Monday, November 24, 2008

11/23/08

Bending-
Nothing special. Bent several lengths of 1/4" HRS. First time using the DO style of bending for anything harder than a 60D Timber Tie. It is a good possition for me to hold the steel in. The RV feels more natural, but after just a few attempts I was able to really bear down on the steel in the DO style. I bent a 5" length of 1/4" HRS, which matches what I've been able to do with RV.

2 comments:

Colin said...

It seems that you are really taking to this bending malarkey.

Have you noticed any "side effects" since you started doing it? Like WTH phenomenon.

Martin Schap said...

To be totally honest I'm not sure. I do think my wrists have gotten a bit bigger from the combination of bending and plate curls. I had previously believed this to be impossible...
Other than that, I can say that a lot of this training is very complementary to the KB and barbell work that I do. Can't say that it's all from bending, but my wrist strength on a lot of KB drills is noticeably improved, for example.