I began bending steel October of 2009. Was it purely random? Not really. Initially, I thought choosing to bend steel happened by chance. In reality, it was handed to me. I was first an avid Olympic ...

A strongman is born in Dave Carroll's doc about sideshow revivalists. By THR Staff Bending Steel Tribeca Still - H 2013 NEW YORK — An unassuming little doc that slowly generates a surprising level of ...

Schoek openly disdains communication with others, claiming he simply isn’t interested in other people. But it’s the internet that unites him with Chris Rider, aka Hairculese, an Oldetime Strongman who ...

Quite literally, books have been written on the topic of bending sheetmetal to form useful shapes. We don’t intend to duplicate all that knowledge here, but rather give you, the home fabricator and ...

Walking down the street, you wouldn't give Chris Schoeck much thought -- but in an audience, you'd likely have a wholly different reaction. The 43-year-old, who suffers from social awkwardness and ...

The Cyclone, The Freakshow, The Mermaid Parade: all Coney Island icons. But Chris “Wonder” Schoeck has always preferred the Coney Island Strongman. Bending Steel follows the sweet, unassuming Schoeck ...

When you think of the classic strongman, images come to mind of barrel-chested behemoths manhandling objects that would give the average person a hernia just by looking at it. Chris Schoeck isn’t that ...

Quite literally, books have been written on the topic of bending sheetmetal to form useful shapes. We don’t intend to duplicate all that knowledge here, but rather give you, the home fabricator and ...