weighted dips

[hovz]

just looking for an opinion, recently someone made a claim they can do sets of over 15 reps of dips with 150 extra lbs. said person is 160, not sure about height but probly 5'7 to 5'10.

how likely is this to be true?

[djnorris]

Tell him to show you if you're worried about it. Crazier things have been known to happen.

[vin1382]

just looking for an opinion, recently someone made a claim they can do sets of over 15 reps of dips with 150 extra lbs. said person is 160, not sure about height but probly 5'7 to 5'10.

how likely is this to be true?

I dont see it being that unlikely. I can do 7 reps at 100 and ive only been training at it for about 8 months.

[Superman]

Who cares. It could be true it could not be true. It would be an impressive thing to see, but again... who cares.

Worry about your own strength achievments.

[aiwass]

Doable, but very impressive.

[SDFlip]

just looking for an opinion, recently someone made a claim they can do sets of over 15 reps of dips with 150 extra lbs. said person is 160, not sure about height but probly 5'7 to 5'10.

how likely is this to be true?

i don't know, he's probably bsing you.

Hola bola is 5'7 210, i think, and he dips 135*8..... check his journal.

[Uncle Ben]

I dont see it being that unlikely. I can do 7 reps at 100 and ive only been training at it for about 8 months.

Bodyweight plus 100 pounds?

[ExtremistPullup]

i wonder what his ROM is like impressive weight

[A-rod]

Seeing is beliving .........


If he does I bet it`s like a 4" range of motion .

[Andrew99]

just looking for an opinion, recently someone made a claim they can do sets of over 15 reps of dips with 150 extra lbs. said person is 160, not sure about height but probly 5'7 to 5'10.

how likely is this to be true?

I can do 135 x 5 and I weigh 30lbs more than him. So he can basically do 15 reps at this weight where I can do 5. I can totally believe this. I've been dipping for about a year or so.

[maidenfan]

I'd think its doable, especially with the lighter guys - heres a video me doing one with 158lbs of kettlebells (285lb bodyweight) http://media.putfile.com/Dip72kg

[hovz]

he says he goes to below parrallel. hes 21 years old. he cant show me because we live far away, he will only make a video of it if i agree to bet 10 g.

[hovz]

I'd think its doable, especially with the lighter guys - heres a video me doing one with 158lbs of kettlebells (285lb bodyweight) http://media.putfile.com/Dip72kg

yoru a fukin huge dude, hes a 160 lber. i understand hes lifting less bodyweight but i find this incredibly hard to believe.

he can dip 310 x 15+, you can barely do 443 x 1. incredibly hard to believe

[Dominik]

just looking for an opinion, recently someone made a claim they can do sets of over 15 reps of dips with 150 extra lbs. said person is 160, not sure about height but probly 5'7 to 5'10.

how likely is this to be true?

The lighter you are the better your chances of dipping or chinning a lot of weight. You only have to take a look at the powerlifting records to see how relative strength takes a nosedive in the heavier weight classes.

However, 15 reps with +150lbs sounds like bull****. Firstly, a 15RM would most likely be <70% of his max. Dipping strength is going to be close to what you could decline bench, which is going to be a little higher than what you could flat bench, so he's basically saying @ 160lbs he's got around a 400lb 1RM on bench

Then again, it could be a 1" ROM. Remember that old dude recently who claimed he was leg pressing a crapload?

[olympic]

Then again, it could be a 1" ROM. Remember that old dude recently who claimed he was leg pressing a crapload?

Yeah thats pretty embarrassing for him. At least the old bloke is doing something active- a lot of people his age have given up on life by that time.

[CoQ10]

he says he goes to below parrallel. hes 21 years old. he cant show me because we live far away, he will only make a video of it if i agree to bet 10 g.

If he's going below parallel with that much weight, he's just asking for an injury.

My max (below parallel) dip is BW+145x4. On my third set, I felt a searing pain in my sternum, and couldn't dip for six months.

I'm now back up to 145-150, but I always stay an inch or two above parallel. I recommend he do the same. One of the most painful injuries I've experienced...

Happy dipping!

-C10

[matthor]

haha i love watching ppl walk with big weight on the belt, classic waddle maidenfan

im 165lbs and did 100lbs 3 sets 8*5*8 (middle set i noobed up) so i think it is doable, i might have slightly cheated the last 2 reps of the final set though

[DoubleWide]

He's a BS'r. Not because I don't think someone can do that, I just don't think he could do it. If he really could and he needed to bet money, he would have made the bet for an amount that you would have paid.
A lot of gymnasts that I used to know fit that description and could do it. I was always more impressed by them doing standing backflips than any weight training that they ever did though.

[Andrew.Cook]

i don't know, he's probably bsing you.

Hola bola is 5'7 210, i think, and he dips 135*8..... check his journal.

Just watched a Hola video with him doing 5 reps at 160 (2x45 + 2x35). I can hit out 6 at 150lbs. I don't know. 15 reps isn't impossible, but it seems pretty unlikely.

[Dominik]

Just watched a Hola video with him doing 5 reps at 160 (2x45 + 2x35). I can hit out 6 at 150lbs. I don't know. 15 reps isn't impossible, but it seems pretty unlikely.

Andrew, the difference is you're around 200lbs if I remember correctly, pretty low body fat, and you've been training for quite some time. More to the point, there's a huge difference between knocking out 6 reps vs. 15 with weight like that. It's probably a 15-20% difference in terms of % of 1RM. Unless the guy is extremely short, he's not going to be packing much muscle in proportion to his frame at 160lbs. It's not impossible but it's most likely bull****.

Btw, something I've noticed with most e-stat junkies is how they don't seem to realize how much harder it gets when you reach a certain point. For example the difference between 70-100 on incline DB presses is not the same as 100-130, or 350-450 on deads is not the same as 450-550, and so on and so on. There is a huge difference between dipping +100 and dipping +150 but in the e-stats fantasy land it's easy to just assume the difference between +50-100 is the same as +100-150.

[Andrew.Cook]

Andrew, the difference is you're around 200lbs if I remember correctly, pretty low body fat, and you've been training for quite some time. More to the point, there's a huge difference between knocking out 6 reps vs. 15 with weight like that. It's probably a 15-20% difference in terms of % of 1RM. Unless the guy is extremely short, he's not going to be packing much muscle in proportion to his frame at 160lbs. It's not impossible but it's most likely bull****.

Yes... like I said, it is not impossible, just improbable My hats off if he can do that. My next mark is to look for a full 200lbs on dips (at least 2 reps).

Btw, something I've noticed with most e-stat junkies is how they don't seem to realize how much harder it gets when you reach a certain point. For example the difference between 70-100 on incline DB presses is not the same as 100-130, or 350-450 on deads is not the same as 450-550, and so on and so on. There is a huge difference between dipping +100 and dipping +150 but in the e-stats fantasy land it's easy to just assume the difference between +50-100 is the same as +100-150.

Well, it is JUST another 50 lbs Right? I mean, this is the same argument I hear from the skinny little guys at my gym "Why do we need these girly little 2.5lb weights?" Yeah.... well, start trying to increase your bench above 300lbs and ALWAYS expect to add a full 10lbs per cycle? You are the man. Heck, I've been saving up for fractionals lately. It is probably past time for those.

[vin1382]

Bodyweight plus 100 pounds?

yea, my body weight is around 208-210 as well(prob 18-20% body fat). 2 45s and a 10. if i could get where im at in such a relatively short amount of time, i see no reason at that someone couldnt do 150 a whole bunch of times thats trained longer, etc. I've seen some people do some crazy weights at my gym..suprisngly good form too.

[Anticrombie315]

*Ahhh. Can't breathe!! The egos are filling up this thread. I'm suffocating!*

[hovz]

i dont know but dipping your bw+150 lbs for over 15 reps seems like bs from soeone whos only 21 years old. and only weighs 160

[vin1382]

i dont know but dipping your bw+150 lbs for over 15 reps seems like bs from soeone whos only 21 years old. and only weighs 160

well, what really gives it away in this case is the astronomical amount of money he wants you to pay for the video. pretty much, anyone that puts that clause on something, is full of sh*t

[matthor]

you should call him on it - and if he is for real, all the people in here saying it is BS can fund the 10k (except for me)