Dip problem

[SCREW]

hey i tried doing dips past parallel today and i could barley get one of them... youd think i could get more because i only weigh 138 lbs and i can do 8-10 pull ups with good form.

is it maybe just a from issue or what> because its starting to piss me off

 

[SouthernLord]

Do slow controlled negatives until you gain the stability and upper body strength to do complete reps.

You can also try bench dips. Watch your shoulders on these.

 

[cobracock1979]

When I do dips my first 2 reps are always skaky and uncomfortable. Try a good warm up, an hold the parallel postion for like 30-60 seconds before trying it

 

[jungle4321]

Try holding parelle for a while instead of going through the dip motion. Also, if your gym has a dip.pullup machine where you can releave some of the weight you are doing try that. Anyone know the name of that machine?

 

[ExtraMile]

I can do just 2 full tricep dips. And only about 5-6 to parrallel. Just practise I guess.



Damn I need to start dipping.

 

[Blane]

once your body gets more accustomed to the movement. all will be fine.

 

[cobracock1979]

Are you trying to hit tris or pecs?

 

[SCREW]

both lol

 

[cobracock1979]

LOL,

I been doin a lotta wide arm dips with elbows facing out. Awesome for the lower pec area. But may arms shake like a muthaf*cka while I do em. Still, I can manage 20 or so. 8 - 10 with 50lbs strapped on

 

[ExtraMile]

Thats they way I do them if I use a V Bar. I dint think they would be that good for your pecks and just used them for when Im at home but if you say so, ill do them more. And yeah I find them easier then usual dips

 

[cobracock1979]

yeah - make sure elbows are facing right out. lean slightly forward. The movement should kinda resemble a decline cable crossover, or decline bench press.

Go all the way down till you really feel the stretch in the pecs, then only go just over halfway back up. You should get bug pumps i the pec area.

Takes a loota focus of the tri's tho so I altenate with parallels.

 

[Big_BK]

When i started off i was 145 and could not do 1 dip. Do you have one of the machines where you stand or kneel on a pad to subtract bodyweight that you can either do dips or pull ups? Start off with that on a setting you can barely do 6-8 reps and each week try to take more and more weight off until you can do them by yourself. Worked for me.

 

[SCREW]

i can do pullups easily but i just cant do dips

 

[ExtraMile]

+1 dips are much harder IMO

 

[ironwings]

I can do just 2 full tricep dips. And only about 5-6 to parrallel. Just practise I guess.



Damn I need to start dipping.

I think someone already mentioned this but negatives are the way to go. I had been using the assisted pull up machine forever and never got anywhere. I started negative training for dips and pullups and in no time I was progressing. Use the assisted machine for dips but don't put any assisted weight on. Just use the foot bar as your catch at the bottom of the negative. In a matter of weeks you'll be pressing those dips out. It may take a bit longer to get the lean forward motion for your chest.

 

[ExtraMile]

I just had a sudden explosion of strength in chest, my bench went up and I can do 8 bodyweight dips now, compared to 3 about 3 weeks ago. Lol. Does the extra 20%bf Im carrying count as doing a weighted dip?

 

[ironwings]

I just had a sudden explosion of strength in chest, my bench went up and I can do 8 bodyweight dips now, compared to 3 about 3 weeks ago. Lol. Does the extra 20%bf Im carrying count as doing a weighted dip?

Congrats! I know how good that feels - chest all pumped up and you're probably walking around like a gorilla!

 

[ExtraMile]

A chubby gorilla...

 

[Big_BK]

haha, a little fat is a good thing. We are not meant to be walking around at low BF%'s. I think its time to switch up my routine again and throw dips in.

 

[ExtraMile]

They are pretty brutal when you've never done them before. My chest has been sore all week because just 3 sets of maximum weight bench to 8 reps makes my chest sore for a few days so alternatring between dips and bench throughout the week is pretty nasty.

I find it easier to keep quite springy on the bars, not rigid and only go to just below parallel. But even if I dont lean back I dont feel it in my triceps, any ideas?

 

[cobracock1979]

Id dissagree on that one - if your talkin about wide grip, elbows facin out? If your targeting the lower chest you need to drop way below parralel, untill you really feel the stretch in your chest, and only about 2/3's up on the positive.

This will recruit the chest far more than the tri's, so for tri development us the close parrallel grip