Tricep dips - Weighted

[Rilla]

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don't add 10kg, your asking for trouble at your weight. That's almost 20% of your body weight.

Just add 2.5kg and get the form right then keep experimenting.

Yea, what he said. Sometimes I think everybody around here is bigger/stronger than me...

[adamwenn100]

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There are a few variations of the dip. Some will hammer the triceps, others the chest. This is one exercise you need to find you own groove, especially when going heavy... this is one bad mother for building upper body mass, I love dips!

General guideline is, arms close to body, elbows in, body straight and move straight up and down will really hammer the triceps and hardly hit the chest at all.

Arms wider apart, elbows more flared and lean forward as you go down and it now resembles a decline bench kind of movement and this hammers the chest. Once you get good you can make the chest fail before the triceps and then you're cooking on gas

Ok, well I will try 2 dips on how I normally do them and then see what I look, feel like and see if I change what I am doing actually helps. I normally feel my triceps hurting alot after these. One of my fav exercises as I feel the pain!

I want bigger arms and biceps are only half of it, so weighted dips it is. Herd they are very good to build tricep mass so will give it ago

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Depends on your strength and bodyweight really, for me adding 10kg was a minor increase (weighing almost 90kg), for you, 5kg might be more appropriate...

Ok will try 5kg, and see how I am feeling. I am only 72kg so alittle bit of difference and not really the strongest person

[adamwenn100]

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don't add 10kg, your asking for trouble at your weight. That's almost 20% of your body weight.

Just add 2.5kg and get the form right then keep experimenting.

Ok... You suggest weighted dips for every set?

[mjwild]

Your suppost to warm up with dips? oops, i went straight into +15kg lol

[Gareth83]

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Ok... You suggest weighted dips for every set?

yeah, if you've completed your rep scheme then treat it as it was a bench exercise or a squat.

Once you progress, you need to complete the reps with the new weight and keep doing this.