| | | | Login – or – Register All Forums Total Members: 2037 Forums moderator – Forum Admin [email protected] | | | | | | The Message from Forum Admin (moderator) | | | | | | | Topic: | | | | Started By GuyNiguere (Somewhere, AL, U.S.A.) Started on: 9/19/2007 9:59:48 PM, viewed 234 times | | | | chest dips vs. triceps dips | | | | In the consolidation routine, they′re just called "dips." Which did MM intend, and which do y′all prefer? (I′m a weight-lifting newb.) http://exrx.net/WeightExercises/PectoralSternal/AsChestDip.html http://exrx.net/WeightExercises/Triceps/ASTriDip.html As far as I can tell, chest dips = hunched over and triceps dips = back perpendicular to floor. | | | | | | | | | | | This Topic has 3 Replies: Displaying – out of Replies: | | | | Nilbert_Rafer (Muntinlupa, Manila, Philippines) on 9/19/2007 10:46:57 PM | | | | | If I recall correctly, what I′ve read from one of Mike′s books (High Intensity the Mike Mentzer Way, I think) is that what you hit in dips directly are: 1. Chest, when one points the elbows outward on your way down (the negatives); or 2. Triceps, when you don′t spread those elbows. | | | | | | B-WINE (Maastricht, Limburg, Netherlands) on 9/20/2007 4:22:56 AM | | | | | I prefer the "chest dip": hunched over, with the elbows pointed outward. It seems more natural for me and that way I can stimulate more overall upper body muscles (including the pecs, front delts, triceps and lats). | | | | | | B-WINE (Maastricht, Limburg, Netherlands) on 9/20/2007 4:25:22 AM | | | | | …I′ve noticed, however, that when I do the positive part, i.e., the pushing, I tend to straiten my back a bit more. When I do the negative part, i.e., the lowering, I keep my back more hunched over. Does anyone else here have the same experience? | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Please Login : | | | E-Mail: | | | | | | Password: | | | | | | Remember me next time | | | | | | | | | | | | | | or, Register Now | | | and enjoy FREE Membership with Highintensity Fan Club! | | | | | | | | | |