Dips and pushups

[AlanOldstudent]

Does anyone have any ideas why Charles Atlas came up with dips as opposed to push-ups? Can one substitute push-ups for dips with the same benefit, or do they do different things?

Regards,

Alan

[Henry Marczak]

Dips are push ups, you can do them on chairs to get more range of motion. You can even do one arm chair dips, and even reverse the breathing.

[warrior]

they are pushups between chairs , dips are different and do effect the muscles and supporting muscles different, best to use a combination.

[combat crew]

I WOULD TRY AS BEST YOU CAN, TO STICK WITH THE COURSE,

YOU ARE LAYING THE FOUNDATIONS FOR FUTURE EXERCISES, AND DEVELOPMENT.

I WOULD SUGGEST CHANGING THINGS AFTER YOU HAVE GONE THROUGH THE COURSE, AT LEAST ONCE.

ALL THE BEST IAN

[Henry Marczak]

The Dynamic Tension System is designed so you can make it work for your own natural abilities and allows you to feel how your body reacts. A variation of dipping that I do sometimes is - Do one regular dip, the second dip, shift the weight to the right and do a dip on the right arm, come up and repeat a regular dip, then dip on the left side with the left arm.