The dips sound great, but I have a weakness in one wrist and it will just give out without any notice--I have dropped empty glasses because it just went numb. i injured the wrist many years ago and it is just the nature of the injury. The surgery to repair it has a horrible success rate. I just work around it instead. I did find a website with some other tricep exercises and I do have a 7 lb workout bar. I am going to do tricep presses with it, as well. I will increase my hand weights to the twos this week to see if I can build up some strength in the wrist so that I can move to the fives soon, and then the 10s. I do 3-4 sets of 15 reps of all types of arm exercises. I was doing them every day, but will start alternating them. Push ups present the same problem as the dips, but would a wall push up with close placement work, as well? I can do those and do not have to worry about falling and slamming my face into the ground like I would with a regular push up if the wrist gave out.
I do have to say that after just a couple weeks of the arm exercises, I am seeing some difference on the biceps, but there is a lot to go on the triceps. My legs are a completely different story.
I have been sick for almost two weeks and my birthday was over the weekend, so I was kind of lazy about watching what I was eating. I am getting back on track starting today.
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Ouch!! That's a tough one! Not much you can do with an injured wrist, especally like that! Did you have tendon and ligament damage? Wall push-ups will help, probably not as much resistance as other exercises, but you have to do what you can. Triceps are actually easier to train than biceps, providing you are not hurt, but with that being said, there is probably more fat on everyone'e back arm since its the largest area. What's the story with your legs?
