working on a new routine

[ExtraMile]

the reason i like dips is they let me use the most weight out of any press exercise, the extra weight i used plus my bodyweight means my chest/shoulder/tri's are lifting more than they would in a benchpress, and I have always been better at dips than benchpress, they have made my tri's grow and my pressing lockouts have greatly increased with them too

i asked him why he doesnt do them much at the moment. thats is what "how come" means. I didnt say he was missing out i asked why although i worded it as how come.

i really cant be bothered to argue with you anymore, i wont give any advice to these two if that is what u want

 

[Andalite]

the reason i like dips is they let me use the most weight out of any press exercise, the extra weight i used plus my bodyweight means my chest/shoulder/tri's are lifting more than they would in a benchpress, and I have always been better at dips than benchpress, they have made my tri's grow and my pressing lockouts have greatly increased with them too

EXACTLY. This is precisely what I wanted to hear. This is hard evidence which cannot be questioned. This is all correct.

i asked him why he doesnt do them much at the moment. thats is what "how come" means. I didnt say he was missing out i asked why although i worded it as how come.

But your wording changes the entire meaning and attitude while expressing the question. Therefore, you can understand why I would want you to explain yourself now.

i really cant be bothered to argue with you anymore, i wont give any advice to these two if that is what u want

No. That is NOT what I want.

What I do want is for you to be able to filter through all the BS advice you see on the internet and weed out all the golden gems of information and exploit the shit out of that to help yourself progress. That is all. This was meant for you to explain why you like dips and then acknowledging that:

(a) what works for you might not work for everyone but then again it might. How will they know unless they try this out?

(b) perhaps what works for others might help you and therefore it is worth trying that out for yourself?

You see what I mean?

 

[Tblock1]

The reason dips are awesome is because without them you will never get strong or bigger and your triceps will shrivel up and go away never to be seen again besides the fact that you won't be able to bench the bar and you will surely have to stop lifting.

 

[Andalite]

The reason dips are awesome is because without them you will never get strong or bigger and your triceps will shrivel up and go away never to be seen again besides the fact that you won't be able to bench the bar and you will surely have to stop lifting.

I think breathing is important too, right? I mean...come on, dips have to be second to breathing, right? Without breathing you'll be forced to stop life. Is that a fair trade?

 

[Tblock1]

I think breathing is important too, right? I mean...come on, dips have to be second to breathing, right? Without breathing you'll be forced to stop life. Is that a fair trade?

Sounds fair to me......... Bottom line though, I think em was just asking jdid why he wasn't doing dips, because if you remember, jdid posted a long ass article about how dips are such a great exercise, so I kind of wonder why he hasn't been doing them too. But yeah no single exercise is the ned all exercise, ie you MUST do it(with an exception for deadlifts, you must do those sorry)

 

[JDid23]

woah lot of posting here lately

Eric- feel free to stop by anytime bro- don't be intimated by some of the guys who post here haha.

EM- I am not doing dips at the moment because i don't like how they feel on my shoulders when i do them primarily for chest leaning over. However, they feel a bit better when i do them as upright as possible, but i don't want to risk anything with my shoulders right now since at one point in time, dips felt hella hard on my shoulders.

Tblock- i remember reading an article like this, but i actually think gladiator posted it. Maybe I am wrong though.

 

[ExtraMile]

jdid the article you are thinkign of was posted by jesse on gladiators log, it was this: Parallel Bar Dips: Old School Power Builder

i thought it was a great read

 

[oso0960]

JDid -

Stretching Guide Part I: Upper Body Stretches (by Jeremy Likness)

Dips used to hurt my shoulders a lot too. I started doing the posterior shoulder stretch in that article before I did dips and it helped a lot. a couple sets of 30s holds and dips have always been fine on the shoulders. I could even dip as low as my body would allow me and my shoulders would be fine.

 

[JDid23]

thx oso- might give that a shot if i try dips or just do it anyway.

Today's workout

Power Clean-
45x3
65x3
95x3
115x2
135x3- PR 5x3
135x3
135x3
135x3
135x3

Back Squat
45x5
95x3
135x3
155x2
185x2
200x5- PR 2x5
200x5
155x12- PRx12 - got so low on 4 of the reps that i could have set the bar down on the rack.
115x20- PRx20

Weighted Pullups- (first time with weight belt)
BW + 15 lbs x 5- PR 2x5
BW + 15 lbs x 5
BW + 15 lbs x 4

Incline DB
35x5
55s x 6- PR (was supposed to do 50 lbs)
50s x 8
50s x 7
50s x 6 (failed on 7th)

Grip Work
Static Holds- not precise, but about this time.
155 lbs x 30 seconds
155 lbs x 25 seconds


Comments: Cleans were decent, but this is the one lift i am afraid to move the weight up on. I am somewhat confident on my form, but the key word is somewhat. I am even contemplating taking these out of my routine for now since i am not training for sports. Squats were great; I think i have almost mastered breathing on the 20 reppers and they felt really dam good. Same with the 155x12. Pullups were hard today on the 2nd and 3rd sets. I am going to try to move up to 20 lbs next workout though and see how that goes. I was an idiot in incline DB today, so i'll do 50 lbs again next workout. Static holds were sub par.

 

[JDid23]

Not bad today!!!!

Squat (quads hella sore from sunday when i did them)
45x5
95x3
135x3
155x2
185x1
205x1
215x1
225x2- PR 3x2 and weight used
225x2
225x2

Overhead Press
45x5
70x5
80x5
90x5
105x5- PR
85x7

DB Row
45s x 5
60s x 5- PR and PR 3x5
60s x 5
60s x 5

Seated Calves- Nelson's routine with 45 lbs to 75 reps rest/pause- PR

Triceps
Closed Grip Bench Press
45x10
105x10- PR? and PR 3x10
105x10
105x10

Dips (as upright as possible)
10- possible PR- (been a long time)
6


Comments: My quads were sore from squatting heavy Sunday. I didn't think this would ever be an issue since it hasn't until this point, but i am going to lift so i squat Thurs and Sun and deadlift on Tues so i have more rest to squat. Having said that, 225 didn't feel too heavy until the last rep on 225, but my form was still good and i hit ATG with no real problem. Overhead @ 105x5 was very hard, but i got it through nicely. Rows i might have been able to do 3x7, but not without cheating a lot; i am just happy my right arm can do this now! Calves were pretty good, and so were triceps. It was nice doing dips again- hurt my shoulders a bit but not too much.