Group: General Fitness & Exercise

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DIPS i have improved

agbayani
agbayani
Posts: 17
Joined: 2003/12/15
United States
2004/02/28, 02:17 PM
WOW
last week at this time I couldn't do 1 dip, then after a week of working out my entire body I go back to the dip station today and to a huge surprise I could now do 3 DIPS!!!!!
Im so excited and shocked that i went from none to 3 in a week
all the advice paid off my body is getting used to these exercises and im so motivated now it's unbelievable!
thanks everyone for your help you all kick ass!
now ill see how i improved on my wide grip chins on monday to see if that also will go up
thanks again
bicep
bicep
Posts: 315
Joined: 2001/01/26
Canada
2004/02/28, 04:27 PM
Congrats,

dips are amazing
I started doing them again, too

They give amazing uper body workout

Carivan
Carivan
Posts: 8,542
Joined: 2002/01/20
Canada
2004/02/28, 05:20 PM
Keep up the good work, a set of 12 is down the track!

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Ivan
carivan@freetrainers.com
Montreal Canada
big_j_scf
big_j_scf
Posts: 308
Joined: 2003/11/08
United States
2004/02/28, 08:01 PM
nice job. during highschool, my brother was always a big guy and dips were very hard for him, at first he could only do about 2, but after a few months pf wprking oin it, he could do sets of 10. keep at it. good luck.
Ogun
Ogun
Posts: 559
Joined: 2002/08/11
United States
2004/02/29, 01:29 AM
Carivan, just curious, how many do you do? And how low do you go?

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bicep
bicep
Posts: 315
Joined: 2001/01/26
Canada
2004/02/29, 03:41 AM
I`m curious myslef how low ppl go when doin` dips

I go as low as I can for 4 sets of 12 and more
mmaibohm
mmaibohm
Posts: 1,621
Joined: 2003/09/30
United States
2004/02/29, 03:55 AM
Congrats! I cant even get one dip so I have been trying to just do the negative portion of them. - Mike:dumbbell:

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Fear is the mind-killer.
Fear is the little death that brings total obliteration.
I will face my fear.
I will permit it to pass over me and through me.
And when it is gone past me I will turn to see fear's path.
Where the fear has gone there will be nothing.
Only I will remain
Ogun
Ogun
Posts: 559
Joined: 2002/08/11
United States
2004/02/29, 07:38 PM
I do about 3 sets of ten and I take it way low; try to get my shoulders to almost touch my hands. It gives a better stretch and contraction through the full ROM.
Carivan
Carivan
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Joined: 2002/01/20
Canada
2004/02/29, 07:42 PM
I try and keep my tri's parralel to the ground and hold for 3 secs.

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Ivan
carivan@freetrainers.com
Montreal Canada
2004/02/29, 07:48 PM
I usually make dips the last of the tricep exercises. Wonderful burn. I do them the same as carivan but only for a second or 2.

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