Bench dips with 25# plate on lap
1 x 40
ok now that is awesome. Might not have been your best day Kimba but you kept at it and even pulled of some PR’s. That’s definitly worth a pat on the back and some bacon in my book 
Wait a minute. The whole time you’ve been talking about bench dips? Not dips dips?
haha i just realized that today when she said lap.
two drinks!! damn u weren’t jokin when u said u were a lightweight.
nice pulls! every video it seems like ur shoulders are almost rolled forward when you set up. do they feel that way?
[quote]rcfromdb wrote:
Wait a minute. The whole time you’ve been talking about bench dips? Not dips dips?[/quote]
lol- here I was imagining kimba with a chain and a 45 lbs plate tied to her waist - if that’s not hard core I don’t know what is.
[quote]nlmain wrote:
rcfromdb wrote:
Wait a minute. The whole time you’ve been talking about bench dips? Not dips dips?
lol- here I was imagining kimba with a chain and a 45 lbs plate tied to her waist - if that’s not hard core I don’t know what is.
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Yea the whole time I’ve been sitting here like ‘shit, this girl does more dips than me. what the hell!’ haha
But we still love her!!
yah that’s some serious tricep strength. =+)
[quote]rcfromdb wrote:
Wait a minute. The whole time you’ve been talking about bench dips? Not dips dips?[/quote]
Running off, but had to answer this.
NO FUCKING WAY! Real dips-dips every day except today. I thought I’d mix it up with weighted bench dips today, but they were honestly too easy.
I’m buying a dip belt.
looks like bobbi’s back to thinkin what the hell!
Ya, Kimba on your dead,yoy may wanna bring your shoulders back abit more and maintain that tension as you pull off the floor. Ite seems you lose it as you start to pull and it makes you look like your back is rounding abit.
Just a small observation.
So you can dip a 45? fuck. I’ve only done 35x5 thus far.
[quote]kimbakimba wrote:
rcfromdb wrote:
NO FUCKING WAY! Real dips-dips every day except today. I thought I’d mix it up with weighted bench dips today, but they were honestly too easy.
I’m buying a dip belt.
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true hardcore an inspiration - now I need to dip unassisted fo sure!
[quote]rcfromdb wrote:
Too long in the hole! Blow it off the ground![/quote]
You are absolutely right, Bobbi. Thanks.
[quote]arachne12 wrote:
Hey Kimba, looks good. I can’t wait to get back and copy you by setting up the deadlift each time. I see you are doing lunges. How are you feeling about the range of motion? I thinking a lot about unilateral moves right now. [/quote]
And I hope you’ll make more deadlift videos so I can see what YOU are up to.
With the lunges and just the bar on my shoulders, I felt able to engage a full range of motion: big step forward, back knee almost to the ground or to the ground. I actually had better balance with the bar than when I hold a plate in each hand.
Whether this ROM success holds true with actual plates on the bar, well we will just have to see!
[quote]dejavued wrote:
nice pulls! every video it seems like ur shoulders are almost rolled forward when you set up. do they feel that way? [/quote]
[quote]skyel7 wrote:
Ya, Kimba on your dead,yoy may wanna bring your shoulders back abit more and maintain that tension as you pull off the floor. Ite seems you lose it as you start to pull and it makes you look like your back is rounding abit.
Just a small observation.[/quote]
deja and skye, thanks for looking. My shoulders definitely feel rolled forward and as much I am thinking “chest up”, I can’t seem to change it. However, although my UPPER back feels a bit rounded, my lower back definitely isn’t.
I’ve read conflicting things about whether this situation is bad form or OK. This is from Dave Tate’s article “The Dead Zone” (Strength Training, Bodybuilding & Online Supplement Store - T NATION):
"Mistake #2: Pulling the shoulder blades together
This is a mistake I made for years. Stand in a deadlift stance and pull your shoulder blades together. Take a look at where your fingertips are. Now if you let your shoulders relax and even round forward a little you’ll see your fingertips are much lower. This is why we teach a rounding of the upper back. First, the bar has to travel a shorter distance. Second, there’s less stress on the shoulder region. It’ll also help to keep your shoulder blades behind the bar. You’ll read more on this later."
Now, trust me. I’m not trying to round my upper back. I’m trying not to!
everyone else took my comments about the dl.
back raises- definitely need to let your hips hang off the edge a little bit… and, tsk tsk, you’re rounding your back at the bottom!
sorry the gym felt crappy today. i hate it when that happens.
[quote]rcfromdb wrote:
So you can dip a 45? fuck. I’ve only done 35x5 thus far.[/quote]
Bobbi, you still are kicking my dip-ass!
I can do 21 real BW dips, full ROM.
I’ve weighted real dips so far only with a 5# dumbbell. However, continuing to weight real dips with a dumbbell held between my feet isn’t a great option because I don’t always have a training partner to put the dumbbell on me, and I can’t do it myself.
Bench dips aren’t really a good training option for me because the 25# plate isn’t hard enough, and my lap probably isn’t big enough to balance a 35# plate and DEFINITELY isn’t big enouogh to balance a 45# plate. Multiple plates on my lap doesn’t thrill me either.
So, should I buy a leather dip belt:
http://flexcart.com/members/elitefts/default.asp?m=PD&cid=299&pid=54
Or a nylon one:
http://flexcart.com/members/elitefts/default.asp?m=PD&cid=299&pid=1782
[quote]CBear84 wrote:
everyone else took my comments about the dl.
back raises- definitely need to let your hips hang off the edge a little bit… and, tsk tsk, you’re rounding your back at the bottom![/quote]
My damn back will be the death of me! I’ve got one more notch to lower that back raise bench (to the 1) and I will definitely try that next time.
Thanks for the sympathy. Lame-ass Saturday night drankin’ = lame-ass Sunday AM deadlifting.
[quote]kimbakimba wrote:
Lame-ass Saturday night drankin’ = lame-ass Sunday AM deadlifting. [/quote]
a glass of chocolate milk, a nap, and a trip to dennys were under my belt before i hit the gym. dunno how well it would have gone if i had tried it this morning…ucky!
I have a trick for learning to hold your scapula in the correct position during the big lifts:
Stand normally with your arms straight by your side. Pull your scapula together and depress them. This will cause your chest to rise a little. Hold the scapula in this position while you raise your arms (keeping the elbows locked) from your side all the way to over your head. It’s hard! Your body’s natural reaction will be to let go of the scapula about a third of the way up. It’s almost as if your body doesn’t believe that your shoulder socket is indepent of the scapula. Once you’re able to move your arms over your head while holding your scapula together the whole time (it will feel like they are moving up and down your spine, a bit like a weird massage), try moving your arms all the way together in front of your body, also keeping the elbow straight.
The purpose of this is that most of the problems that happen with keeping the upper back from rounding result from a lack of shoulder control with your arms at various degress from your body. By learning to take control, you’ll both improve the lift, and over all posture.
Hope this helps