Dips Feel Like Nothing

Training Bodybuilding
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[quote]juanjromero wrote:
Many of the comments is new information, but none answered the original question of why dips at the end of my workout feels like cool down. Maybe it happend just to me and there is no common answer to that.
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Several people, myself included, have given possible reasons why.
-BW dips are no longer challenging for your muscles
-you are not a tricep dominant dipper
-you are performing dips in such a way as to place stress on your pecs/shoulders

These are all just possibilities though, as none of us has ever worked with you, nor can any of us feel what exactly you are feeling.

Maybe these weren’t the answer you were looking for, but they’re all plausible answers nonetheless.

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[quote]juanjromero wrote:
hungry4more wrote:
juanjromero wrote:

I am not tied to a sequence longer than 3-5 weeks, but I use the following, mostly:

Close grip bench
Skull crusher
DB tricep extension
one arm tricep extension
db pullover
bar pullover
cable pull down supinated/pronated
overhead cable extension supinated/pronated
dips with elbows open/closed

Beliveme, I do feel dips and I do feel tricep work. but if I do dips (I was showing to a new guy how to do it). I feel my arms flushed. No matter what I do, the arm feels flacid, if you touch it it is hard, but I feel it without inside pressure.

Weird, isn’t it?

A few comments:

  1. That is a lot of volume for your triceps. Are you getting stronger doing it? If not, cut way back, try doing workouts with only 3 different exercises for triceps, 1-3 hard sets for each one.

  2. Why are you so obsessed with how your arms feel while you lift? If you are getting stronger and/or bigger lifting like that, continue doing it like that. If not, make changes. Simple as that. Judging an exercise by the pressure you feel in your arms is a bad idea.

  3. What does the rest of your routine look like?

I don’t do all of that at once, it is just the list from wich I pick my routine. Excercises I know work for me.

I am not obsessed, I just want to know why. Believe at this very moment I don’t care anymore. I am not judging the excercise for that. It is just a kisilogical question: why?

I have to recognize that we all know a lot on how, but the whys are lacking. Many of the comments is new information, but none answered the original question of why dips at the end of my workout feels like cool down. Maybe it happend just to me and there is no common answer to that.

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So what does a typical workout look like for you?

Does the why really matter in this case? What’s the difference? That’s like wondering whether the moon is made of cheese or rock; interesting to know, but it doesn’t help us. It’s a waste of time to spend your time wondering why this feels like this and that feels different if they both get results. Isn’t that the whole point, results?

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[quote]hungry4more wrote:
juanjromero wrote:
hungry4more wrote:
juanjromero wrote:

I am not tied to a sequence longer than 3-5 weeks, but I use the following, mostly:

Close grip bench
Skull crusher
DB tricep extension
one arm tricep extension
db pullover
bar pullover
cable pull down supinated/pronated
overhead cable extension supinated/pronated
dips with elbows open/closed

Beliveme, I do feel dips and I do feel tricep work. but if I do dips (I was showing to a new guy how to do it). I feel my arms flushed. No matter what I do, the arm feels flacid, if you touch it it is hard, but I feel it without inside pressure.

Weird, isn’t it?

A few comments:

  1. That is a lot of volume for your triceps. Are you getting stronger doing it? If not, cut way back, try doing workouts with only 3 different exercises for triceps, 1-3 hard sets for each one.

  2. Why are you so obsessed with how your arms feel while you lift? If you are getting stronger and/or bigger lifting like that, continue doing it like that. If not, make changes. Simple as that. Judging an exercise by the pressure you feel in your arms is a bad idea.

  3. What does the rest of your routine look like?

I don’t do all of that at once, it is just the list from wich I pick my routine. Excercises I know work for me.

I am not obsessed, I just want to know why. Believe at this very moment I don’t care anymore. I am not judging the excercise for that. It is just a kisilogical question: why?

I have to recognize that we all know a lot on how, but the whys are lacking. Many of the comments is new information, but none answered the original question of why dips at the end of my workout feels like cool down. Maybe it happend just to me and there is no common answer to that.

So what does a typical workout look like for you?

Does the why really matter in this case? What’s the difference? That’s like wondering whether the moon is made of cheese or rock; interesting to know, but it doesn’t help us. It’s a waste of time to spend your time wondering why this feels like this and that feels different if they both get results. Isn’t that the whole point, results?[/quote]

Knowing such thins is what has made humans what they are.
And besides, knowing the why, could improve.