a strongman & Fedor

[darrell baker]

out of curiosity, anyone know who the strongman was?

"The most noteworthy of these wishes was from a Moscow sports magazine that had brought along a 150-kg strongman competition athlete who, in the glare of flashbulbs, quickly rolled up, into a tube, a standard kitchen frying pan and handed it to the amused Fedor as a symbol of Russian strength and a somewhat unusual good-luck charm."

from here: http://www.sherdog.com/news/news/exclusive-fedor-upset-ready-for-replacement-18686

Misha Koklyaev?

[lhprop1]

Misha popped his biceps. I'm pretty sure even the Russian doctors don't recommend rolling frying pans two weeks out from surgery.

[Alex Klotz]

I saw that too and thought of Misha.

[Matthew White]

ROLLED A FRYING PAN!!! That is straight gangsta! If I was a russian superhero I'd definately want that ability. ;p

[JustinLallemand]

ROLLED A FRYING PAN!!! That is straight gangsta! If I was a russian superhero I'd definately want that ability. ;p

Haha! Saw Kaz do it in person a few years ago. Pretty cool and you'd be surprised how thick the metal was - no trick. The only "trick" those guys say that bend pans, nails, etc. is that once you start, keep going fast since it heats up the metal making it more pliable.

You have to be thankful they don't have the good old pec-blowing, neck-breaking "steel bar bend"! Not much sumo wrestling either, haha.

I wouldn't be surprised if Misha could bend it, but it'd be tough with that bicep. Given that, I'd suppose there are a bunch of Russians still practicing the old-school strength tests!

Oh - our very own Clay Edgin can do a lot of that stuff too!

[Darin Heltemes]

Haha! Saw Kaz do it in person a few years ago. Pretty cool and you'd be surprised how thick the metal was - no trick. The only "trick" those guys say that bend pans, nails, etc. is that once you start, keep going fast since it heats up the metal making it more pliable.

You have to be thankful they don't have the good old pec-blowing, neck-breaking "steel bar bend"! Not much sumo wrestling either, haha.

I wouldn't be surprised if Misha could bend it, but it'd be tough with that bicep. Given that, I'd suppose there are a bunch of Russians still practicing the old-school strength tests!

Oh - our very own Clay Edgin can do a lot of that stuff too!

That's a wives tale. I bend unbraced short bar steel, nails, bolts, etc. The kinked area does generate a little bit of heat, but it is no where near hot enough to soften the steel - you can touch it without getting close to being burnt. The same would go for a frying pan, horseshoe, wrenches, etc. I will say, however, that there does seem to be something with the momentum, because if you fail a bend, for instance, and come back to it several hours or days later, it seems that much harder to get moving again. But, I attribute that to cold muscles, not cold steel.

[JustinLallemand]

That's a wives tale. I bend unbraced short bar steel, nails, bolts, etc. The kinked area does generate a little bit of heat, but it is no where near hot enough to soften the steel - you can touch it without getting close to being burnt. The same would go for a frying pan, horseshoe, wrenches, etc. I will say, however, that there does seem to be something with the momentum, because if you fail a bend, for instance, and come back to it several hours or days later, it seems that much harder to get moving again. But, I attribute that to cold muscles, not cold steel.

That's odd, I've bent a few nails and things and noticed it - but you're right about there definitely being some kind of momentum. Maybe mental even?

The heat thing definitely gets repeated a lot, even by a lot of "big-time" guys - if there is such a thing in nail bending, haha. I think I've even heard that dude Dennis Rogers say that before - he's probably one of the most well-known guys today. But then again, I don't know much about it at all and have only bent a few smaller nails my buddy had from ironmind.

[Darin Heltemes]

That's odd, I've bent a few nails and things and noticed it - but you're right about there definitely being some kind of momentum. Maybe mental even?

The heat thing definitely gets repeated a lot, even by a lot of "big-time" guys - if there is such a thing in nail bending, haha. I think I've even heard that dude Dennis Rogers say that before - he's probably one of the most well-known guys today. But then again, I don't know much about it at all and have only bent a few smaller nails my buddy had from ironmind.

Yeah, a lot of the big benders do say that, but I think it's just a layman's explanation for that momentum or mental state you get in to. But if you think about it, if it really was true that the heat made it more pliable, then it would be reasonable to assume that if you can get a bend moving, then you should be able to finish it because it should get easier. However, some types of metal, especially stainless steel, have a tendency to get much harder as you progress through the bend. Consequently, the whole heat concept doesn't hold.

There are several "big-time" benders. Dennis Rogers is definitely one of them.