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Post by TexasRanger on Aug 15, 2018 16:36:14 GMT
The world has no idea what you fixed... I do. Marlon Birch stated that he'd had a conversation with JP in which JP told him you need a story to sell a product. Marlon had told JP all about his uncle who had been a big influence on him. Marlon said that almost immediately following that conversation, JP suddenly had an Uncle Wally. Nah. Uncle Wally and the rest of the legends were on the original Bronze Bow (aka da Blow) board from day one. This was back when two Navy SEALs were also on the board and we were hearing about HALO jumps, etc. Anyway, one of the uncles was the unrecognized diving legend of Minnesota (Wally?) regularly staying underwater for unbelievable lengths of time and capable of free diving to 100' which of course our hero later replicated regularly. There were other stories that came out of the frozen tundra from the days of da Blow, far too many to cover (or remember). This was back when JP was claiming mind blowing numbers of Hindu Pushups and the great Old Uncle Mal, the wolf of eastern Canada during those days, offered to jump in his car and meet for a "Dand" (as Mal called them) Contest at a location of JP's choice. Think his late cousin, Stoney, also wanted in on the action. For some reason, the challenge was declined...
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Post by Bruce Tackett on Aug 15, 2018 17:01:59 GMT
That wasn't the only challenge that was declined - "It takes a big man to admit he's wrong" was all the rage on da Blow at the time.
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Post by TexasRanger on Aug 15, 2018 17:17:44 GMT
That wasn't the only challenge that was declined - "It takes a big man to admit he's wrong" was all the rage on da Blow at the time. . For me, I think I remember Mal's most of all because he was always chuckling at JP's claims and that particular event was when we saw JP really back down.
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Post by doomfarer1 on Aug 15, 2018 17:48:16 GMT
Let the witnesses rest your Honor - JP does easily perform 100 straight Hindu PU followed by 100 Squats and a 3 min bridge in 15 min on the M7 dvd. Nice royal court.
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Post by billfish on Aug 15, 2018 17:59:06 GMT
I do. Marlon Birch stated that he'd had a conversation with JP in which JP told him you need a story to sell a product. Marlon had told JP all about his uncle who had been a big influence on him. Marlon said that almost immediately following that conversation, JP suddenly had an Uncle Wally. Nah. Uncle Wally and the rest of the legends were on the original Bronze Bow (aka da Blow) board from day one. This was back when two Navy SEALs were also on the board and we were hearing about HALO jumps, etc. Anyway, one of the uncles was the unrecognized diving legend of Minnesota (Wally?) regularly staying underwater for unbelievable lengths of time and capable of free diving to 100' which of course our hero later replicated regularly. There were other stories that came out of the frozen tundra from the days of da Blow, far too many to cover (or remember). This was back when JP was claiming mind blowing numbers of Hindu Pushups and the great Old Uncle Mal, the wolf of eastern Canada during those days, offered to jump in his car and meet for a "Dand" (as Mal called them) Contest at a location of JP's choice. Think his late cousin, Stoney, also wanted in on the action. For some reason, the challenge was declined... Maybe Sir Tighty Whiteys had a marathon to run that day
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Post by TexasRanger on Aug 15, 2018 18:34:33 GMT
Let the witnesses rest your Honor - JP does easily perform 100 straight Hindu PU followed by 100 Squats and a 3 min bridge in 15 min on the M7 dvd. Nice royal court. Doom, No doubt he did. After I read Combat Conditioning and Furey's newsletters/joined his forum for a year, I worked up to 100 or more at a time back in 2000 or 2001. Quite a few people were able to hit those numbers and were discussed on Matt's forum*, for example. And a 3 minute nose to the mat bridge? Seriously, not that big a deal...it was the claims of bridges that ran 15 min...I'd stopped doing them after reading Scott Sonnon's article on nose to the mat bridging and the risk they can create with regards to (neck) spinal health and integrity. (*Those of us who were on Furey's forum will recall witnessing what turned out to be an official banning when Mike Mahler was kicked off of the site for claiming he was doing -- daily -- some crazy stupid numbers of Hindu Pushups, Hindu Squats, etc. They ran in the thousands (+5,000?) and even JP never brought up ridiculous claims that came close Mahler's. Think this also included still benching well over 300lbs and similar numbers with the deadlift along with his legendary KB workouts (not). Speaking for myself, the more BW I did -- eg CC, etc. -- the more my bench/etc. suffered. BTW, I believe Mahler also tried to start a site called Combat Conditioning after his banning...that was brought to its knees pretty quickly.) This was all started around 2002 or 2003, but, I believe the claimed numbers on the Blow were far in excess of 100. Speaking for myself, my lower back didn't like the compression the HPUs created and -- which others reported -- I finally stopped.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 15, 2018 18:42:16 GMT
There was an illegal YouTube upload of JP doing a high number of Hindu push-ups. I'm sure it was 300 as I recall being impresssd. I can't remember if it was the same video or not but there was a clip of him chatting to Wendie (Wendy?) with his legs spread wide apart.
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Post by mr potatohead on Aug 15, 2018 20:54:49 GMT
I do. Marlon Birch stated that he'd had a conversation with JP in which JP told him you need a story to sell a product. Marlon had told JP all about his uncle who had been a big influence on him. Marlon said that almost immediately following that conversation, JP suddenly had an Uncle Wally. Yup, that's exactly what Marlon said, right or wrong.
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Post by TexasRanger on Aug 15, 2018 20:56:59 GMT
There was an illegal YouTube upload of JP doing a high number of Hindu push-ups. I'm sure it was 300 as I recall being impresssd. I can't remember if it was the same video or not but there was a clip of him chatting to Wendie (Wendy?) with his legs spread wide apart. Illegal? Who took the video? Who posted the video? Whiffet, my friend...you and I both know that video found its way on to the 'net to see if JP could generate some positive "oooos" and "ahhhhs" or free publicity. And doing them for Wendie with his legs spread wide apart...don't even want to think about it. But, I know Sonnon criticized either JP and/or Furey for their poor form on Dands, noting your feet should be together and the body tighter than the sloppy form JP used. (And my form was ridiculously bad, per what Sonnon described, as I learned the form from Furey...JP's was just that much worse.)
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Post by TexasRanger on Aug 15, 2018 20:58:01 GMT
I do. Marlon Birch stated that he'd had a conversation with JP in which JP told him you need a story to sell a product. Marlon had told JP all about his uncle who had been a big influence on him. Marlon said that almost immediately following that conversation, JP suddenly had an Uncle Wally. Yup, that's exactly what Marlon said, right or wrong. Hello Men, Well, Marlon was wrong and based on all of the other tales we've heard, no suprise.
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Post by TexasRanger on Aug 15, 2018 21:19:35 GMT
YouTube upload of JP ...chatting to Wendie (Wendy?) with his legs spread wide apart. Cool! no that's brilliant. Deleted scene: Wendy grabs John e 's crotch and squeezes his testicles till he sez something in a Minnesota accent . You could bear down on 'em with a Channellock and he'd never flinch...remember, his grandfather was a COSSACK, by god -- the same genocidal group in Russia that attacked unarmed Jewish villages.
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Post by billfish on Aug 15, 2018 21:43:50 GMT
YouTube upload of JP ...chatting to Wendie (Wendy?) with his legs spread wide apart. Cool! no that's brilliant. Deleted scene: Wendy grabs John e 's crotch and squeezes his testicles till he sez something in a Minnesota accent . I don't know about that....she might be grabbing make believe ball room
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