Old timer told me to stop stretching with my knees, he was right

I've been installing for 8 years and always stretched tackless strip by putting my knee on it and pushing. This 60 year old guy on a commercial job in Phoenix pulled me aside and said I'd wreck my knee by 45. He showed me to use a small piece of plywood and a dead blow hammer to tap the strip down. I laughed it off but tried it on the next two houses, and honestly it took half the effort and no pain after a full day. My knee was starting to ache after long jobs anyway, so I'm converted now. Anyone else have an older installer teach them a trick that saved their body?

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