ve seen few do two decks stacked. I don’t know why that guy doesn’t just try 2 decks, or to quarter two decks the oven mits don’t seem to make it much harder. I have torn a deck of cards in half its actually not that hard if you learn to really explode into it-though I’m not that fast at it, some people like Tommy heslep can tear deck of cards in half in 1 sec, www.cyberpump.com/gallery/albun02 check out dealing poker.
check out the best bender in world - YouTube
Bends 4 inch STAINLESS STEEL rod, with next to no wraps or chalk-he is pretty intense also!-
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John Brokfield supposedly could tear 3 decks of cards in half, stacked. I’ve seen few do two decks stacked. I don’t know why that guy doesn’t just try 2 decks, or to quarter two decks the oven mits don’t seem to make it much harder. I have torn a deck of cards in half its actually not that hard if you learn to really explode into it-though I’m not that fast at it, some people like Tommy heslep can tear deck of cards in half in 1 sec, www.cyberpump.com/gallery/albun02 check out dealing poker.
check out the best bender in world - YouTube
Bends 4 inch STAINLESS STEEL rod, with next to no wraps or chalk-he is pretty intense also!-
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Gazza is insane. I just get a bend I’m proud of and then he bends something I would need a vise and a pipe to do. My favourites pics of his are the bent pipe wrench, hammers, and such. Or when he bent a Shiny Bastard barehanded. I think the bend you put up was where he messed up the tendons in hand though…and now he has bent some ridiculous sized brass.
There’s some strong females out there.
Read up on the Thomas Inch Dumbbell, if you’ve never heard of it. The guy in the video makes it look pretty damn easy.
http://napalmjedd.blogspot.com/2008_05_04_archive.html
Here is a good one.