Unbraced Bending

Unbraced bending events in US Handstrength recognized contests will use Fat Bastard Barbell Co.'s rules. Those rules are presented below with the 3 techniques you could see at a US Handstrength contest. US Handstrength will not limit the amount of padding for it's contests unless otherwise specified by the contest promoter. If you want, you could wrap your steel with 6 layers of leather and a towel, or you could wrap it with tissue paper.

Double Overhand
You have 5 minutes to take the inside legs of the bar to 2" or less.


Double Underhand
You have 30 seconds to take the bar to 40 degrees from straight.


Reverse
You have 30 seconds to take the bar to 40 degrees from straight.