The 100 non-stop bends using a 100kg / 220lb Bender Bar Directive with Kevin Wikse.

This project documents my pursuit of 100 non-stop bends using a 100kg / 220lb Bender Bar, also known—for reasons known only to third-world marketing departments—as the Power Twister.

This is a first-of-its-kind strength and endurance trial by fire and steel, intended to explore and demonstrate higher tiers of human capability through the development of android-like work capacity..

PARAMETERS & PROTOCOLS

  • Overhand bending is the current operational standard.
    (Underhand bending will be addressed later. Not now.)

  • The bar is held level at all times, ensuring the most honest possible display of strength and endurance.

  • No long pauses.
    This is a simultaneous test of power and energy—output and volume, strength and stamina.

  • The bar handles must touch for a bend to be counted as successful.

  • It is feasible that the bar may slip or roll.
    If safe, I will adjust and continue. Control is preferred; awareness is mandatory.

  • The bar remains in my hands at chest level for the duration of the session. No drops. No resets.

Each bend is executed consecutively under continuous load, requiring sustained grip strength, structural integrity, breath control, and psychological pressure management. This is not a test of maximal strength alone—it is a test of durability, discipline, and failure resistance.

Progress is logged in real time through Incident Reports, recording strain, equipment behavior, environmental conditions, and system responses. Every session contributes to the same end state:

100 bends. Continuous. Uninterrupted.

This is not a challenge.
It is a process.

The bar does not negotiate.
It must be made to comply.

The body is either capable of forcing compliance—or it is not.
Object over subjective.

EVIDENTIARY SUBMISSIONS

  • An INCIDENT REPORT will be filed for every training day on this blog, documenting progress and system status.

  • YouTube video evidence will be posted at continuous, non-stop milestones:
    20 / 40 / 60 / 80 / 100 bends

Kevin Wikse, Industrial Strength Bastardry

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