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This is the fourth part of this month's series on books; a collaboration with Run to Win's Blaine Moore.

Diesel Crew Bending eBook
Jedd 'Napalm' Johnson

188 pages | Available from thegripauthority.com
Promo video [streaming, 3.33mb .flv download]

Introduction

Recently, courtesy of a shoulder injury (I got a little over-zealous in my quest for the One Armed Chin-up), I rediscovered grip training. For one reason or another, grip training - and the training of hand strength in general - was always left until last, and was anything but structured. Finally I had a bit of free time to address that.

Just as I started scouring the web for resources on all things hand strength, the Diesel Crew's Bending eBook appeared. As you'll see, this is a truly amazing work.

First up is the question 'Why in the hell would I want to bend nails?'
The answer - as Jedd details in the book - is more than just 'it's great fun'. There are a lot of specific strength benefits that will certainly help other areas of your lifting. This is far more than just training your hands.

The book details all of the areas vital to anyone new to the sport of bending, as well as a great deal of information that should keep even seasoned professionals off the streets. Covered are :

Types of Bending

The type of bending is largely defined by the length of the item being bent, and whether or not it is braced in the process. This book focuses on the unbraced bending of short (less than 8-10") bars and nails. This is certainly a challenging (and fun) area.

Getting started

There are a couple of things that will make your life much, much easier if you are new to this uncommon pastime. After clarifying a number of the more opaque terms used in bending (such as CRS, DO and Driver Hand), the book addresses two key questions :

• What factors determine how easy it will be to bend something?
• What equipment will you need?

The answers to these are guaranteed to make your next visit to the hardware store a whole lot more fun.

This is the fourth part of this month's series on books; a collaboration with Run to Win's Blaine Moore.

Diesel Crew Bending eBook
Jedd 'Napalm' Johnson

188 pages | Available from thegripauthority.com
Promo video [streaming, 3.33mb .flv download]

Introduction

Recently, courtesy of a shoulder injury (I got a little over-zealous in my quest for the One Armed Chin-up), I rediscovered grip training. For one reason or another, grip training - and the training of hand strength in general - was always left until last, and was anything but structured. Finally I had a bit of free time to address that.

Just as I started scouring the web for resources on all things hand strength, the Diesel Crew's Bending eBook appeared. As you'll see, this is a truly amazing work.

First up is the question 'Why in the hell would I want to bend nails?'
The answer - as Jedd details in the book - is more than just 'it's great fun'. There are a lot of specific strength benefits that will certainly help other areas of your lifting. This is far more than just training your hands.

The book details all of the areas vital to anyone new to the sport of bending, as well as a great deal of information that should keep even seasoned professionals off the streets. Covered are :

Types of Bending

The type of bending is largely defined by the length of the item being bent, and whether or not it is braced in the process. This book focuses on the unbraced bending of short (less than 8-10") bars and nails. This is certainly a challenging (and fun) area.


Getting started

There are a couple of things that will make your life much, much easier if you are new to this uncommon pastime. After clarifying a number of the more opaque terms used in bending (such as CRS, DO and Driver Hand), the book addresses two key questions :

• What factors determine how easy it will be to bend something?
• What equipment will you need?

The answers to these are guaranteed to make your next visit to the hardware store a whole lot more fun.

It's a great feeling to be back on the chin-up bar again. This week I kept it to short sets (3-5 reps) of common-or-garden bodyweight chin-ups and pull-ups. These were interspersed with moderate (60-70kg) bent rows. Just enough to test the endurance.

I decided to re-evaluate my training for the one-armed chin-up (OAC). This doesn't mean abandoning the project by any means; simply doing things a little differently. There were two pieces of information that appeared during the week which proved particularly timely.

The first of these was the post on Rif's Blog regarding training of the kettlebell snatch for the SSST. A similar approach seems reasonable here; in particular the change up from several short to a couple of long sets.

The second was an email from Chris which mentioned a great-sounding routine in Ross Enamait's book Never Gymless. I've only skimmed the book so far, but it looks great (full review shortly).

I'll post an updated routine shortly, but it's essentially short, weighted sets (of chin-ups and pull-ups) on most days, with a couple dedicated to the one-armed stuff. There's also a small amount of kettlebell training in there, a healthy dose of rack pulling and some hand, grip and wrist work in various formats. Including the fingertip push-ups - love them.

It's a great feeling to be back on the chin-up bar again. This week I kept it to short sets (3-5 reps) of common-or-garden bodyweight chin-ups and pull-ups. These were interspersed with moderate (60-70kg) bent rows. Just enough to test the endurance.

I decided to re-evaluate my training for the one-armed chin-up (OAC). This doesn't mean abandoning the project by any means; simply doing things a little differently. There were two pieces of information that appeared during the week which proved particularly timely.

The first of these was the post on Rif's Blog regarding training of the kettlebell snatch for the SSST. A similar approach seems reasonable here; in particular the change up from several short to a couple of long sets.

The second was an email from Chris which mentioned a great-sounding routine in Ross Enamait's book Never Gymless. I've only skimmed the book so far, but it looks great (full review shortly).

I'll post an updated routine shortly, but it's essentially short, weighted sets (of chin-ups and pull-ups) on most days, with a couple dedicated to the one-armed stuff. There's also a small amount of kettlebell training in there, a healthy dose of rack pulling and some hand, grip and wrist work in various formats. Including the fingertip push-ups - love them.

Take a wander over to the blog of Brazilian powerlifter Marília Coutinho.

Take a wander over to the blog of Brazilian powerlifter Marília Coutinho.

The American Kettlebell Club Blog talks to kettlebell legend Valery Fedorenko. If you haven't already, go back and watch the kettlebell snatch videos and you'll see what I mean.

The American Kettlebell Club Blog talks to kettlebell legend Valery Fedorenko. If you haven't already, go back and watch the kettlebell snatch videos and you'll see what I mean.

Another insanely busy week here on Straight to the Bar. A few finds :

• Articles : Mike Robertson's The Hardcore Lunge and Chad Waterbury's Full Throttle were the major players.
• Videos : Ano Turtiainen box squatting, How not to tear a phone book, Air time technique and Oleg Teplitski - the Strongest Juggler in the World. Not to mention the Diesel Crew having some fun.
• Interviews : Jim Bathurst (Beast Skills) talks to chinning legend Jack Arnow, and Zach Even-Esh again brings home the beauty of training outdoors.
• Health : Krill oil, Nutrition books and sword swallowing x-rays. OK, perhaps the sword swallowing is a little risky.
• Bonus : Dave Draper talks about training over 40. Oddly, I'm quite looking forward to it.

Another insanely busy week here on Straight to the Bar. A few finds :

• Articles : Mike Robertson's The Hardcore Lunge and Chad Waterbury's Full Throttle were the major players.
• Videos : Ano Turtiainen box squatting, How not to tear a phone book, Air time technique and Oleg Teplitski - the Strongest Juggler in the World. Not to mention the Diesel Crew having some fun.
• Interviews : Jim Bathurst (Beast Skills) talks to chinning legend Jack Arnow, and Zach Even-Esh again brings home the beauty of training outdoors.
• Health : Krill oil, Nutrition books and sword swallowing x-rays. OK, perhaps the sword swallowing is a little risky.
• Bonus : Dave Draper talks about training over 40. Oddly, I'm quite looking forward to it.