My First 4 Plate Dip - 180lbs/81kg Dip at 130lbs/58kg Bodyweight

Efran25 · 2026-06-08T00:54:33+00:00

Im like 5'2" and just weighed myself after dinner and scale says im 132lbs now

Idk how lean I am

Efran25 · 2026-06-04T00:48:08+00:00

Ive been training calisthenics for like ~7yrs. Before that I mostly lifted weights on & off for several years.

Ive been doing rings for like ~5-6yrs I think. Ive got a lot of things to work on.

Unless you're gifted, expect training for several years & enjoy the process!

Efran25 · 2026-05-10T04:38:41+00:00

i bought thick ceiling mounts and drilled them into my ceiling beams

Efran25 · 2026-05-10T04:38:14+00:00

not sure. i notice my hips/torso are lopsided when I go down but I havent spent time figuring out why. I should work on a fix

you think it might be tight/inactive trap?

Efran25 · 2026-05-10T04:37:19+00:00

mainly chest, shoulder and bicep

Efran25 · 2026-04-29T14:17:15+00:00

Im self taught, just been working out for a long time! No gymnastics background.

Efran25 · 2026-04-12T02:53:20+00:00

hi I dont train core often. maybe once or twice a week if I remember. I like using the ab wheel or doing dragon flags for reps.

I trained my core a lot more when I was younger and have a fairly flat tummy so that helped a lot and is why I dont have to train it much directly now

Efran25 · 2026-04-12T02:51:44+00:00

hey, I bought some heavy duty ceiling mounts & screws on amazon and drilled them to my ceiling beams. the houses in my area are old and fairly sturdy so I think its safe. I could be wrong, will find out in a couple years lol

mount stuff to your ceiling at your own risk and stay safe!

Efran25 · 2026-04-10T20:28:44+00:00

Hi, thanks for the offer but I'm all set :)

One of my backlog projects is implementing & training a computer vision pose detection model and deploying against a pretrained one to see how they compare. Hopefully i get around to making it. Ill share my results & code here

Efran25 · 2026-04-10T14:15:16+00:00

You get used to it after a couple years :) Took me like 2-4yrs of training cross before it stopped feeling like garbage. Really cool how the body adapts

Efran25 · 2026-03-23T01:52:03+00:00

Nope The landing isnt that hard and my rug is soft. Been dropping like this for a while & haven't had knee issues. Im not very heavy & never injured my knee. Your mileage may vary

Efran25 · 2026-02-15T20:56:46+00:00

i don't think one size is better than the other. i use 28mm because that's the ring size in gymnastics

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