Reading about Brett Jones in Pavel Tsatsouline’s book Beyond Bodybuilding inspired Paul McIlroy to chase the IronMind Red Nail.


Paul McIlroy has just been certified on the IronMind Red Nail. McIlroy is 33 years old, and weighs 165 lb. at 6 feet tall.  IronMind® | Photo courtesy of Paul McIlroy


“It was mentioned that Brett Jones was the lightest man (at that time) to ever bend the Red Nail.”  From that day on I wanted to be the lightest man ever to do it . . . but I didn’t get around to it for another 10 years lol!  I won’t be the lightest ever, but I do it I will be about 15 lb. lighter than Brett was at the time. 

Paul said he bends two or three times a week.  His background includes about 10 years of boxing and he has competed in drug free powerlifting, followed by MMA.  Now, Paul owns a gym called Centaur, where he “developed an infamous body transformation program, ‘The Amazing 12 Week Physique.’  I’ve won a few GS [kettlebell] competitions and I’m good friends with Master SFG and Red Nail Roster David Whitley,” he told IronMind.

Nice to see the lasting impact of Brett’s accomplishment: congratulations, Paul, your name has been added to the Red Nail Roster, and IronMind would like to thank John Monaghan for refereeing your attempt to bend the Red Nail under official conditions.


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