The Blob

Today I received a 20# and a 25# blob. I tried a few things with them, lifting, curling, hand 2 hand pass, the latter only with the lighter one. I've done plate pinching before but these things work your forearm and hand like nothing else. You can feel all the little muscles in your hand working. I can see why John Brookfield recommends blocks weights as the best grip strengthening tool. ( I think I remember reading that somewhere, I haven't bought his book yet but one of these days I will)
I know that within a few months I'll be looking for a 30# one.
Bent a 1/4" HRS x 7" today without much of a warm up. Pretty tough, I had to hit it about 5-6 times just to get it kinked, but the important thing is it finally gave in and bent.