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    Question Chest dips alternative ?

    Hello guys, i have a problem. I train fullbody training 3x per week. I started training with my friend, he showed me techniques of every exercise and every exercise is ok, but not dips. I should do dips with focus on chest, so more lean forward. I swear, i have correct technique, i watched all youtube dips videos, even guys from gym said to me that technique is okay, but i just cant feel chest, everytime i do them, i have pumped triceps and minimally chest, i can really feel like i train triceps more with those dips than chest. I even tried muscle mind connection, just really slow reps focusing on chest , but no, zero pump in chest, really feeling triceps, little bit shoulders. Next thing is that its not really comfortable exercise for my shoulders.

    I know that i should do them, and for many people its great exercise, but i dont want to train triceps with them, i should have them as chest exercise, so my question is, if its problem if i do another chest exercise, where i will really feel the chest instead of dips ? My another exercises that i do in my routine for chest are: Bench-press, incline dumbell press and pullover. Also i would appreciate if you suggest which exercise i could do instead of those dips for chest. Thanks !
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    Incline bench press, flat dumbbell bench press, cable flies, pec deck machine, pushups, dumbbell flies.
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    Originally Posted by smitths View Post
    Hello guys, i have a problem. I train fullbody training 3x per week. I started training with my friend, he showed me techniques of every exercise and every exercise is ok, but not dips. I should do dips with focus on chest, so more lean forward. I swear, i have correct technique, i watched all youtube dips videos, even guys from gym said to me that technique is okay, but i just cant feel chest, everytime i do them, i have pumped triceps and minimally chest, i can really feel like i train triceps more with those dips than chest. I even tried muscle mind connection, just really slow reps focusing on chest , but no, zero pump in chest, really feeling triceps, little bit shoulders. Next thing is that its not really comfortable exercise for my shoulders.

    I know that i should do them, and for many people its great exercise, but i dont want to train triceps with them, i should have them as chest exercise, so my question is, if its problem if i do another chest exercise, where i will really feel the chest instead of dips ? My another exercises that i do in my routine for chest are: Bench-press, incline dumbell press and pullover. Also i would appreciate if you suggest which exercise i could do instead of those dips for chest. Thanks !
    If you want to do a movement that replicates dips as closely as possible, use the seated triceps dip machine where you have handles on each side and press down. Do that, but lean way forward like you would when doing regular parallel bar dips.
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    Dips are more of a compound movement using chest,delts,triceps quite a bit.
    Impossible to eliminate those other areas in helping.
    Search for "Gironda Dips" to try and make it mostly chest.
    If one of your areas are weaker say chest then triceps will kick in more to help.
    You might also try not locking out your dips to keep triceps from fully contracting keeping more focus on chest also slow on the negative portion and regular speed coming up.
    I don't think there is another movement like dips but you could try push ups with push up handles.
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    Doing chest dips properly you really won't feel that much in the pecs however after a month the visual difference will be noticeable especially if you're doing em weighted. Anecdotally, nothing blew my pecs up like weighted dips
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    Pushups with handles like GarageRat said, or decline neutral grip dumbbell presses
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    You might not be using enough of a forward lean, you see it a lot when people new to the movement try to do it but only manage to get their head forward with their torso still upright. So it's like a half in half tricep/chest dip, it can be fixed but you'll have to work on getting your upper torso to follow your head. It takes awhile to get the hang of, but totally worth it if you really wanna emphasize chest. If possible, try and use handles a bit wider apart - but if not, you can force more elbow flare by using a reverse grip, but these are pretty hard to learn so you won't need any added weight for awhile with them. Holding your feet pointed out also helps.
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    For pecs I would personally try other exercise if dips aren’t working, because your forms probably off or you’re not strong enough to execute them correctly

    Incline bench with a barbell and decline.
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