Board Press Rant

[superwife]

I'm sorry but i have to rant for a minute...

Every time my husband and I take the boards to the gym, some stupid trainer has to make a joke about him not beating me... really...it might have been funny the first time (MAYBE) but now a month later it just makes me want to strangle the person (did I mention that it is typically the same 2 people...).

Then, this past weekend, we were doing board presses and this guy in his playboy bunny tank wanders over and asks what we are doing. No problem here, we love to explain to people and spread the knowledge. We tell him what we are doing and he proceeds to tell us that we should be doing x, y, and z instead. He didn't ask what our goals were, just said that there were "better" things to do. After we finally got rid of him, my husband leans over and mentions that the guy had already been kicked out of the club earlier because he was trying to work out in sandals...

Really makes me want to buy equipment and stay home...

Thanks for letting me rant...

 

[Nonerz]

yep, people give us strange looks when we bust out the boards...

You should hear what they say when I'm dragging the sled around outside and Nate is waiting for his turn...something along the lines of, "Is that her punishment?!" Many people think we are training for the Firefighter physical test...good guess though.

Don't let them get under your skin...get mad and set a PR to "get even!!"

 

[dzulboy]

well i can agree with you girls until you see some of the guys in my gym use the boards omg what a joke guys saying they can bench 550 and i watch thenm bounce press with about 5 inches of board only 480 and clain\m they have a 550 bench nto trying to take anything away from this exercise , it works, but there sre some people who give it a bad name so to speak

 

[bignate73]

no one but nonerz and i use boards in our gym. though there are some guys that looklike they are using invisible boards....if you know what i mean.

i think those same guys do "invisible high box squats" too.

 

[spatts]

People suck. Glad I'm not one.

 

[superwife]

Thank you, Spatts. I really needed that

 

[bignate73]

People suck. Glad I'm not one.

youre not one of these are you? ---->

cause ive seen those and they are creepy!

 

[Sassy69]

Where I was recently training w/ some PL's and learning the joys of the boards, the bands and other implements of pain, I would say at least 3x /week muscle bound BB's would walk up & ask what we were doing, how to use the bands, etc. The gym I was in was not a major franchise but rather an older local gym that has been upgrading its equipment to make it at least as good as your typical Gold's. The people were always interested in learning & my buddies were always interested in taking the time to teach and answer questions while pushing themselves (instead of just "strutting"). I would say that among the people I've lifted around over the last several years, these PL's are probably the most friendly, instructive & just plain old really damn nice people that I've ever come across in a gym.

... now I gotta see if I can find those kind of people in my new town. (crap I hate moving)

 

[red_evil]

my favorite questiong regarding board presses was the day some fool came up and asked it was to "hit your inner pecs?" VDOP just rolled his eyes....and said....yeah man....that's what the boards are for.

 

[bignate73]

even worse are floor presses