Chest Pain From Doing Dips
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- Опубликовано: 24 янв 2016
- Ever wondered what causes that chest pain during dips? Is it normal? Is it dangerous? How to prevent it?
This video is about that!
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Chest dips were my favorite exercise. I went from only doing 3-5 to doing them with 40 lbs hanging from my legs in a very short amount of time. Bones get stronger through microfractures the same way muscles get stronger through microtears. My muscles learned to handle that weight, but my bones didn't, so it bruised my sternum very badly and I had to lay off all chest exercises for over a year, and having any kind of slouching posture made my chest hurt a lot.
Now my sternum is recovered stronger than before and I am back to doing chest dips. But now I do them un-weighted, even if it is 20 reps. I will add small weight eventually. Eat fish, bone broth, and have good posture. Slouching puts a lot of stress on your sternum.
Good luck to all who read this.
Sheep Sheep Thank you so much man you have no idea
Sheep Sheep Costo pain
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I was really worried about this pain last weeks ! Nice and helpful video Paul!
Holy Thanksssss! The pain started few months ago... and I didn't find an answer to it, and thats why i stopped doing Dips Thanks a lot!
Awesome informational video Paul! Some videos on diet and how your full blown workout is currently would be great! I'm sure many are intrigued to see where you're currently at! God Bless
Good to see you posting more regularly again! :)
Hey pavel! I've been following you on here for almost two years and I'm so glad you're back making videos again! Also I have a suggestion for a video, I remember back in your leg workout tutorial you said that you were a long distance runner. I'm also a long distance runner and I compete in the army ranger challenges. I think that it would be awesome if you could make a video on how to increase your stamina and speed in long distance running. Thanks! : )
I am a weight lifter but i really enjoy watching your videos for some reason lol. Keep posting man! I m going to subscribe!
had pain for about 2 weeks then it went away for me, now I can do dips super easily
any update? Mine feels more like compression not really pain I still have it do u?
Great videos Paul, I like the consistency. Gotta get myself up on that.
This was a great video. You were very thorough and the information you shared was very educational. Thank you. Now I'll keep doing my dips.
Great video Paul! Thanks for the info!
Never doing dips anymore I once got a hard pop, then I didn't do them for a while and felt better. I did them 1 week ago and got the same pain don't do dips if you feel pain or pops like me.
Same
same here what you did for recovery
Great video, I have experienced the chest pain too in the past when I first started doing a lot of pushups and dips. Good explanation and advice.
Thanks, Fortress, I had this while doing dips and now I know what's going on, appreciate much
man bro, you just answered my question I have been looking for, for months. I think because of my inconsistent chest workouts just recently, I started getting that pain, when I would NEVER have had that before during a good run of consistency. I thought I was breaking my chest apart like in Alien, so I stopped doing them for awhile.
Thank you!!
Just for clarification: The "shoulder" isn't a bone. Your humerus is a bone, your clavicle is, and so is your scapula, but your shoulder isn't a bone. Some people say it's not even a joint but rather a complex since you'd need to differentiate between glenohumeral, acromioclavicular, and even the thoracoscapular joint.
I used to get this when I started and it would linger for days. Taking a little time off to completely heal up and also making sure I did my dips in a slow and controlled way solved the problem. Dropping and catching yourself puts a lot of unnecessary stress on your chest, but it's easy to forget and lose control if you're getting fatigued.
wow you grown up. good progress by the way.
Yup, that's what it is! As a gymnast, I remember having chest pain when I started doing heavy weighted dips on parallel bars. I just had to take it easier for a little bit and then get back at it, and the pain went away after less than a month if I remember well. The pain also comes from plain and simple irritation at the muscle attachment, and is more likely to happen to younger men and women because their bones and cartilages aren't as strong yet. So if you're a teenager starting out training and doing dips, you're a lot more likely to get chest pains than if you were a 30 year old in the same situation.
When I started doing dips my middle chest used to hurt a lot, I tried a few things but, as I got used to dips and I did them more and more the pain disappeared, so just keep on doing them!
Thank you so much your video help a lot now I don't have to worry about my chest any more
you look twice as big as you were month before ... really impressive and great video
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I watched like 3 to 4 of your videos(for abs,and other stuff) and i will try to use everything you said and showed i hope it helps me but i can say you make really good videos and quality of them is high you have subscribe and like from me :)
Thank you +Fortress. Great video!!!! I have this same problem. Now, one question, why doesn't it happen when I do other chest exercises like push ups or bench press? Thank you in advance.
Thanks man! doing dips lately and my chest aches then heres the answer,
I was doing muscle up dips and after forcing my 12 reps it's fine i didn't feel anything but when i got down i suddenly felt like a heart attack idk the feeling of heart attack actually or cramps in my inner chest then i slowly stretch it out and exhale and inhale it only hurts when i protracted my chest or back
costochondritis is pain caused by the inflammation of the cartilage between the sternum and the ribs. You need to avoid doing any exercise which causes stress on the ribs/sternum. Other upper body exercises should be done in lower weight higher reps until your problem is solved. The ribs can move like a joint around the sternum and around your vertebra. If your ribs arent moving freely(frozen/locked) at your back(vertebra) then there will be too much stress around your sternum(front) which could be the cause of inflammation and pain. You could also try to foam roll your upper back which might make your rib joints more mobile which could reduce stress around the sternum.
Thanks for a great video.
Good day, Fortress. I'm a big fan from Nigeria. I have been following up your videos and have watched about 80% of them (I guess). I wanna build my biceps and chest like yours - not really heavy weight, but just about your size, but I don't have access to the gym or weights.. could you recommend any exercise that could really make a difference, especially for my biceps? Just natural exercise(s). Thank you.
I use to have the pain when I got into dips, now that I realize it, I no longer have that issue. though now I am able to crack my sternum by arching my back, like you would with your knuckles.
+Scott Lavin 5 years of training :D Handstands, pushups etc.
+Scott Lavin..... Same with me. I have to arch my back, hear a crack/pop noise and then I'm ready to go with no problems and pain free Maybe what you have said and I concur with will help others.
+Scott Lavin thats what I need. I feel like my sternum is pulling in on itself or like its compressed, I can't figure out how to pop it out, should I just do a lot of dips?
kommando its been a year now whats up? still pain from dips?
I wouldn't do that. I have read a lot that the crack/pop is caused by a pressure buildup as a result of costochrondritis. When you pop it you treat the symptoms and not the cause. Eventually it gets worse in the long run. Suggested methods include manipulation of the thoracic spine, massage and strengthening the read delt and back muscles while backing off pushing exercises. Slowly get back into presses and let the connective tissue in the sternum and bone integrity build over time. Pain isn't a good sign. If done right the dips should strengthen those areas without having to go through pain.
I got costochondritis from doing weighted 20kg dips. Currently out from doing any form of chest exercises for 10 mths and counting. I'm never doing dips again in my life.
same here! how do you treat your costochondritis?
I fucked my chest up for about 6 months (same issue) last year, I'm really not sure how I did it. This year I went to low on a dip and felt it pop, now their is a sharp pain whenever I use it, when I laugh or sneeze it is so bad. Apparently it should heal in a week (my doctor told me that on Monday) and its Thursday and it hasn't felt any different
+tas viktoras I used a heating pad, for me the pain went away quite a bit whenever I put it on. It really just takes time, and you have to stay off it as much as possible so it heals faster.
OP how you doing today? Trying to recover from the same injury
Omg this happened to me last week I did dips with a 20kg weighted dumbbell and something popped in the middle of chest and it hurts when I sneeze or do certain movements. What do you recommend I do now? Has yours healed up yet?
my experience was similar. I would experience joint pain from my shoulders and chest, but this pain stopped after i did dips with a retracted scapula
i was doing dips for ages and never got it. i recently got it from practicing back lever, but now when i do dips i feel that pain again. weird. i’ll let it recover i guess
In my experience why you get pain is:
I Used to do more cardio, more dips, pushups and other exercises outdoor. I was more athletic and had no pain doing dips. After a while of not working out, im back into the gym, got a little bulked, my chest got bigger and now when im doing dips pain got me too. So I think exercising with your own weight could solve the problem. Because it attacks bones and muscles in a different way. And as author said you need some sort of a layer on your chestbone which helps to stop muscles from squeezing it. So I guess theres two ways to solve the problem. Do more exercises to train middle chest or to do more ex with your own weight (pushups, dips and stuff) .
Surup Sowmithri there's always a middle doesn't matter if horizontally or vertically, but you are right, but she is also right because incorporating chest isolation exercises will strengthen your chest and the bone if you do the machine dip. In my opinion after you do dips rest for a long while before doing them because bones take a longer time than muscles to regenerate. This way you will correctly improve and the pain will eventually cease and you'll end up with a very dense sternum.
Just do raw dips, rest for a week or two, then do them again, and so on. The pain will cease in no time.
E: if you do have a lot body fat, or you just started working out, your muscles still aren't strong enough for dips, focus on pushups, a lot of them.
I'm having trouble organising my skill progression and overall strength progression. If I train my skill after/before workouts, I'd be tired or won't have optimal performance but if I train my skill progressions eg front levers on rest days, then I
would be too sore to workout the next day, any tips? Thank you so much for uploading quality content :)
Yea I was doing football training then we went inside to do some workouts in the weight room, then we did dips, my chest starts hurting and progressed throughout the day I was worried but this helped.
Thnx man ..it help a lot to me
Hi, the video was really helpful. But how does one recover from costochondritis caused by dips?
I did them 3 days ago and it still hurts I’m recovering and gave dips a break till I fully recover
Паша привет а почему нет видео на 2 канале?? очень не хватает видео (( но я тут посмотрю
My elbows get inflamed when I train chest or triceps. Has this ever happened to you? And what would you do about it? Thanks.
+Kyle Cummings Fitness Could be DOMS, just make sure to warm up and cool down your triceps
+Kyle Cummings Fitness hi dude, i had slight elbow inflammation through doing hundreds of push ups everyday, however it was more directed to area of tricep muscle slightly above my elbow joint (medial head - long head), it felt like tearing, but i continued and made sure i ate well, recovered like usual and warmed up more thoroughly (i personally like to use resistance bands and regular stretches). then continued my routine like usual. i would recommend various stretches and taking your workout intensity slow, gradually building it up, and taking care of your system and body to avoid any injury. hope i helped man !
Fr Mls Thanks for the feedback! Will try it out.
+Kyle Cummings Fitness it could b tendinitis, you should really see a doctor because tendinitis is quite serious, it needs a long rest to recover and you will have it forever, before the pain gets much bigger i recommend you see a doctor, ive had that problem onn my elbow too and it was tendinitis and i spent like a month or even more to fully recover even with phisiotherapy.
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Thanks! I'll do a better job next time. :)
+Fortress when i do dips or pushups on a bar. My chest doesn't hurt. But i get a pain by my collar bone? Why is that?
WaVe Gels me to! I think it is from overuse, maybe take a couple weeks off from pushups/dips.
if that helps anyone...i've been training seriously for about 5 weeks, doing upper body on monday, wednesday and friday to let the body recover. Now im starting to feel that the pain is fading away. I mean, at the next day to the workout my chest used to feel sore, but after this 5 weeks that soreness its starting to be weaker day by day.
Don't push the tendons to much by letting the body rest well and it seems to be all fine.
TheShorty0ne yes but in my opinion if you do raw dips, and suffer from a lot of sharp pain, rest for a week or two, yes, a week, because bones take more time than muscles to regenerate, then do them again, then repeat. The pain will go in no time. Do not do weighted dips until you can do 20 normal dips without pain
ahh makes sense, just did weighted push ups and dips as a workout routine first time this week and felt small pain / sensitivity last days, did some streching aswell that helped also, thanks for this video, even tho it's over year old :p
good video. But there is similar video on RUclips made by Ron Williams, he says that we should stop doing dips if there is pain.
I used to do dips all the time and had no pain at all. Now it’s sore even doing a few on my upper chest. I think there’s something wrong.
When I get the pain I put my shoulders back and it makes a cracking sound that reliefs the pain, should I be worried?
Okay, maybe I'll trust you on this one. Creates hope at least.
dude ive had pain from doing dips for like 2-3 weeks and its not going away what should i do to make it stop?
RS Infidel keep resting, view a doctor and take bone supplements to help speed up the recovery.
I've been injured for about 2 months now from dips ): I damaged like a nerve in my wrist
was doing 50 lb weighted dips today at the gym 3rd set 7th rep in my sternum snapped...back in my hotel room right now...trying to figure out whether or not its important and I need to go to the ER or not...dosen't hurt while doing anything besides stretching my chest...
Great explanation. Pavel how can i fix uneven shoulder doings dips. One of my shoulders in my case the right one is going downwards while the left one is up ?
So important topic , the same for me i have a pain in my sternum when im doing push up and when im sneezing i feel pain too
same bro, but like it doesnt hurt when i sneeze, but i was doing push ups and dips everyday, and now i gotta give it couple weeks to heal it :( and my progress will be gone i think
Hey Paul, will our biceps tendon snap if we add weight when doing weighted pull ups. Also does weighted pullups damage our tendon?
Do you have advice for right elbow pain when doing dips? thanks
Is there something wrong with me? After like 3 years of tendinitis the pain subsided but I still have cracking whenever I bring my arm back to atleast 90 degrees.
I've been searching for answers which I haven't found. my case seems different. i used to never get pain from dips and it was my favorite exercise. I don't remember when exactly but it started to really hurt me. it feels like my sternum is being compressed. even when I let down from the set the pain lingers. I'm worried I might damage something but I want to fix it so I can keep dipping. thinking of doing decline bench for a while. any thoughts?
What is your workout ?
Should you retract/push your chest out when doing dips?
Actually there is a little chance that you crack your sternum horizontally, if you are not strong enough. In that case, your cracked sternum behaves as if there is a newly formed joint, which usually makes a cracking sound (snap).
If you cracked your sternum, you would be in a LOT of pain and it would require surgical intervention to immobilize the bone.
what if i hit my chest on the pull up bar accidentally while doing a muscle up? im getting chest pain from that
How long does the pain stay
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How can I work out my chest with out a dip bar
what about front shoulder pain while doin chest and more pain after upper chest work
I was doing bench dips to work my triceps and I felt my whole sternum pop and collapsed to the floor. I asked the gym employee and he said it should be fine but I feel pain there now when doing certain movements. Almost as if the cartiledge was damaged.
stricken79 are you better now? Has it recovered?
stricken79 this just happened to me today.😭 Are you healed yet? I hope so... how long did it take you to heal and what did you do about it?
Gabri Love how long did it take for you to heal bro?
Josh Magennis Army . I went and checked to make sure nothing is broken and then I did a water fast for 7 days and healed without any of the 5 medicines doctors gave me. Fasting heals almost anything and very quickly.I was told from other people who had the same injury that it would take about 6 months to heal and I didn’t want to wait that long.
God, the pain is just horibile, isn’t it?!😐
Sweet Love yeah, i went to check if anything was broken and my sternum somehow broke, should be healed in 2 months😤
The muscle pain is called doms if u workout properly
whats your favorite pushup ?
My left shoulder gets snapped when I do dips..
Not how any of that works unfortunately dude.
how long does it take to recover?
is it normal to have pain when starting doing dips and push ups ? Thanks , im just worried bec my right side only have the pain but i know that this is muscle pain, and i feel it when i will do breast out.
Thanks bro! :)
0:30 exactly what I am wondering. I'm afraid the thorax bones will crack or snap or something coz I'm probably doing it too close apart.
I feel pain in the left side of my chest while doing wide push ups.
Hasibul Islam did it ever go away?
I have pain on my left shoulder while doing dips.
I heard a loud crack in my sternum and it gets really red . Sucks .
Thank you I was getting worried
any update?
Video on how to get those full, developed shoulders like yours???
+Art by Atlas He already did that video, check on the most viewed ones
I just have the pain in the lower peck where it meets the shoulder. What is that?
do wide grip make chest pain? or straight bar dip?
i have pain in the centre of my chest it increases after pushup's what should i do
How long this pain last ?
I was doing dips with a 55lb dumbbell between my feet and on the 8th rep I felt this painful pop in my upper sternum and now whenever I Benchpress it hurts. Currently hoping I won't have to take time off and lose all gains.
are u ok now
@@khantawseef yes it fully healed, only lasted about a week thankfully
Thanks a lot
I feel my sternum cracking when doing Dragon Flags...I hope I don't rip my chest open one of these days lol
hey friend. i have started calisthenics 6 months ago. i do pull ups, bar dips and trying to learn muscle ups. my posture is not quite good. im more leaned forwards. need solution for my hunchback posture. mailed u on this. please check ur mail and reply if possible. thanks in advance
I feel pain in my elbows while im doing dips
when will you upload a motivational video ??
Is it normal for sternum/chest pains for all push movements?.
Ayyub Azid no. That is costochondritis.
I cant stick to my diet, can someone give me tips to stick to it?
can you please make a video about running/jogging barefooted forefoot? i'd like to here your opinion about it. (i started practising it one year ago, because normal jogging got me kneepain.) regards from germany
MAX PULL UPS!
I have pain 2 mounth what to do?
Interesting!
More video!!
Sometimes i got this pain, either its in the middle of my chest or over my hearth...
It's either muscular pain or your sternum bones can move around. Be careful not to overextend downward as your muscles are much stronger now. Watch yourself perform the dip in a mirror or look over at your arms as you reach the bottom of the motion. You elbows should not be above your shoulders.
Thnkyu somuch 😊
ive been doing dips alot recently but a while ago while i was on my last set i herd /felt a pop in the middle of my chest is this that pain? comes up everytime i snneze as well
That happened to me too, I was on my last set. How long did it take to heal?
Is it dangerous I mean it's ok that boned get stronger through tears but I m facing the similar situation right know, some say it is costocondritis ,if it is how long will it take to heal and can I gym post recovery ,if anybody does know pl answer me iam very upset since my sternum area git injured through dips ,moreover is it a scientific fact that bones too heal and get stronger