The World's Best Hand & Grip Strength Training Instruction
The King of the Oldtime Strongmen and Leverage-Lifter Extraordinaire Teaches You His Secrets!
Slim "The Hammer Man" Farman, the one and only protege of The Mighty Atom, finally puts it all on film... training instruction, amazing strength feats, rare footage of Slim in action, performance tips, visualization training, his personal workout area, it's all here!
It all began on a warm and muggy night back in the summer of 1955. At Zern's Market in Gilbertsville, Pennsylvania, Joe "The Mighty Atom" Greenstein,
a traveling strongman and physical culturist, berated a youthful crowd for their laziness and unclean living habits. As the Atom spoke, a serious voice came out of the crowd...
"You ain't talkin' about me" said a tall, wiry young man in the back who did not smile.
The Mighty Atom had been watching this young man grow taller ever since he began stopping at Zern's Market, over a decade before. He had never said a word to the Mighty Atom until that day.
The Atom invited this young man up to the stage and challenged him to bend a spike. Without technique or experience (but with a whole lot of grit and determination)
the young man accomplished the feat.
The Mighty Atom had encountered many different kinds many people during his travels but there was something different about this one, something that he could not put his finger on. Unbeknownst to the Atom, the young man worked as a stone cutter at Gill Quarries in Fairfiew Village, Pennsylvania.
For nine hours a day, his job involved swinging a sixteen pound hammer and breaking over one hundred tons of stone. It was this back-breaking work which had given this man a body of steel, cable-strong arms, and a resolve as strong and solid as iron...
Slim the Hammer Man
Lawrence "Slim" Farman returned to Zern's Market every weekend from then on to learn the "secrets" of The Mighty Atom.
As a result of these visits, Slim's entire worldview began to change little by little. For the first time Slim began to think seriously about his health... He began to follow the Atom's dietary advice and quit his daily cigar habit cold turkey.
The seed was planted and the spirit began to grow...
At their first meeting, The Mighty Atom became Slim's mentor and a short time later Slim demonstrated his prowess at a certain kind of leverage feat with a sledge hammer. Slim could lift a heavy sledge hammer from the floor to a vertical position while only holding the farthest edge of the handle... a feat which the Atom could not duplicate. Slim was able to demonstrate several other difficult leverage feats with these sledge hammers as well.
As time passed, under the Mighty Atom's tutelage Slim became stronger and the weight of these hammers grew...
Twenty years later at Madison Square Garden, in front of 21,000 screaming fans, Slim the Hammer Man performed a world-record front lever lift with a pair of hammers - 56 pounds on 31 inch shafts, for a total weight of 1,736 inch pounds on each of his wrists! The torch had been passed - with this feat Slim had taken his rightful place in history as a new link to the Golden Age of strongmen... he was now the "King of the Oldtime Strongmen."
Understand, in the strength world there are all kinds of records: powerlifting records, Olympic lifting records, grip strength
records, unique feats... All of them will eventually be broken by someone... Slim The Hammer Man's records will never be broken.
Slim The Hammerman is the last link to the oldtime performing strongmen of the past. He has traveled far and wide demonstrating his strength feats and learned a few things along the way. In his first Oldtime Strongman DVD, Slim the Hammer Man reveals many amazing details from a lifetime of Iron:
The hairs on the back of your neck will stand up as you watch the intensity of the opening scene...
Few men step foot into "The Dungeon," Slim's personal training area (an old-time strength fan's dream). You'll be able to see it up close, along with Slim's unique Sledge Hammer and Ax Collection.
You'll see strength memorabilia, hand-bent steel and historical materials from the Hammer Man's legendary performing career.
How it all began: The day he met the Mighty Atom, in Slim's own words.
How Slim "invented" his unique steel bending style.
Memories of the Mighty Atom including several never-before-seen pictures.
Rare footage from classic Association of Oldetime Barbell and Strongman Dinner Performances.
The meaning behind the Star of David on Slim's performance attire.
"That cannot be done..." said the Mighty Atom
Do you think Slim could teach you a thing or three about oldtime strongman feats and training? Sit back and be amazed as Slim
teaches YOU how it's done:
The Mighty Atom's view of pain and how Slim began bending steel across his nose
The most dangerous feat Slim ever performed (and how he's paying for it now)
"Ordinary" Strongmen vs. Genuine Oldtime Strongmen and the price you must pay
The correct belt size for chain breaking
Why rhythm is incredibly valuable in a strength act
"Nothing ever changes"
The specific brand of chain that Slim uses in his act
Three things to keep in mind when choosing a chain
How to "collapse" and "deflate" your chest for nail breaking
Slim's step-by-step mental to physical chain breaking routine
The chain size that the "Old Man" (The Mighty Atom) used in hs act
"Do you have it in you?"
Why you must be comfortable in order to perform
Slim speaks of the "performer's mindset" and why you need it to succeed
Slim shows you exactly how he approaches his hammers before he performs
What spot does Slim focus his eyes on during his Hammer Leverage feats?
What is the importance of the "pattern"?
Slim's unique pre-performance ritual
The Dungeon, Where few men dare tread...
How did the Hammerman get so strong? Now you can hear and see how the man himself trains
Join Slim as he takes you through one of his workouts and typical training in the Dungeon
Slim's unusual wrist roller device and exactly how he uses it
Why tendon strength is vitally important
The unique exercise that Slim uses to strengthen his wrist tendons
Slim's #1 tip for up and coming strongmen
Why training the muscles is not enough
How to coordinate mind and muscle for maximum strength
Slim vs. "The Crusher" - How many reps does Slim normally do over the course of a workout?
Do you think Slim keeps accurate records in his logbook? You'll see for yourself...
Think you're too old? Wait until Slim tells you when his strength really started to peak
Bonus Footage
Slim teaches Pat "The Human Vise" Povilaitis a little bit about steel scrolling including a design that Slim worked for weeks to perfect
Close-ups of Slim's performance hammers
"What was Slim's maximum effort with the hammers?" - Now you'll hear his answer...
How does this amazing DVD end?
Footage, yes the actual footage from that night at Madison Square Garden when the legend of Slim the Hammer Man was born! Who is that standing in the background? It's the Mighty Atom!
But Wait!
Selected Slim the Hammerman DVD packages come with a second Bonus DVD!
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Three unbelievable strongmen on one DVD. The bonus DVD included with Slim's DVD features raw, uncut footage of Pat Povilaitis and Dennis Rogers and the man, Slim himself, teaching and giving tips on spike bending and horseshoe bending while discussing the barriers you must break to become a champion strongman... plus a few more goodies. Imagine having a trio of oldtime strongmen teaching you how it's done. This is exactly what this Bonus DVD is all about!
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