Re: weighted triceps dips

In article <1188256355.520245.85250@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
Bartleby <arroyo98@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On Aug 27, 10:26 am, Hobbes <khobman...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
In article <1187996472.463666.96...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,





Bartleby <arroy...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Aug 24, 5:45 pm, Hobbes <khobman...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

If you are really serious than I would simply do a pile of weighted
dips.

If you can currently do 4 with 90 that is pretty much your current 5RM
weight. So your schedule becomes pretty easy.

Mondays 6 sets of 3 reps with 100% of your 5RM (heavy day) - every
second Monday warm-up and establish what your current 5RM is.

Wednesday 9 sets of 5 reps with 80% of your 5RM (volume day)

Friday 12 sets of 3 reps with 65% of your 5RM (technique/speed day) -
use 45 seconds rest between sets and do concentric portion as
explosively as possible.

On off days do 3-4 sets of high rep push-ups with your thumbs touching
as restoration.

I'd consider adding in some pull-ups or pull-downs to balance out
development. Form is like any other strength exercise - use good form
and try and tighten every muscle during each rep. Sounds stupid, but if
you squeeze your glutes tight you can get a bit more strength out.

Good luck. Hope the shoulder holds out!

--
Keith

Sounds good!

Re the pushups. I recently heard about pushup handles that swivel -
supposedly working the muscles more and reducing strain on the joints

http://store.bodyrev.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=27&HS=1
www.perfectpushup.com

garbage? good idea?

Re the pullups, the portable dip station I use from
ultimatebodypress.com allows for bodyweight rows

http://www.ultimatebodypress.com/advanced-exercises/exercises-2.html

I also started doing strict one-arm db rows with 97 lbs

Tightening up every muscle and squeezing glutes doesn't sound stupid.

If my shoulder does anything more than remind me it's still there and
to be careful, I'll stop cold and concede defeat.

Thanks

I haven't seen studies supporting the 'swivel' theory. Personally I
wouldn't bother - you are doing them relatively lightly. I tend to hindu
push-ups or divebomber push-ups rather than conventional push-ups
anyhow.

From a body mechanics viewpoint I think the swivel theory is a gimmick
and probably the handles rubbish. There is no hard articular surface
connecting the arms and shoulders to the torso. The scapula/arm/clavicle
is held on in the back by a whole pile of muscles (trapezius, rhomboids,
teres, etc.) which allow a wide range of movement of the scapula. In
order to create force the scapula is 'locked' by these muscles, but they
allow shoulder movement. So allowing the wrists to turn would really
have very little effect on shoulder comfort and could hardly help
stabilize or strengthen the shoulder joint.

Pure marketing gimmick.

--
Keith- Hide quoted text -

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You may be entirely correct. I used these swivel handles at a friend's
house. Felt kinda cool and, like all new variations, made doing a
familiar thing kinda fun. They didn't make doing pushups artificially
easy so they can't be too bad. I started doing the thumbs-touching
pushups with elevated feet. They're fun to do too.

Dive-bomber pushups are the most difficult so maybe I'll start doing
them too - if they're better than thumb-touching ones as an assistance
exercise for the weighted dip.


Both work. Do the dive-bomber with thumbs touching as well.

--
Keith
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