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]]> By: Steve http://www.nerdfitness.com/blog/2009/09/16/how-to-do-a-perfect-dip-no-tobacco-required/comment-page-1/#comment-787 Steve Fri, 18 Sep 2009 16:04:40 +0000 http://www.nerdfitness.com/blog/?p=3026#comment-787 Hey Clint, My decision to only recommend going down to parallel is due to my own personal experience with dips and the experiences of Jason Ferruggia, a fitness guru who I really trust. He runs a great site over at JasonFerruggia.com , and actually wrote about his thoughts on dips here: <a href="http://www.zimbio.com/Bodybuilding/articles/1363/How+Build+Triceps+Jason+Ferruggia" rel="nofollow">Jason Ferruggia thoughts on dips </a>. My shoulders really started to bother me (I had tendonitis in one) when I was doing heavy weights and dropping way below parallel on dips so I backed off and still saw pretty solid results. A lot of my readers are just starting out with exercises like this and I want to give them the safest advice possible until they're strong enough to branch out. If you can go way down with lots of weight, more power to ya. If it doesn't bother your muscles or strain you in any way, I don't see any reason why you can't keep doing what you're doing. I absolutely agree with you on squats though. Guys who load up 3 plates on each side and then only drop down a quarter of the way are a joke. I can only squat about 200 pounds, but I go almost ALL the way down until my ass hits the floor. My back and legs really hate me, but they're MUCH stronger because of it. No knee problems either. -Steve Hey Clint,

My decision to only recommend going down to parallel is due to my own personal experience with dips and the experiences of Jason Ferruggia, a fitness guru who I really trust. He runs a great site over at JasonFerruggia.com , and actually wrote about his thoughts on dips here: Jason Ferruggia thoughts on dips . My shoulders really started to bother me (I had tendonitis in one) when I was doing heavy weights and dropping way below parallel on dips so I backed off and still saw pretty solid results. A lot of my readers are just starting out with exercises like this and I want to give them the safest advice possible until they’re strong enough to branch out.

If you can go way down with lots of weight, more power to ya. If it doesn’t bother your muscles or strain you in any way, I don’t see any reason why you can’t keep doing what you’re doing.

I absolutely agree with you on squats though. Guys who load up 3 plates on each side and then only drop down a quarter of the way are a joke. I can only squat about 200 pounds, but I go almost ALL the way down until my ass hits the floor. My back and legs really hate me, but they’re MUCH stronger because of it. No knee problems either.

-Steve

]]> By: Clint http://www.nerdfitness.com/blog/2009/09/16/how-to-do-a-perfect-dip-no-tobacco-required/comment-page-1/#comment-786 Clint Fri, 18 Sep 2009 15:45:22 +0000 http://www.nerdfitness.com/blog/?p=3026#comment-786 What is the point of controversy on going past parallel ? Is there a high risk of a injury ? I have always gone as low as I can go & try to max out on reps at the end of my chest workout but just before I start my triceps. I've seen many of those puffed up guys ,who look like they have just been stung by a bee , climb on to the dip bars with a ton of plates chained to themselves.They make such a spectacle of themselves it's hard not to stare. ( similar to a car accident) Only to see them go (in my opinion) half way down. I see this on squats all the time as well. Guys who use a ton of weight & only go down half way. I like to do squats with no weight at all , but my ass can almost touch the floor. I try to do 100 like that (very difficult to get on & off the toilet the next day) In the end , I guess the best workout is the one that you will do. Thanks Steve, still one of the best sites going. What is the point of controversy on going past parallel ? Is there a high risk of a injury ? I have always gone as low as I can go & try to max out on reps at the end of my chest workout but just before I start my triceps. I’ve seen many of those puffed up guys ,who look like they have just been stung by a bee , climb on to the dip bars with a ton of plates chained to themselves.They make such a spectacle of themselves it’s hard not to stare. ( similar to a car accident) Only to see them go (in my opinion) half way down. I see this on squats all the time as well. Guys who use a ton of weight & only go down half way. I like to do squats with no weight at all , but my ass can almost touch the floor. I try to do 100 like that (very difficult to get on & off the toilet the next day) In the end , I guess the best workout is the one that you will do. Thanks Steve, still one of the best sites going.

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