Oz lifter

hi

Im pretty sure I injured my shoulder from doing dips, I have been doing them for ages but this week I felt a little bit sore the other day but after last nights workout I woke up this morning with lots of pain (can hardly move my arm up)

Is this normal for dips ?

Is it caused by going to far down or something ?

Should I quit doing dips ?

thanks in advance

DimebagDarrell

dont' do what hurts. give it a couple weeks (stuff like that usually takes a few weeks to recover from) and then try it again, and focus on your form. maybe you leaned a little the wrong way.

cutting sucks.

ZAGLOBA

Depends where it hurts. I have weightlifters shoulder, which is the joint right below your throat, if that's the case, it will only get more enflamed, but you won't be able to do more damage to it.

Honor i Ojczyzna

nmuriqi

I don't do dips at all because i was constantly straining my shoulders whenever i did them no matter how i did them. Dips are not imperative if you want a big chest. Throw them away.

I'm coming in the gym, i'm coming at home, i'm coming in front of 25,000 people...it's fantastic!

WilliamB

Dips are for triceps dawg.

rangers97

Actually, it depends on how you do them....leaning forward, elbows out IS for the chest, staying more vertical with your elbows in hits the triceps. If an exercise bothers you, simple just don't do it....BUT, if you can do them, DO THEM, they are a great tricep and chest exercise. Some people do dips instead of bench presses believe it or not, they are pretty valuable.

Leatherface

Patient: Doc it hurts when I do this.
Doc: Then don't do that.

"Look what your brother did to the door!"

nmuriqi

I beg to differ dawg. lol

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WilliamB

Dips are for triceps homie. Besides numi whatever the point was the original poster never said anything about working his chest and thats what you apparently think that main purpose of dips are. And as for Rangers I have been told that leaning forward during dips puts more of the work into the back and can actually be dangerous for the shoulders. Dips definetly hit the triceps hard. Dont "throw them out", just learn how to do them better. Body straight up and down and dont go to low and squeeze the triceps at the top.

nmuriqi

Oh "iight homie." "Mah bad," apparantly i didn't "peep" the part where he didn't mention what he was doing them for. But "check it," dips work the chest and tri's depending on how you do them. "Much love, peace out."

I'm coming in the gym, i'm coming at home, i'm coming in front of 25,000 people...it's fantastic!

patricio223

take an antiinflammatory and ice it once or twice a day. Where you trying to do the dips too fast maybe? That is what alot of people are doing when they mess up their tendons.

WilliamB

Ha are you trying to talk like your "hood" incase you didnt notice the first comment I made which referred to you as dawg was making fun of you.

busyLivin

Yep.

Oz lifter

hi

Thanks for the help guys, im not sure what technique I do for dips but I know I was going really low down and pretty fast. The stupid thing is Ive done them for ages before this and never had a problem and I really like them they feel like a good exercise. Now I have to give them up my shoulder is still in pain

thanks

WilliamB

I dont think its necessary to go real fast with dips. I would go as far to say the slower the better. You dont really need to go that deep either I dont think, after all your tricep is flexing the hardest towards the top.

min0 lee

I totally agree.
I prefer dips over decline presses.

nmuriqi

Now why would you want to do a stupid thing like that? If it makes you feel better about yourself then, please, by all means. But how would calling me a "dawg" be making fun?

I'm coming in the gym, i'm coming at home, i'm coming in front of 25,000 people...it's fantastic!

WilliamB

If there was a smiley for information went over your head I would use it right now.

j rizz

if there was a smiley for your a dumb ass. i wud use it for you william, but this will have to do

nmuriqi

Can somebody explain to me what the fuck is going on??????

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Newt

William is mad because he got called out on dips only being for tri's. They are, ofcourse, for both chest and tri's.
As far as the the first question goes, I think dips are great but I can't do them either. I have a bad shoulder and I can't do them at all anymore. I would just rest your shoulder some and try them again in a couple of weeks. If your shoulder still hurts from doing them then just don't do them anymore. There are plenty of other chest and tri excersizes you can do.

" I know a man who gave up smoking, drinking, sex, and rich food. He was healthy right up to the day he killed himself."-Johnny Carson

WilliamB

I know that they hit the chest to but I am calling the chest the secondary muscle group worked on dips. Having substantialy stronger triceps would be more useful then having strong pecs I believe when doing dips. I could be wrong though...but I dont think I am. Not to mention the guy who I was arguing with originally said throw dips out since they are not needed for a big chest then he comes back firing at me saying they are for the chest after I said they are for tris.? Its all good though. Constructive argument?

What do you all say stronger pecs or tris more useful for dips?

min0 lee

I believe it's all in the angle.

WilliamB

I agree. Alright how about body perpendicular to the ground, straight up and down.

Newt

If you've read any of my replies in the past you'd know I'm just screwing around anyway. I have no problem with you William, I'm just busting your balls.

" I know a man who gave up smoking, drinking, sex, and rich food. He was healthy right up to the day he killed himself."-Johnny Carson

min0 lee

I used to do them years ago but I gave them up once I started experiencing elbow pain.

min0 lee

I tend to lean forward when hitting the chest.

WilliamB

Oh no worries I wasnt talking about you. I was talking about someone else, the guy from NY.