Dips?

[legend05]

Okay.. Wanting to add these into my chest routine, Do you lean forward when doing them to hit the chest?

Thanks

 

[Who is Mike Jones?]

Yes . . lean forward and I would suggest adding weight.

 

[Powerathlete]

Also, flare your elbows.

 

[Winter]

And if your dip bar has this: make the handle bars out more to hit the chest more and put them in to hit the triceps more.

 

[Powerathlete]

And if your dip bar has this: make the handle bars out more to hit the chest more and put them in to hit the triceps more.

Nice one. I forgot about that. :thumb:

 

[putin]

I see dips being effective--for me--only after blasting my triceps. Otherwise I'd have to use a lot of weight and I'll feel most of it in my shoulders cause the tri's are too fresh and strong.

 

[PowerBuilder]

I see dips being effective--for me--only after blasting my triceps. Otherwise I'd have to use a lot of weight and I'll feel most of it in my shoulders cause the tri's are too fresh and strong.

That would be a good way to preexhaust the triceps but then the tris would fail first leaving the chest underworked. To hit the chest I would suggest making sure you have done no tricep exercises at all first. Add as much weight as needed to make it hard.

 

[Rokomuscle1]

Try supersetting them with Flat Flyes.... do the Flyes first then do the dips... talk about a burn..wow

 

[luquillo78]

I use a little more than shoulder width when doing dips. I do it as a chest and tris excercise. It's and excellent tris excercise too.

 

[pretty ricky]

yeah lean in a little to hit the chest a bit more.they are a good movement on chest tri day.