shovelglove constructive criticism
Posted: Fri Sep 16, 2005 7:03 pm
OK, just wanted to throw this out there.
I've been doing shovelglove for several months now. It's awesome. It rocks. It's the best upper body exercise ever. I love everything about it.
Except for one thing.
The name.
In my view, the name shovelglove is pretty bad. What it describes is neither a shovel, nor a glove. I'm not saying I have a better one, but when I tell people about it they look at me funny until they hear the phrase "exercise with a sledgehammer." After the "sledgehammer" keyword, the notion of "useful movements" is next, and people seem to get it.
I don't know. I can't even bring myself to use the name shoveglove most days. It's usually just, "yes, I exercise with a sledgehammer" followed sometimes by "mimicing useful movements the human body has been doing for thousands of years, such as shoveling, churning butter, etc."
At best, I throw in the term "shovelglove" at the end; "this cool idea is called shovelglove." If you say shovelglove at the beginning, it just gets in the way of understanding. And that's the opposite of what a good name should do.
I've been doing shovelglove for several months now. It's awesome. It rocks. It's the best upper body exercise ever. I love everything about it.
Except for one thing.
The name.
In my view, the name shovelglove is pretty bad. What it describes is neither a shovel, nor a glove. I'm not saying I have a better one, but when I tell people about it they look at me funny until they hear the phrase "exercise with a sledgehammer." After the "sledgehammer" keyword, the notion of "useful movements" is next, and people seem to get it.
I don't know. I can't even bring myself to use the name shoveglove most days. It's usually just, "yes, I exercise with a sledgehammer" followed sometimes by "mimicing useful movements the human body has been doing for thousands of years, such as shoveling, churning butter, etc."
At best, I throw in the term "shovelglove" at the end; "this cool idea is called shovelglove." If you say shovelglove at the beginning, it just gets in the way of understanding. And that's the opposite of what a good name should do.