So it isnt a myth....

[blut wump]

Board presses are useful for guys who bench in a shirt. The shirt does a lot to help get the bar away from the chest so board presses can help you target your weaker ranges of the press.

 

[mhb3939]

Oh yeah, this guy also wears sandals in the summer and lifts barefoot, and wears a fanny pack. Whats in those fanny packs anyway?

I love these post... It is ALL SO TRUE...lol
AND WHAT IS IN THOSE FANNY PACKS?????
Great question!!!

But I know and have seen every guy you are talking about...
It made me build my home gym in my basement...

What I HATED the most was EVERY DEC/JAN you could not WALK in my gym!!!! I hated the new years/holiday people that "know it all"......
I give the 1 guy out of 1000 that joins that sticks to it, I have made a lot of friends that way. Every year there was always one bro who stuck with it...

 

[exidous]

Board presses are useful for guys who bench in a shirt. The shirt does a lot to help get the bar away from the chest so board presses can help you target your weaker ranges of the press.

yeah but what good is it when the biggest guy in the gym does this and says he holds the record for bench press in town with 680 but only goes down 3 inches. i watched him the other day and man it really doesnt look like he is doing much. i asked him and he said it was good for your "lock out" whatever that means. tricepts maybe?

 

[wwboater]

lol at this thread! I saw the same thing last week only even worse.. 5'6, 160lbs guy with 8 plates per side!!! I saw him go from 3 to 4 after doing 2-3 reps of 2" (maybe) and back to lockout and thought he just obviously judged it.. naw, he was just incrementing his way up. 2-3 reps, almost no travel at all and he worked his way up to 8 plates per side!

I was laughing thinking of him spending 5 minutes unloading the machine afterwards, but I moved on before. Hope the little prick didn't leave them loaded up! hehe

 

[blut wump]

Everything gets perverted when bragging rights are at stake. Lock-out is almost all about triceps but board-presses are not really a good exercise for someone who doesn't bench shirted. No-one in their right mind would try to pass a board-press off as a bench press.

 

[rgjujitsu]

Man, I lose concentration with these people. I see how bad there form is, how their backs are rounded, and I feel physical pain for them, especially younger guys. I just want to put my arm around their shoulder and day it is o.k., lift what you are supposed to lift now, don't fuck up and get an injury doing half squats and then say squatting is bad for your knees to anyone who will listen, because bad form is really all that is bad for your knees . And also don't say you could squat 405, because see, you never really could. This is the main reason I wish I could afford a rack and bench at home, otherwise I really like going to gym.
I wish I could wear blinders at the gym to block these people out.

 

[ortiz34]

3" squats at your gyms huh?

I'd be hard pressed to find more than 4 people who actually squat at my gym. Heck, 90% of the guys don't even do legs.

 

[jc1908]

My personaly favorite is the one guy how follows you around, and does every excersise you do, with the same weight. Like you do 8-10 perfectly strict slow reps, and this dude will come around and do 1-3 wild ass sloppy swinging reps of the same weight. Then he looks at you when he's done, with a look like he's hard. Keep in mind that this is the same guy how wears Zubaz pants and a tank top and is like 175lbs and 20%bf. Dumbell curls seem to be this guys favorite movement. Anyone know this guy?

Yeah, saw him last nite..walked in cold and grabbed the 45's with no warmup and preceded to do a move that looked like a cross between a hammer curl and a i don't know what.

 

[mhb3939]

Man, I lose concentration with these people. I see how bad there form is, how their backs are rounded, and I feel physical pain for them, especially younger guys. I just want to put my arm around their shoulder and day it is o.k., lift what you are supposed to lift now, don't fuck up and get an injury doing half squats and then say squatting is bad for your knees to anyone who will listen, because bad form is really all that is bad for your knees . And also don't say you could squat 405, because see, you never really could. This is the main reason I wish I could afford a rack and bench at home, otherwise I really like going to gym.
I wish I could wear blinders at the gym to block these people out.

Bro do as I did, buy it one piece at a time... Off Ebay or gyms that close down in your area. A leg press cost the most but you can find them on the net at good prices. I couldnt take it anymore at the gym. I am not a BB I am only 5'9 180 6%bf but I love to work out and did so in public gyms for about 10yrs... I love having my home gym, I can wash clothes, feed my dog, watch tv, listen to the radio, ect.... It's great, nothing better then a nice home gym!!!

 

[jacked clown]

Board presses are a great way to increase strength. Make fun of the 3 inch squaters but dont make fun of tried and proven techniques just because you dont use them.