hi everyone,
I got a problem, my gym sold all their eqipment and got new machines, dumbells, everything is brandnew
actually a good thing, but unfortunately they don't have the great assisted dips/chin up machine anymore..
I'm not that strong yet so that I can do chins / dips without the assist let alone weighted!!!
for chins I could switch to lat-pulldowns, but what about chest-dips?
my chest routine used to be
flat BB press
incline DB press
chest dips
how do you do dips if you can only do like 3 reps, I need an alternative! help!
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Thread: best alternative for chest-dips
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07-07-2005, 08:48 AM #1
best alternative for chest-dips
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07-07-2005, 08:51 AM #2
Do decline bench press. That will help.
Edit: You can also try for 4 reps next time you do dips and try to increase at least one rep everytime. Before you know it you will need to add weight.
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07-07-2005, 08:53 AM #3Lover of Pain
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Yeah, decline bench press is very similar to what chest dips target. Although chest dips are probably better.Originally Posted by Serynu-I'm the man in the box
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07-07-2005, 09:02 AM #4Peter Griffin Genetics
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Just keep blasting away your chest and tri's
-before you know it, you'll do just fine at the dip station
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07-07-2005, 10:00 AM #5Registered User
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Id do those 3 reps then start throwin in negatives.... just my $.02Originally Posted by new_arnie"If you saw Atlas, the giant who holds the world on his shoulders, if you saw that he stood, blood running down his chest, his knees buckling, his arms trembling but still trying to hold the world aloft with the last of his strength, and the greater his effort the heavier the world bore down upon his shoulders - what would you tell him to do?" - Ayn Rand
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07-07-2005, 10:04 AM #6Registered User
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eat a Twinkee...
jp... but do decline... those will work
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07-07-2005, 10:44 AM #7Train smarter, not harder
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bymp to the above decline
also, don't switch to latpulls, they suck (in comparrison) - do rack chins
although i would start lookng for a better gym.<->
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07-07-2005, 11:44 AM #8Registered User
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If you can only do three, you have a few options.
1: have your partner hold your feet as you do them. This will take off +/- 25 pounds letting you hit the 8 rep range.
2: Do dips off a weight bench with your feet propped up on another. this will allow you to maybe hit 6-8. It hits the triceps far more, but will help you condition so you can handle 6+ full dips. When you hit 10 reps, throw a 45lbs. plate on your lap and start at 6 again.
3: Decline Bench
Keep doing those three dips in the mean time. it will turn to 4, then 5 soon enough.
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07-07-2005, 11:54 PM #9
ok thanks
decline bench may be a good idea
although I wonder wether I should do both flat benchpress and decline benchpress? I thought it would be good to have some other exercise besides presses for chest..
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