FT Questions....

[Scott Stevenson]

Hey Scott,

Do you ever rotate out exercises and lose thickness in that muscle group? My triceps respond real well to weighed dips, so I made them my main MR for the past 8 months, and added 50 lbs to my initial starting poundage; triceps grew tremendously with this.

But as you get stronger and stronger, progression becomes slower; so I chose to opt them out with close grip bench in the Smith with elbows tucked in. I can almost notice within the last 3-4 weeks that I'm losing some of that side thickness from taking out dips.

Any thoughts on this? I'm assuming when I go back to dips, I'll be stronger and gain back any lost "size" (not even sure how to phrase it), and start progressing again.

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This is a simple one - you know the answer already.

Dips are a great triceps exercise for you. As long as your'e not having an overuse issue with them, I'd keep them in your program on a regular basis. You can change elbows flare, use dip machines, do triceps dips (on a bench), etc, but if you've been doing standard dips, then I'd keep them in.

Even if you don't progress on dips for some period, but you do on other exercises, I bet your triceps will improve overall (as long as you're gaining weight, too.)

-S