My gym has bars to work your abs, but they aren’t parallel; they come to a “V”. Does it make much of a difference if you use real parallel bars? I know real parallel bars are easier on the shoulders, but what about strength and endurance? I can do parallel bars with benches, but they aren’t as affective.
Just use them… it’s fine
SOmetimes on dumbbell bench presses I turn my palms to face each other. It gives my chest a slightly better pump, but I think I’m not quite as strong this way. This would be the same as a parallel grip on dips.
It would be interesting to try dips with a non parallel grip (not a V), as in an actual “straight grip” as if the bad were going through your torso. It might be hard to balance but there would probably be a slightly different stimulation.
[quote]MytchBucanan wrote:
SOmetimes on dumbbell bench presses I turn my palms to face each other. It gives my chest a slightly better pump, but I think I’m not quite as strong this way.
This would be the same as a parallel grip on dips. It would be interesting to try dips with a non parallel grip (not a V), as in an actual “straight grip” as if the bad were going through your torso. It might be hard to balance but there would probably be a slightly different stimulation.[/quote]
very. you can do it easy. set up two plate racks with the plate pins facing you as described above and do the dips. It’s more work for your triceps and a ‘different’ stimulation for your chest.
For levering [bringing your body to parallel with the floor] its easier with the parallel bars. levering will get you the best dip numbers. helps get the most CNS/ muscle in play.
-chris
[quote]Avocado wrote:
MytchBucanan wrote:
SOmetimes on dumbbell bench presses I turn my palms to face each other. It gives my chest a slightly better pump, but I think I’m not quite as strong this way.
This would be the same as a parallel grip on dips. It would be interesting to try dips with a non parallel grip (not a V), as in an actual “straight grip” as if the bad were going through your torso. It might be hard to balance but there would probably be a slightly different stimulation.
very. you can do it easy. set up two plate racks with the plate pins facing you as described above and do the dips. It’s more work for your triceps and a ‘different’ stimulation for your chest.
For levering [bringing your body to parallel with the floor] its easier with the parallel bars. levering will get you the best dip numbers. helps get the most CNS/ muscle in play.
-chris[/quote]
That’s interesting. Thanks!
V bars are better for chest development imo.
Do wide grips gironda-style.
[quote]Bwick wrote:
My gym has bars to work your abs, but they aren’t parallel; they come to a “V”. Does it make much of a difference if you use real parallel bars? I know real parallel bars are easier on the shoulders, but what about strength and endurance? I can do parallel bars with benches, but they aren’t as affective.[/quote]
Parallel bars hit my triceps hard, no matter how much forward I lean. Gironda style hit my chest hard, no matter what angle I am at.
I have to do this for gironda’s dips, seems to work pretty well, I place my hands on where the weights go and am facing the machine
Anything in between those two angles, would prolly be a little between, but that’s just me.
ring dips are the real trump if you can get some hooked up. Your grip angle goes right to that “sweet spot” that trashes your chest and triceps.
-chris
[quote]Avocado wrote:
ring dips are the real trump if you can get some hooked up. Your grip angle goes right to that “sweet spot” that trashes your chest and triceps.
-chris[/quote]
Ring dips are hard. I really needed to use my shoulders for stability.
Weighted ring dips are also a great way to inujure your sternum as I painfully found out a few years ago. Maybe I was predisposed to the injury, I don’t know, but I would take it easy in any case.