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#450 Re: Legendary feats of strength
November 12, 2016, 01:53:22 pm
Tomtom, if I weren't so nice I'd punter you for that post.
The "Legendary Feats of Strength" thread is a sacred ground for many of us, and it should remain as such.
No slacklining, no yoga, no irony are allowed.
We are strength talibans, barbell crusaders, power addicts with no sense of humour or compassion.
We want to dominate, and we are right.

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#451 Re: Legendary feats of strength
November 12, 2016, 04:23:46 pm
:) to be fair I didn't know where to post it - and it does feature Charles Atlas [emoji1320][emoji1320][emoji1320]

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#452 Re: Legendary feats of strength
November 12, 2016, 06:01:35 pm
Loving the lack of repentance  :boxing:

I remember that in the back of magazines and comics when I was a kid - my old man used to have a secondhand shop full of the things... and bullworkers.

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#453 Re: Legendary feats of strength
November 12, 2016, 06:15:50 pm
Damn, I remember using my Dad's Bullworker as a lad. Remember the ads too. Even in the 70's, along with ads for Xray specs, Sea Monkeys and Detective kits.


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#454 Re: Legendary feats of strength
December 23, 2016, 02:03:58 pm
So, I tried the Koyamada test today, despite not feeling 100%, but the desire was too strong.
I did it on the smaller three finger pocket, aka "right eye", aka hold number 5 in some internet pics, aka hold with no number in others.
I felt ok with 20 kg, and I failed miserably at 26, too big of an increase. Cut my losses at 22 which felt extreme and lasted for the shortest amount of time known to man.
I don't know how big is the Rock Ring slot, probably a bit bigger than the aforementioned BM hold, but blimey, 28 kg added is extremely extreme and 36 is intensely and outrageously extremely extreme.
Props to the small man, I have no doubt that's legendary.

I just got a pair of the older rock rings that Dai is using from e-bay, and can confirm that compared to right eye on BM2k they are... muthufuckin JUGS!!
Deep and incut, v similar to central bottom rung of the BM but with friction..

I call 20 on the right eye as the new benchmark!

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#455 Re: Legendary feats of strength
December 25, 2016, 04:46:36 pm
So, I tried the Koyamada test today, despite not feeling 100%, but the desire was too strong.
I did it on the smaller three finger pocket, aka "right eye", aka hold number 5 in some internet pics, aka hold with no number in others.
I felt ok with 20 kg, and I failed miserably at 26, too big of an increase. Cut my losses at 22 which felt extreme and lasted for the shortest amount of time known to man.
I don't know how big is the Rock Ring slot, probably a bit bigger than the aforementioned BM hold, but blimey, 28 kg added is extremely extreme and 36 is intensely and outrageously extremely extreme.
Props to the small man, I have no doubt that's legendary.

I just got a pair of the older rock rings that Dai is using from e-bay, and can confirm that compared to right eye on BM2k they are... muthufuckin JUGS!!
Deep and incut, v similar to central bottom rung of the BM but with friction..

I call 20 on the right eye as the new benchmark!
Measles, that's the best Christmas gift I've ever had.

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#456 Re: Legendary feats of strength
December 30, 2016, 03:15:29 pm

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#457 Re: Legendary feats of strength
December 30, 2016, 03:35:31 pm
I ignore all feats on the 45s.
Mine are unholdable. The ones at the local wall are like glue.

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#458 Re: Legendary feats of strength
December 30, 2016, 03:56:58 pm
Agreed. Used to do 7 on 3 off like piss years ago on my personal board i remember it was so gripy i actually ended up tearing a flapper. Then i remember going to my walls BM and not even being able to hang them.

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#459 Re: Legendary feats of strength
December 30, 2016, 03:57:43 pm
I ignore all feats on the 45s.
Mine are unholdable. The ones at the local wall are like glue.

I have two BM2000's side by side. One is much better than the other, friction-wise, on the 45*s. Almost certainly an artefact of the vagaries of wood grain and the opposite is true of the deep monos. Don't tell the BM boys, but I found taking a wire brush (Brass, electrical contact cleaning type) and stroking it along the grain; raised the grain enough to even out the friction.
I also discovered that despite carefully mounting the boards on a large ply sheet, the wall behind it wasn't as flat as the spirt level suggested. Put a digital inclinometer onto the 45's and they proved to be 46.3's. This makes a surprising difference. Between them is a TCA board that has a 40* (actually 41.3*) which is an absolute doddle to hold in comparison. Next to them now I have a set of 50*'s and a set of 55*'s. The 50's are do-able, for a heartbeat or so (and improving), the 55*'s still feel untouchable.


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#460 Re: Legendary feats of strength
December 30, 2016, 04:20:08 pm
The bm boys actually recomend sanding the slopers ect to get the right grip and it comes with a lifetime warenty that if you manage to sand completly through the wood they'll  replace it free of charge. Though i suspect that would take some real sanding

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#461 Re: Legendary feats of strength
December 30, 2016, 04:28:14 pm
You think I actually read the manual? Are you mad? [emoji13]


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#462 Re: Legendary feats of strength
December 30, 2016, 11:22:55 pm
The bm boys actually recomend sanding the slopers ect to get the right grip and it comes with a lifetime warenty that if you manage to sand completly through the wood they'll  replace it free of charge. Though i suspect that would take some real sanding

Really? Interesting... I was at the wall the other night and used the BM2K there for the first time and could easily hang the 35's, on my BM at home I can barely hang them at all...

Is there any more info on the sanding?

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#463 Re: Legendary feats of strength
December 31, 2016, 10:18:50 pm
Sam holden managed a 5 second +100kg hang on the small campus rung at the school room. This edge is worse than the bm2k middle rung. Thats a total weight of 182kg O.o i thought this deserved to be here.

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#464 Re: Legendary feats of strength
December 31, 2016, 10:20:58 pm
Sam holden managed a 5 second +100kg hang on the small campus rung at the school room. This edge is worse than the bm2k middle rung. Thats a total weight of 182kg O.o i thought this deserved to be here.
One or two hands?


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#465 Re: Legendary feats of strength
December 31, 2016, 10:26:08 pm
2 haha. That would be insane his 1 hand record on the bm2k rung is +30kg.  Not sure if that was for 5 secs though

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#466 Re: Legendary feats of strength
January 01, 2017, 08:54:02 am
Wait a mo there are strong climbers weighing 80+kg?? Fuck me. Let me guess he's 6'8" tho  >:(

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#467 Re: Legendary feats of strength
January 01, 2017, 09:49:55 am
Is this that same lad who knocks out one arm pullups on the bar with 40kg of weight added?

P.s. He's not tall.

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#468 Re: Legendary feats of strength
January 01, 2017, 11:24:01 am
Have witnessed Sam aka Beef doing 1 armers with a big (water) fire extinguisher in the other hand, so no doubt that that would be him doing the same with 40kg added.  He's not tall.   

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#469 Re: Legendary feats of strength
January 01, 2017, 11:35:22 am
Hes bang on 6ft

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#470 Re: Legendary feats of strength
January 01, 2017, 12:41:26 pm
This is brilliant stuff!

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#471 Re: Legendary feats of strength
January 01, 2017, 12:47:35 pm
I have to try it. What's the rung dimension at the school?


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#472 Re: Legendary feats of strength
January 01, 2017, 12:57:40 pm
18mm I think

How on earth do you hang 100kg off yourself without breaking?? I don't think I could even move with that much weight on let alone hang!

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#473 Re: Legendary feats of strength
January 01, 2017, 01:32:02 pm
I do pull ups with 64kg on now. Weight vest with an 11.3 (25lb) plate tucked in it, weight belt and a belt with a plate adapter.


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#474 Re: Legendary feats of strength
January 01, 2017, 01:45:33 pm
Damn, I think about 40kgs added is my max for a pull-up.

 

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