Chest pains when doing dips

• Por_Favor

  29 Apr 07, 05:57

  Hi to all, new to this forum.
  
  I recently started doing dips for a few gym sessions and realised that my chest felt very pain after doing the dips. I am able to do 10 reps of dips for each set, but the next day, I feel as though the bones in my chest area are about to split. Each time i stretch my chest, there would be a cracking sounds (Like the sound of one cracking their knuckles).
  
  I was wondering what could be wrong? Should i stop doing dips for the moment? I want to train my triceps and my arms.
  
  
• Simon Dean

  29 Apr 07, 13:47

  how do you do them in the first place.
  
  Got go all the way down with a slight pause?
  
  Most people do partial dips.Not refering to threadstarter..
• Por_Favor

  29 Apr 07, 22:44

  Originally posted by Simon Dean:

  how do you do them in the first place.
  
  Got go all the way down with a slight pause?
  
  Most people do partial dips.Not refering to threadstarter..

  Normally when i do them, I will have a slight pause between each repetitions. Like straigthen my arms before going down again...and usually i go all the way down to do full-motion dips. Dunno y there is a very bad pain at my chest area, can feel like the bones are going to crack!
• Simon Dean

  1 May 07, 21:31

  maybe you would have to stretch your limbs a little bit first.
  
  When i first started off with dips, my chest cramped!