My Saiyan and SuperSaiyan 1-2-3-4 requirement

[Joshua Naterman]

I have always been the biggest nerd in town! Well, at least the most buff nerd in town.

You should have seen me training for BUDS. My friend did the 12 weeks program with me for fun, and on our sprints we would be shouting our favorite battle cries from DBZ. At the local high school track. During PE, many times. It was quite hilarious, and I ran faster too!

Then there was the galley of the Fort Mac. If you entered the food prep area between meals, and sometimes during, you would usually walk into a full-fledged dragonball z fight, complete with teleporting combatants, instant dodges, 400 hit combos, and fireballs from across the room. It was easily one of the most fun times in my life.

[ashita]

Nerds or not , everybody like DBZ , everybody liked it and dreamt to be like them , can fly and can do " kamehameha" , run so fast and all...... 8)

I didnt think slizz would be so excited about this thread , maybe we will see you fly or do a kamehameha in your next WOD video :twisted:

[AlexX]

I have always been the biggest nerd in town! Well, at least the most buff nerd in town.

You should have seen me training for BUDS. My friend did the 12 weeks program with me for fun, and on our sprints we would be shouting our favorite battle cries from DBZ. At the local high school track. During PE, many times. It was quite hilarious, and I ran faster too!

Then there was the galley of the Fort Mac. If you entered the food prep area between meals, and sometimes during, you would usually walk into a full-fledged dragonball z fight, complete with teleporting combatants, instant dodges, 400 hit combos, and fireballs from across the room. It was easily one of the most fun times in my life.

Haha I would have loved to see the look on the high schoolers' faces.

I met the english voice actor for Goku. I had a video of him yelling kaameeehaameeHAAA.

That is one of the coolest things ever. Seriously.

[Nicholas Sortino]

Well, since we are all admitting our nerdiness here, I wore DBZ t-shirts to school more than once. And I bought a reverse blade katana after kenshin. I had Gundam models I built. I have every intention of naming my next dog Vash if it is a boy or Aisha if it is a girl. I took tai chi in hopes of learning to focus my chi into a weapon :oops: :oops: :oops: .

I still watch anime all the time now, but I seriously have to had it from my coworkers. It is a pretty big "bro" enviroment, and I would get more than a small rash of shit if people were to find out. I am already considered bad enough because I play StarCraft 2. God forbid if they ever found out I played WoW, even if for just a short period of time.

[Joshua Naterman]

HAHAHAHAHA!!! WOW would most certainly be your doom. As much as I love Gundam WIng, my favorite anime toy is a toss up between a custom-modified 12" Super Saiyin Goku with Authentic Battle Damage (My friend Chad Welker drew incredibly good blood and wounds on him!) and my black Escaflowne that came with the special edition series/movie collection. I love Japanese craftsmanship, they put real pride into these toys!

I have always thought it would be fun to have a pet named Kefka.

[AlexX]

Well, since we are all admitting our nerdiness here, I wore DBZ t-shirts to school more than once. And I bought a reverse blade katana after kenshin. I had Gundam models I built. I have every intention of naming my next dog Vash if it is a boy or Aisha if it is a girl. I took tai chi in hopes of learning to focus my chi into a weapon :oops: :oops: :oops: .

I still watch anime all the time now, but I seriously have to had it from my coworkers. It is a pretty big "bro" enviroment, and I would get more than a small rash of shit if people were to find out. I am already considered bad enough because I play StarCraft 2. God forbid if they ever found out I played WoW, even if for just a short period of time.

My online screen name since high school has been typhoon535 as in Vash the Human Typhoon. Seriously that's my sn for every account I make with here being the only exception. DBZ and anime seriously inspired me to train. Since about beginning of high school I became interested in being strong and fast. Haha if you ever heard of an anime called the Get Backers it is the single reason why I love grip feats (the main character had a grip of 400 lbs and used it to crush his enemies) and my goal now is to achieve a 400 lbs grip. That's very close to world record but I sure as hell will try. A bit more than half way there

Btw I've played WOW, still watch a ton of anime, play a ton of other rpgs and just got hooked on league of legends :roll: . Hehe and I never hide this stuff from people but few suspect my interests when I first meet a person.

[Zac Rhyne]

Hodge, grip strength.

[Nicholas Sortino]

I've seen some of the Get Backers. My wife was watching it and I watched a decent bit of it with her. Lol, she hated anime before me, and now her most frequented site is Animefreak.tv. I of course started her off with DBZ, because it really is a great intro, and followed up with Inuyasha.

She still doesn't really like the subbed stuff much and Bleach is the only one she watches that way, mostly because the english version is like 2 years behind.

[AlexX]

AlexX, I love hand training too. What's your training like for this? How are you measuring 200 lbs of crushing strength?

Have you read the post on Fingertip Strength:

http://www.gymnasticbodies.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=4909

A 400 lbs goal is pretty steep! It reminds me of a wrestling story about Dan Hodge and his grip strength (something about double tendons in his fingers):

“Hodge had pinned his way through the NCAA tournament as a junior and was determined to do it again as a senior. But he had to settle for an 8-0 win in the semifinals over Oregon State’s John Dustin. Several times, Hodge had legal pinning holds on Dustin, but the referee made him break the hold when Dustin screamed in agony. Hodge ended the season with his third NCAA title and closed out at 16-0, with 15 pins. Dustin went on to become a high-ranking official with the AAU and ran the wrestling venue at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney. Decades later, Dustin recalled the match with Hodge.

“I didn’t want to complain,†he said with a faint smile, “but Hodge was breaking me up. He was so strong that every time he grabbed you, he hurt you. I was a pretty strong fellow too, but Hodge was simply in a different class from everyone else when it came to strength.â€

His legendary strength was the subject of stories from coast to coast. Dan claimed he was born with double tendons in his fingers, giving him a raw snapping power that normal men can only dream of. “It’s a gift from God,†declared the Sooner legend, on a number of occasions.

“Dan Hodge was as strong as nine acres of garlic,†said Grady Peninger, a fellow Oklahoma matman who coached Michigan State University to the NCAA team title in 1967. “The tales about him crushing apples with his hands and bending the handles of a pair of pliers are certainly not over-exaggerated. Pound for pound, he is the strongest wrestler I have ever witnessed.â€

My training for grip varies but I don't do anything crazy I like captain of crush grippers, sledgehammers, wrist rollers and deadlifts. The 200 lbs is an estimate from which and how many times captain of crush gripper that I can close by Ironmind (http://ironmind.com/ironmind/opencms/Ma ... crush.html). They have 4 different types of grippers. The first one is 140 lbs of resistance and the last is 360 lbs. I've closed the number 2 on multiple occasions and it is rated at 196 lbs of pressure so hence the estimate. The last one has only been closed by 5 people in the world.

Never heard that story, pretty interesting. Hehe breaking an apple with your hand use to be the standard for grip strength and is a goal I am chasing. I can do a red apple but a green one is being stubborn.

I've seen some of the Get Backers. My wife was watching it and I watched a decent bit of it with her. Lol, she hated anime before me, and now her most frequented site is Animefreak.tv. I of course started her off with DBZ, because it really is a great intro, and followed up with Inuyasha.

She still doesn't really like the subbed stuff much and Bleach is the only one she watches that way, mostly because the english version is like 2 years behind.

That's awesome. I can see why you married her.

[Joshua Naterman]

Dan Hodges can literally crush an apple into apple sauce with one hand in about one second. It is the craziest thing I have ever seen anyone do with hand strength. I wouldn't believe it if I hadn't seen him do it, it is just beyond belief even with a relatively soft apple.

Really hard apple, you can hear it crackle:

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Somewhat softer apple:

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Keep in mind he is an old man in these videos, I can't imagine what he was like in his prime.

[Nicholas Sortino]

My grip training is pretty limited. I just use a clean-hook grip on my dead lift up until my work set (where I use a mixed non-hook grip) and occasional rope climbs and towel pull ups. That guy's grip is crazy.

[AlexX]

Dan Hodges can literally crush an apple into apple sauce with one hand in about one second. It is the craziest thing I have ever seen anyone do with hand strength. I wouldn't believe it if I hadn't seen him do it, it is just beyond belief even with a relatively soft apple.

Really hard apple, you can hear it crackle:

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Somewhat softer apple:

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Keep in mind he is an old man in these videos, I can't imagine what he was like in his prime.

Jeez look at his hand size haha. Yeah crushing an apple is awesome. I am not a fan of videos though, because you can never tell if they did it properly. I am not saying he didn't, as he clearly has phenomenal gripping prowess, but there is a world of a difference between letting your fingers dig into the apple (anyone with average strength can break it like this) and using just grip strength to break it.

Grip feats are many, apple and the phone book are the most basic ones (there is a small technique to the phone book). But grip feat specialists do some insane stuff like rolling up frying pans, ripping license plates in half, tearing a deck of cards in half and then in half again :shock: (John Brookfield) and bending nails and quarters Good stuff

- 3 decks at ones.

- if you aren't impressed here...... The rolling thunder is a 3 inch handle that rotates. I've tried it and failed miserably, I could make the excuse of having really tiny hands (I do) but in reality the rolling thunder is just a very very hard lift and I never spent any time training thick bar stuff, which I should have. The world record for the rolling thunder is 301 lbs by Felix the strongmen competitor.

My grip training is pretty limited. I just use a clean-hook grip on my dead lift up until my work set (where I use a mixed non-hook grip) and occasional rope climbs and towel pull ups. That guy's grip is crazy.

If you are into olympic lifts, eventually your grip will become your weakest link unless you train it.

[ashita]

hey guys !

this video give me a huge pump

The music with goku in the background screaming while he is transforming into the SS3 !!!

EPIC !!

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[Tarun Suri]

I met the english voice actor for Goku. I had a video of him yelling kaameeehaameeHAAA.

I'll take Masako Nozawa, the japanese voice actress for Goku any day. Sub > Dub.

[ashita]

Japenese voice are the best , i watched them in japenese , its awesome

[Joshua Naterman]

Agreed, DBZ sounds way more intense in Japanese.

[Felipe]

did someone notice how much EPIC is the jap music ost (european is the same)?

You americans had half the experience of this anime listening to that electronic thing .

[AlexX]

To this day nothing gets me more pumped than this AMV -

DBZ + No leaf clover is just awesome. The part at 52 seconds is my favorite.

[Tarun Suri]

Nice!

My all time favourite is the Broli with Mortal Kombat theme (from over 5 years ago!): lAeZLXGx7Ec

[ashita]

Hey guys !

Here my SS3 requirement !

Enjoy

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Happy training, train hard !

Let's go to my ss4 :twisted:

[Niels Joergensen]

you are rediculously strong...

[David Picó García]

Ashita... i hate you.... a lot.

IMPRESSIVE!!!! :wink:

[ashita]

Why don't hate me :cry:

[Razz]

This is so god damn impressive!!

[Newguy]

Ashita, I hope you know that no one likes you.

WOW!!! Nice job!