Right shoulder pain on dips (my 5x5 tri exercise)

[Synpax]

Hi,

The last two times I did dips after about 2months off from lifting, my right shoulder was hurting from the upward pressure.

This is the same day I do 5x5 chest, and the shoulder doesn't hurt with any of my other excercises because none of them push it up like dips do.

Today I tried again and it didn't really hurt until the last set becacuse, until then, I think I was doing them at a kind of angle that didn't upset it. But I must have changed something on that last one that changed it.

AGain, this is just my right shoulder. Any suggestions on what I should do?

I really like weighted dips, and I am loath to pick another 5x5 exercise for my tris. CG are sort of out because I already did regular presses for my chest.

All thoughts welcome.

 

[psychedout]

Switch up with skullcrushers or rope pushdowns? Both of those are extremely shoulder friendly.

 

[Synpax]

I use them as my 2x10. I don't think they are good for the 5x5 exercises because it is difficult to do them with a lot of weight, like close-grip flat bench or weighted dips.

 

[from zero]

Close grip bench should be fine ...

 

[bigstve12]

i would use CG...your body's telling you it doesnt like something with those dips, so leave them alone for a while. Personally i love dips but havent done them in about a year, just to painful for me

 

[WalkingBeast]

Personally I would never use a 5X5 routine on arms. That rep range is way too low for me on the arms. Ill often hit 3-5 rep sets for arms through out my routine, but I go through all the rep ranges at some point in my routines. I always aim to keep the reps higher. Lower reps put alot of pressure on my joints due to the very heavy weights and dont fatigue me for long. I feel I can really tear the shit out of my arms with some 10-15 rep sets to complete failure. So those make up the bulk of my arm training. Id rather do 160 for 10 on preacher curls then 5 sets of 200 for 5, or something similiar. Though I always do some heavy sets. Id reccomend an exercise, but I cant think of anything for triceps that Id want to do in the 5 rep range. Lots of strain on the joints for me personally. Close grip bench is probabally the closest thing to dips. I love skull crushers on an incline also but I usually keep the reps above 10 for the most part.

 

[anthrax]

I also hurt my shoulders doing dips and bench dips

 

[bignate73]

lowest i go for arms is 6-8. I dont think you need a 5x5 all the time for arms, as beast said. put it this way, you get low volume high load work with shoulders, and chest on your presses. just my opinion

 

[coolcolj]

Are you doing any sort of rotary cuff and lower/mid trap work?

If not now is the time!

 

[Synpax]

Are you doing any sort of rotary cuff and lower/mid trap work?

If not now is the time!

I don't know if my exercises are covering that. What exercises/motions do?