Any good stretches to help with going lower on dips?
dips will stretch everything just fine
I saw one well known power lifter do a set a dips, a young bloke that teaches others.
He clicked 10kg to his waist and did about 5 or 6 took him about 45 seconds and moved about 10 inches.
Hopped off and said wow that was hard.
Ive always done them just BW as a "finisher" - very rarely done them with any weight.
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I believe width is dependent on shoulder width, and foe most, around 700mm is all that is needed.
Leaning back or forward, is just bro science mumbo jumbo
Same here, they are the transition, finisher for chest and starter for triceps.
I have not benched for 6 weeks, I only weighted dipped + pec deck or something like that for 6 weeks for chest.
Before this period I could bench 110 kg x 5 reps x 3 sets.
After this period (yesterday) I benched 110 kg x 7 reps x 3 sets.
Not a huge improvement, but still improvement (with no benching at all for 6 weeks).
Also, my shoulders and my elbows are perfect, no pain at all.
So, in my case, yes, weighted dips helped improve the benching performance (or at least did not make it worse).
I have not benched for 6 weeks, I only weighted dipped + pec deck or something like that for 6 weeks for chest.
Before this period I could bench 110 kg x 5 reps x 3 sets.
After this period (yesterday) I benched 110 kg x 7 reps x 3 sets.
Not a huge improvement, but still improvement (with no benching at all for 6 weeks).
Also, my shoulders and my elbows are perfect, no pain at all.
So, in my case, yes, weighted dips helped improve the benching performance (or at least did not make it worse).