Do u guys have boards at your gym? Or do u being them with u/keep in a locker? An if u are in fact a solo lifter at a commercial gym ext do u just ask somebody to hold the board for you? It's bad enough trying to get some people to spot me let a lone hold a board on top of my face lol.
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Thread: Solo lifters and board presses
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04-03-2012, 11:55 AM #1
Solo lifters and board presses
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04-03-2012, 12:04 PM #2
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04-03-2012, 12:09 PM #4
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04-03-2012, 12:09 PM #6
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I use a phonebook/yellow pages (2,2 inches witch I think is a 1,5 boards). Stuff it down my hoddie, and lift in the power rack. I haven´t had much problem, but I haven´t used more than 300lb, so might be more problematic with higher weights. I just hate not having some to help me unrack.
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04-03-2012, 12:19 PM #7
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04-03-2012, 12:45 PM #8
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04-03-2012, 01:45 PM #9
I cut the "trunk" part out of an old under armor shirt, put it over my t-shirt, then put the boards inside the under armor. I works pretty well.
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04-03-2012, 01:54 PM #10
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04-03-2012, 02:02 PM #12
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04-03-2012, 05:12 PM #13
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04-03-2012, 06:02 PM #14
I saw a guy warming up like this at my meet, he made boards with holes in the side specifically to fit the bungie hooks, seemed to work fairly well. When I was at a commercial gym I had a personal trainer hold the board... I think he got excited about the new "equipment" and knocked the wind out of me with the board.
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04-03-2012, 08:25 PM #15
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