1. In Parallel Fashion
An old time exercise is a parallel bar dip. Strengthen shoulders with chest dip exercises in little time, but with a lot of effort. You must use your own body weight to exert the shoulders. More extensively equipped gyms will have machines that allow you to support some of your body weight to do a parallel bar dip. The exercise can even be done at home between two sturdy chairs. Lay a heavy dumbbell on each seat of the chairs to keep them from toppling during the exercise.
2. Mechanics of the Dip
To strengthen shoulders with chest dips do not do a full dip. You should keep the shoulders exerted throughout the dip. A full dip takes you down as far as possible and incorporates and requires you to relax the shoulders. A half dip takes you down only until the forearms are parallel to the floor. You are primarily targeting the front deltoids. You also exert the chest and triceps.
3. Just Do It
Chest dips are extremely difficult at first. You may only be able to do a few on your first try. Try to incorporate dips into your shoulder-training days so you are working the muscle fatigued. Use the dips toward the end of the training session to ensure they are completely warmed up. As you advance, hold a dumbbell between the feet or wear a training belt for added weight. You can also hold a medicine ball between the knees.
4. Don't Hold Your Breath
Stand on a box between the two bars. Place your hands on the bars with your palms facing into your body. Make the arms straight with the elbows locked out. Kick the box away from you. Lower down slowly until your arms are parallel to the floor. Keep your stomach and gluteal muscles tight. Mentally concentrate on flexing the shoulders. Press back up with a slight explosive movement until you have resumed the starting position. Do as many reps as you can. Ask someone to relieve some of your weight by supporting your legs to get more reps. Be careful not to jerk through the motion or use momentum. The dominant side will tend to support the movement. Concentrate on using both sides so your dominant side does not get stronger and the weak side remain weak. Use wrist wraps to support the wrists and prevent injury.
An old time exercise is a parallel bar dip. Strengthen shoulders with chest dip exercises in little time, but with a lot of effort. You must use your own body weight to exert the shoulders. More extensively equipped gyms will have machines that allow you to support some of your body weight to do a parallel bar dip. The exercise can even be done at home between two sturdy chairs. Lay a heavy dumbbell on each seat of the chairs to keep them from toppling during the exercise.
2. Mechanics of the Dip
To strengthen shoulders with chest dips do not do a full dip. You should keep the shoulders exerted throughout the dip. A full dip takes you down as far as possible and incorporates and requires you to relax the shoulders. A half dip takes you down only until the forearms are parallel to the floor. You are primarily targeting the front deltoids. You also exert the chest and triceps.
3. Just Do It
Chest dips are extremely difficult at first. You may only be able to do a few on your first try. Try to incorporate dips into your shoulder-training days so you are working the muscle fatigued. Use the dips toward the end of the training session to ensure they are completely warmed up. As you advance, hold a dumbbell between the feet or wear a training belt for added weight. You can also hold a medicine ball between the knees.
4. Don't Hold Your Breath
Stand on a box between the two bars. Place your hands on the bars with your palms facing into your body. Make the arms straight with the elbows locked out. Kick the box away from you. Lower down slowly until your arms are parallel to the floor. Keep your stomach and gluteal muscles tight. Mentally concentrate on flexing the shoulders. Press back up with a slight explosive movement until you have resumed the starting position. Do as many reps as you can. Ask someone to relieve some of your weight by supporting your legs to get more reps. Be careful not to jerk through the motion or use momentum. The dominant side will tend to support the movement. Concentrate on using both sides so your dominant side does not get stronger and the weak side remain weak. Use wrist wraps to support the wrists and prevent injury.
