Doing dips twice a week?

[Morolto]

I'm thinking about doing weighted dips twice a week even though i have isolation splits. Once on arm day (close grip dips), once on chest day (wide grip dips). Is this a bad idea? What do you guys think

[HighFivan]

I do dips on chest days, and on shoulder/arm days.

Its about 48hrs+ apart, I see no harm.

[nic9212]

I agree with HighFivan. 48 hrs is a nice amount of rest in between

[cumminslifter]

you should be hitting muscles twice a week

[alexchino]

I have been incorporating weighted dips into my workouts for the past 6 months and have seen tremendous gains in both strength and size. However, I recommend using a medium to close grip for both days. For chest, simply lean forward while performing the dip and for triceps simply cross your feet and keep your body straight. On both versions you will be hitting all three heads of the shoulder. Typically, I will do chest (weighted dips) on Mondays and then arms on Thursdays (weight dips again), and on both days I incorporate both pyramid/drop sets for my weight dips. For example, I always warm up with 20 non-weight dips, then go to 45lbs for 15-18, then 90lbs for 12-10, and then up to 125lbs for 6-8, from there I then drop back down to 90 for 12-10, 45 for 15-18, and then non-weight until fatigue. The wide grip (at least for me) puts to much strain on my shoulders so I tend to avoid going wide. I hope that helps? Best of luck.

[davisj3537]

you should be hitting muscles twice a week

^This.

If you are asking questions like this you need to be on at least 2xweek routine.

[Morolto]

^This.

If you are asking questions like this you need to be on at least 2xweek routine.

nope. im definitely an intermediate level lifter. a 2x routine has done absolutely nothing for me for years. iso on the other hand works well. dont assume you know a lot off of one question when its only one question. it was a pretty valid one. thank you everyone else

[davisj3537]

nope. im definitely an intermediate level lifter. a 2x routine has done absolutely nothing for me for years. iso on the other hand works well. dont assume you know a lot off of one question when its only one question. it was a pretty valid one. thank you everyone else

Intermediate lifters should be doing it twice a week...you are not advanced. Even most advanced lifters hit muscles twice a week. Good luck with your gains.

[jd2967]

You can do them everyday if you want.