There’s a guy in the gym I go to who wears bracelets with crystals on them, about four or five bracelets per arm. I always thought it was because he was a fruit but now I see it’s for the POWER.
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[quote]Nards wrote:
I can’t read the small print …so what was their so-called abilities and how did they say it worked?[/quote]
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LOL, some heap a shite! Reminds me of those sex pheromone ads you’d read in the back of jazz mags when you were a kid.
I found the pic on a great website that has some very cool info of past time greats in the bodybuilding / strength game. I’ll post another that made me laugh…
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I was going to LOL at your creative writing until I took a closer look and realized “Holy shit, that’s really what it says” haha
[quote]csulli wrote:
Okay hold up; let’s get serious here for a second.
“I have heard many stories about coin breakers, tennis ball exploders, and railroad spike benders, but I have still not encountered anyone who can do these feats for real or without some type of aid or adjustment.”
“Real railroad spikes are a little less than 6” long, square in shape, and 5/8" in diameter, with a very large head. I have been told that a long time ago some railroad spikes were much longer … if these spikes of years ago were around 10" long, it would be possible to bend them…"
“Everywhere I go to perform, someone comes up to me after the show and starts talking about someone who either bends or breaks coins with his fingers. … I always ask the person telling the story where the coin bender is from and just who he is - and this is where the fun usually begins. The person has either moved away or the person was just someone they met in passing. No matter who tells the story, he can never tell you where you can find this master of finger strength. One gets the feeling that you are searching for the Abominable Snowman or for a pot of gold at the end of a rainbow.”
“In all seriousness, there were a number of strongmen who used to bend or break coins. These strongmen were from past days, and the coins were not as strong then. Also, these strongmen were not from America. The coins of Britain, France, and other countries were not as strong as American coins of today.”.
These are quotes from John Brookfield. He’s been around the grip nerd community as much as anyone. I feel like if this shit were really being done, he would know about it. If someone in recent years on gripboard has bent a 6" railroad spike, I would surely love to see that. I just can’t find any video or actual evidence that modern coin breaking and actual railroad spike bending has ever been done.[/quote]
Gary Hunt aka “Gazza” on the Gripboard was the one who bent the 6" railroad spike. Anything can be faked, but Gazza has bent so many insanely difficult pieces of steel in grip competitions that I personally don’t doubt his credibility.
Its amazing how many people in Australia wear one of these.
www.bioflow.com.au
75 bucks for a piece of plastic and a magnet in them.
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[quote]dmaddox wrote:
[quote]SLAINGE wrote:
I dunno, there are some supernaturally strong people around. My friends father who is probably about 5ft 6 worked on the railway all his life and was known to carry one end of a metal rail track while 5 men carried the other end! He was seen carrying one railroad sleeper under each arm while walking up the side of a beach cliff to fix his fence, which was made of them… fucker had forearms like calves and calves like quads… you get the picture. Big Neanderthal head on him as well![/quote]
And he has abz.
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No, no abz! Just a trapjawed bucket head with shovel hands 
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Its amazing how many people in Australia wear one of these.
www.bioflow.com.au
75 bucks for a piece of plastic and a magnet in them.
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75 dollars wtf! The power of suggestion and or the belief in some snake oil-ish shite beggars the question - how dumb are we really? I’m sure there were some fuckers wearing those ridiculous Weider bracelets back in the day thinking they were the dog’s bollox and all the while they looked completely ghey’ the exact opposite of what they wanted to achieve lol
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You beat me to it.
[quote]SLAINGE wrote:
[quote]theBird wrote:
Its amazing how many people in Australia wear one of these.
www.bioflow.com.au
75 bucks for a piece of plastic and a magnet in them.
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75 dollars wtf! The power of suggestion and or the belief in some snake oil-ish shite beggars the question - how dumb are we really? I’m sure there were some fuckers wearing those ridiculous Weider bracelets back in the day thinking they were the dog’s bollox and all the while they looked completely ghey’ the exact opposite of what they wanted to achieve lol
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Its almost like every 3rd person in Australia wears one. You can even buy one for your cat/dog.
I consider them a “Im stupid” tag.
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Well, every 3rd person does have a below average IQ…