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Batman -> Can't do dips (May 4 2008 11:47:25)
I love doing wide chest dips and personally I think they've been the best exercise for getting my chest. Unfortunately they also wreck my shoulder every time I do them. Is it worth doing them with arms closer together hitting the triceps more or should I switch to another exercise?
stephen77 -> RE: Can't do dips (May 4 2008 11:50:02)
do it closer to find out
fun meter -> RE: Can't do dips (May 4 2008 14:02:28)
Depends how deep you go as well. Dips cause me shoulder problems sometimes, If I go below 90 degrees. So I now go to 90degrees with my elbows, hold, then back up.
Mortimer -> RE: Can't do dips (May 4 2008 19:30:06)
It could well be that going deep causes your shoulders to stress..person specific. Do you go particularly deep on them mate?
MuscleQuest -> RE: Can't do dips (May 4 2008 19:45:18)
i stopped dips instantly once i injured myself doing them in the right shoulder. The only variation I will do is using a bench with arms behind back. I will never do close grip/wide grip dips again, much better exericses for hitting chest in my opinion
strikalite -> RE: Can't do dips (May 5 2008 13:59:54)
Do you do them weighted? If dips 'find' that muscle in question then move away from them IMO...I had this when doing weighted dips, i left them for a few MONTHS and found other exersise's instead, i do them again now but not weighted and just very slow and highish reps!
On your first rep do a half rep just to let your shoulders etc. 'get into' the movement then full reps afterwards, and keep your sets to 8 reps + as well. This stopped any problems for me tbh.
MM
Mashburn -> RE: Can't do dips (May 6 2008 1:15:04)
I cant do them because i get pains in my collar bone! [&:]
MMA Guy -> RE: Can't do dips (May 6 2008 8:03:01)
i get collarbone pain when doing them...i dropped them long time ago
aldo -> RE: Can't do dips (May 7 2008 0:13:27)
Ive also started to get a weird pain in my collarbone recently when doing dips
Im gona stay on 25kg weighted for a while though instead of increasing like i have been doing, dont wanna drop them completely, since ive started doing them weighted my chest has grown nicely
Dave284 -> RE: Can't do dips (May 7 2008 23:14:15)
I used to have quite severe shoulder pain, brought on by benching, but im pretty sure dips made it a lot worse. They are the only thing that makes it hurt now. Why not try some decline pressing for a while and then go back to them?
Arif -> RE: Can't do dips (May 8 2008 9:44:37)
Personally I found collarbone pain related to form. After a a few tweaks here and there I've been able to get past it. I still get it when my form slacks especially when I stick to much weight on the belt.