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I`m desperate for some advice!

Benching 30kg above your bodyweight proves you have balls of steel and determination to match. Once your mended focus on all your lifts, if you bench is that good, it wont take too long for everything else to catch up.

Going slightly off topic, I've heard countless times about bench being bad for your shoulders etc and Markos saying dips are a better alternative, I found it the opposite, heaps of heavy presses and my shoulders are doing fine but after a few weeks of weighted dips, I experienced massive pains in my left shoulder, so I dropped the dips and it went away, then a few months later I started them again and got the pains back, then quit em and it stopped Now I can't do anything more than bodyweight dips or the pain comes back, oh well, I'll just stick to decline bench instead.
 
You do weigh as much as a farm house Morgan lol

My clients have no issue dipping with 20kg for 5 sets of 10, but they weigh 20-50kg less than you.

I have used in excess of 60kg for dips with no issues. Bodyweight exercises should not hurt anyone, you may have an issue coming up Morgan.
 
This is the thing about shoulders and how tricky and complex it is.

Big Bob Whelan recommends pulling and pushing from all angles to maintain health and mobility.
It is common for trainee to focuse on one movement for a protracted time all is good untill they change unearthing an underlying issue.

The press and bench press are different exercises and change should be approached with caution, starting light learning the movement.
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Hello said:
When i try dips i get bad sternum pain. Anybody else get this or know why ?
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How wide are the bars?
The most comfortable width for me is 700mm, someone larger may need it wider.
My current place has two, I can't use the wider one.
The narrower one is good but irritates the he'll out of me as the little stupid rubber grips move around like a bitch while having 25kg hanging from my waist.

The best one I have is set up on my squat rack- rests on the safety supports I made it... I'd post a pic if I knew how.
 
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you are a heavy guy and your pecs attach to your sternum and may not be ready for all that force. Play around with your form and the width as silverback stated and see how it goes.
 
Yeh, don't get me wrong, at the peak of my dip career (lol) I was doing 3x10 reps with 35kg DB between the knees, my gym only has up to 35kg DB's so I never got to test higher, although I might start doing them again and see if the pain has gone away.

It doesn't make sense though, I can do dips + 35kg so about 168kg all up, for reps but I couldn't bench that for reps, I'm just managing 135, weird!
 
Not really, your not "dipping" your arm weight as its supported, they look as though they weigh 20kg each lol
 
Stupid me, what an elementary mistake lol, same as a push up isn't the same as bench pressing bodyweight etc.
 
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