Dips aka "shoulder snaps" is the best upper body exercise

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  • stephanieluvspb
    stephanieluvspb Posts: 997 Member
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    Wow, you should write a book
  • IsaackGMOON
    IsaackGMOON Posts: 3,358 Member
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    kindrabbit wrote: »
    IsaackGMOON wrote: »
    so why is it the best upper body exercise?

    strong 4th post btw

    Its a HodgeTwins reference and a joke. I fear I'll have to keep popping back to defend myself or I'm going to look like I'm being aggressive and I'm really not! The OP will understand the joke. Apologies to those that don't :#

    I know the all kindz of gainz thing... I just stopped watching HodgeTwins quite a while ago... whoops
  • kindrabbit
    kindrabbit Posts: 837 Member
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    IsaackGMOON wrote: »
    kindrabbit wrote: »
    IsaackGMOON wrote: »
    so why is it the best upper body exercise?

    strong 4th post btw

    Its a HodgeTwins reference and a joke. I fear I'll have to keep popping back to defend myself or I'm going to look like I'm being aggressive and I'm really not! The OP will understand the joke. Apologies to those that don't :#

    I know the all kindz of gainz thing... I just stopped watching HodgeTwins quite a while ago... whoops

    you're missing all kindz of laughs ;)
  • Katzedernacht
    Katzedernacht Posts: 266 Member
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    I am now gonna google for those twins...
    jokes aside I love dips,but pull ups and push ups are good too
    :disappointed:
  • Timshel_
    Timshel_ Posts: 22,834 Member
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    rybo wrote: »
    I love dips. I've never heard them called shoulder snaps.

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  • chevocative
    chevocative Posts: 1 Member
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    guru209 wrote: »
    If u wanna make all kindz of gainz

    ALL KINDS!
  • guru209
    guru209 Posts: 12 Member
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    chevocative wrote: »
    guru209 wrote: »
    If u wanna make all kindz of gainz

    ALL KINDS!

    U lookin good maayyne

  • amackg
    amackg Posts: 48 Member
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    jimmmer wrote: »
    The push press is the king of upper body push exercises IMHO.

    1) It's full body,
    2) It has an explosive/power component
    3) It can be heavily loaded but still allows for scapulohumeral rhythm.
    4) If you want mass, ask Pendlay about it.

    If you're looking for something pull orientated, then there's a tonne of good choices. The main thing with pull exercises is to get higher volume - stuff like the lats and rhomboids respond well to reps. Anything from yates rows to chins to Kroc rows and everything in between. Get some variety in and get lots of work in.

    How do you do the push press?
  • jimmmer
    jimmmer Posts: 3,515 Member
    edited July 2015
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    amackg wrote: »
    jimmmer wrote: »
    The push press is the king of upper body push exercises IMHO.

    1) It's full body,
    2) It has an explosive/power component
    3) It can be heavily loaded but still allows for scapulohumeral rhythm.
    4) If you want mass, ask Pendlay about it.

    If you're looking for something pull orientated, then there's a tonne of good choices. The main thing with pull exercises is to get higher volume - stuff like the lats and rhomboids respond well to reps. Anything from yates rows to chins to Kroc rows and everything in between. Get some variety in and get lots of work in.

    How do you do the push press?

    It's normally more than you can strict OHP and you use a dip and leg drive to start the bar moving. Then you finish the movement with a press (this is different from a jerk, where you do a second dip to lock out the arms and get the bar locked out overhead without pressing)

    It has an element of timing to it, because if you mistime the dip and subsequent push, then it's not going up due to it being heavy enough that you can't strict press your way out of trouble.

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