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Chalked and ready for action.

Bob Garon's colourful new toys.

There are some great 2-man Strongman events in this clip; my own favourite, the 2-man Log Lift. Love it.

Here's a good demonstration of some Slim Style bending - Adam messing around with some Grade 5s. If you want to see some serious bending action, here he is working through 100 of them (part II,III,IV). Incredible.

Bicycle Pro defeated.

Chris discovers and demolishes a set of Bicycle Pro 'PokerPeek' cards. Good stuff.

Chris Rider.

1. Firstly, a bit of background. What is your name (and nickname), and where did you grow up?
   
   

   My name is Chris Rider. I grew up in a small town located outside of York Pennsylvania, about 45 minutes from the famed York Barbell Company of Bob Hoffman.



2. How did you get started as a performing Strongman?

   In the fall of 2006 a friend of mine had seen a fellow on television tear a phone book in half. Knowing that I was a lifter and had a high level of general strength, he had asked me if I could do it. I told him I didn't know, I never tried it. With that I grabbed a phone book and tore it in two on the first attempt. Wondering if it was a fluke, I grabbed a second, this time much thicker book, and tore that one as well.

   I continued with tearing phone books, and began to wonder what else I was capable of. The next feat of strength I tried was to tear a full deck of playing cards in half. Again, I was successful on the first attempt. Then came the bending of a 60 penny nail, tearing a license plate, bending a horseshoe, breaking a baseball bat, etc., all successful on the first attempts.

   I began to seriously wonder what I had tapped into. My friends and family were wondering the same thing too. I began to research the great performing strongmen of the past and the feats they demonstrated. I had come across two relatively small fellows on the Internet who were doing things that were just incredible sounding. They are a pair of modern day performing strongmen, A Mentor and his Protege - Dennis Rogers and Pat Povilaitis. This was the stuff I was looking for, instruction offered by a Grand Master in his field. I began to train with the materials offered by Dennis and my list of accomplishments continued to grow.

   I attended the 2007 A.O.B.S. reunion in June of that year, after only seriously training as an oldetime strongman for 3 months. I had completed some very notable feats and thought it would be wise to go show the top guys that I wasn't just a keyboard warrior, that my claims were on the level. I did just that, after the festivities were over I ended up bending, breaking, ripping, and tearing all sorts of things in the hallway out side of the reception room until around 3 AM. It was my first real taste of performing in front of people I didn't know, and it was in front of many of the best in the business. I've been hooked on performing feats of strength since.



3. Which accomplishment (sporting or otherwise) are you most proud of?

   That is a hard one. I guess the one sporting accomplishment that really puts things in perspective is after being diagnosed with multiple severely herniated and degenerative disks in my spine, and being told I would not be able to lift weights again, I worked my way up to completing a set of four with 315 in the stiff leg, full range good morning exercise. This was done after refusing surgery and pursuing healing through natural means coupled with proper training.

   It just goes to show that things thought impossible can be achieved with the proper mind set and dedicated training.



4. What are your goals for the next year or so? The next 10 years?

   I just completed the certification process for the IronMind Red Nail. For a short term goal, I am now working towards becoming certified in closing the Captains of Crush # 3 gripper.

   My long term goal is to consistently become stronger than I am. I am also looking forward to a long career as a professional performing strongman.



5. What changes in the world of Old-Time Strongman have you seen over the
   past couple of years? What would you like to see?

   I am still relatively new, but I have seen more interest arising in the traditional feats. I would like to see interest continue to rise and catch on mainstream.

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cheers,

Scott

Adam's training is a brilliant mix. Levering, lifting, bending and breaking.

First Bend.

It's started - Britt's joined the bending ranks. Good stuff.