Feat
8.) Dips!
Like pull ups, dips can be relative, and so this feat is also relative. Over the course of the challenge, you must rack up 20 sets of your baseline count of dips. The first step here, then, is to find parallel bars, or a dip rack and do as many dips as you can do in one set. That's your baseline. You must now do 19 more sets of the same number of dips before the end of the month. If your baseline is zero, your goal is to achieve one unassisted dip by the end of the month. You can practice for this big day by working with an assisted dip machine, and/or by starting with your arms extended (get someone to help you up), and then doing "negative" dips i.e. slowly lowering yourself down. If you're uncertain as to exactly what a dip is, you might ask a friendly trainer at the gym, or surf YouTube for some low budge videos like this one from Dan the Muscle Man.
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This is the only one I'm frightened of. I can do a lot of dips, but I think I have an old injury on my clavicle because when I finish a set I usually get this stabbing pain in my pectoral near my clavicle that sometimes lingers for the next few days while I'm doing bench or incline press.
Submitted by nfolkert on 02.27.10 at 08:12.
bench dips don't count? those are the only dips i do.
Submitted by Fraidy on 02.27.10 at 09:21.
What if we can't find the equipment? I don't belong to a gym....
Submitted by sarahz on 02.28.10 at 06:07.
@sarahz ... go to a playground. Kids do this kind of stuff all the time and they don't even realize it.
Submitted by tandoorichicken on 02.28.10 at 06:15.
I think I'm going to start with dips using a chair, then as my strength builds I'll switch to the assisted machine thing - which I really should learn how to use.
Submitted by gleam on 03.01.10 at 04:46.
I think we need a judge to weigh in on the bench/chair things, because it's starting to look like that might be the only way I get any done..
Submitted by Evangeline on 03.01.10 at 07:03.
I can only get them done using a chair. I am trying to do a lot to make up for not having a parallel bar and to build my strength. I can't go to a playground, although I thought about it. We have about 2 feet of snow covering the groung here...
Submitted by samantha_e on 03.01.10 at 07:09.
How to you remove a number from a feat? I accidentally put in 100, when I meant to put in 1...I'm new to this...
Submitted by samantha_e on 03.01.10 at 07:17.
man! I'm suffering in this challenge by not belonging to a gym. Sorry, but there are no playgrounds with parallel bars in my neck of the woods. :(
Submitted by librarianjess on 03.02.10 at 02:45.
Doh! I would also like to know how to remove numbers from the feat. I entered 10 thinking that meant I've done 10 and didn't realize it meant number of sets. Teehee!
Submitted by runleenarun on 03.02.10 at 04:37.
Yikes--I am also a victim of entering the wrong button. Meant to add some squats, as I have not yet found my parallel bar location... Is there an 'erase' button? Or will I just have to keep track myself until I catch up?
Submitted by tiny darla on 03.04.10 at 02:55.
GD - I did the wrong thing on this one also. Didn't accomplish it yet, but was putting in the number of dips I've done to date.
Submitted by ADRIANA on 03.05.10 at 02:23.
I don't have dip bars/parallel bars available, but I practice with my kitchen counter which is an L shape. I face into the corner, put my hands on opposite counters and go for it. I can only do 1 but it's a start.
Submitted by jan1965 on 03.05.10 at 03:11.
Dips hurt!
Submitted by tracey on 03.17.10 at 08:04.
double dip practice today!
Submitted by msh258 on 03.28.10 at 08:12.