Exercise....nobody told me

Hey Guys, Throughout the years people have given me some workout advice, (dave, blob, buckeye) and they always said do dips, for your arms... well I never tried...there is no way these wussie arms can dip my body weight.... well the other day, a guy in the gym said I need to do dips...I said ..no can do...not that strong...(that was for the standing dips) he showed me the seated dips...bling bling bling...now my brain turned on...I can do those My triceps swoll up fast..they are huge...at least for me...this is the bomb russ

Keep doing those, maybe even adding some weight plates in your lap as you improve, and soon enough you'll be doing the vertical ones.  Also, many gyms have assist machines that counter-balance your body weight for dips and pullups (you either kneel or stand on a plate or bar that moves up and down with you).  I used one back in college to gradually get up to being able to do unassisted pullups and dips.  I don't think I'd have ever gotten to where I could do pullups simply by using a pulldown machine; the balance element is so different, but with the assist machines I trained that up.  Something to think about if/when your strength starts to approach body-weight levels.

Can you explain what a standing or sitting dip is?

See the links: Dips Bench (seated) Dips

A lot of people swear by the seated ones. If your body is not heavy enough, you can get someone to put a weight plate in your lap.

Dave

I'm getting more development in the shoulders and arms these days, believe it or not, doing track sprints.

Dave

Good job russ! i have a dip/chin station in my home gym. once you get to the point where you can use those dip stations then you can dip for your chest as well. just lean way forward and it gets the pecs. i'm a lightweight so i dip with dumbells for extra weight. if you use the station try to get your biceps to touch your forearms for a good stretch. i can't do that but i try to dip as low as possible and stay straight up too. dipping on benches is good to. just throw a plate in your lap and you're off. keep up the good work and before you know it you'll be dipping like crazy. it's actually one of those exercises you do until you fail. i don't work out to failure but i keep dipping until it's hard to get the last ones. that's about 15 with a 30# weight or 10 with 45#. it's a high rep exercise so do as many as you can stand.......carbonblob