No drawbacks at all. Get a dip belt or use your regular belt, and load it like you would a barbell exercise. I used them a lot for many years, got 200 for a triple.
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Question on dips
Mark:
I do bench presses because they are part of the SS program and I didn't want to mess with it. However, I'm not a big fan of them. I read in SS the section about dips and decided to give them a try after I was done with my regular training. I loved the exercise, very challenging.
If I chose to do dips instead of the bench press at the intermediate level what would be the drawbacks (assuming I keep everything else; squats, deadlifts, press...etc) What rep range would you suggest? In PP you refer to the intermediate level as the time to experiment and that's why I would leave this change until then (coming soon anyway).
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No drawbacks at all. Get a dip belt or use your regular belt, and load it like you would a barbell exercise. I used them a lot for many years, got 200 for a triple.
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Along with weight, try attaching a light jump stretch band to the bottom of your dip stand and then draping it across the back of your neck. Doing the dips against band tension is quite a unique feeling and will fuck your triceps up like no other exercise I have ever done. 200 for a triple. Not bad.
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