Originally Posted by
teetsao
i only weigh 175lb, and only 5 foot 7.
i am kinda slight built guy.
gareth; as far as i know 4 unspaced 2x8x16s is the most i have ever seen,and only twice and i would imagine 5 is the limit. the human body has limits. the world breaking associtation uses spacers and big ones at that. i have never tried it, but my friends and i have decided to try some spaced breaking to see what it is like. i feel it will be a waste of time and money but we will never know til we try. i have seen some of the demos where they break in to the teens' of numbers of bricks in a stack. i feel it is a trick,or i guess more like physics and all you need is practice to do it because of the spacers.
unspaced is the only way to break and 2x8x16s is the material to use unless you are using red building bricks or coconuts or doing 3" bloocks or 4" blocks. this is why no one has been seen to do more than 3 or 4 on youtube,because it is legitamate and not easy. advanced is shortening your srtike till all you do is lay your hand on the block,vibrate and it breaks. also doing unsupported breaks and flat,i mean really flat on the ground breaks. this is also the begining of advanced training.
steve hamp is breaking 2x4x16 "splits" you can lean your weight on one and it will break. when you cut them in half they are very easy to break. we started witht these,but as you can see"a 12 year old girl can do them".