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DIPS i have improved

agbayani Posts: 17 Joined: 2003/12/15	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 Posts: 315 Joined: 2001/01/26	2004/02/28, 04:27 PM Congrats, dips are amazing I started doing them again, too They give amazing uper body workout
Carivan Posts: 8,542 Joined: 2002/01/20	2004/02/28, 05:20 PM Keep up the good work, a set of 12 is down the track! -------------- \"A will finds a way\" Ivan carivan@freetrainers.com Montreal Canada
big_j_scf Posts: 308 Joined: 2003/11/08	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 Posts: 559 Joined: 2002/08/11	2004/02/29, 01:29 AM Carivan, just curious, how many do you do? And how low do you go? -------------- --There are no versions of the truth.-- Jeff Goldblum, Jurassic Park II
bicep Posts: 315 Joined: 2001/01/26	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 Posts: 1,621 Joined: 2003/09/30	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: -------------- I must not fear. 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 Posts: 559 Joined: 2002/08/11	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 Posts: 8,542 Joined: 2002/01/20	2004/02/29, 07:42 PM I try and keep my tri's parralel to the ground and hold for 3 secs. -------------- \"A will finds a way\" 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. -------------- Some times life is like herding cats. Charlie