Heavy dips are starting to get uncomfortable.

[from zero]

Anyone else have this problem? I hate it, because I LOVE heavy dips!! My shoulders and joints seem to disagree though. I'm seriously considering replacing them with close grip bench presses for my old school training.

Any thoughts or suggestions?

 

[NWinters]

maybe its time to go light for a little bit, and give your jonts some rest.

 

[bignate73]

tough for me on the AC joint. i had to drop them for a while.

 

[Liftbig]

i stopped doing dips along time ago. there are plenty of other exercises that can get you to the same goal, without tearing you up. of course its a little different for people who are lighter, but bigger people should stay away from dips imo.

 

[Serea]

How low do you dip?

 

[gymtime]

I've been doing them for about a month now, with 55lbs added. So far so good, but I can feel the strain on the joints quite a bit. At the first sign of trouble, I'll probably go back to close grips for a while.

But I've been doing the weighted dips on the 5x5 workout, and I couldn't be happier with the progress. I remember a time when I could barely do five or six good dips with just my bodyweight.

 

[ToTall]

Iam having the same problem also. @6'6" & 240lbs, Iam up to a 75lb dumbell for 3X5 and I feel like somthings going to break. It feels so good to do my bodyweight for a burnout set @ the end though.

 

[thebrute]

do that and see if it helps. you'll have to listen to your body on this one. tb

 

[from zero]

Thanks guys. I think I've decided to switch to close grip presses.

 

[thebrute]

good choice!! tb

 

[sinjinsmythe33]

try supersetting them with pull ups, just bw on both. try it for few workouts and see what happens