Talk:Dip (exercise)

Latissimus dorsi
I do not believe that the latissimus dorsi muscles affect this exercise in any way. Those muscles pull the arms toward the back. In the dip, the arms move toward the back when the exerciser is lowering his body, in which case gravity is doing the work, not the latissimus dorsi. The main muscles which contribute to the execution of this exercise are the pectoralis major (from the bottom to about three quarters of the way up) and the triceps. The triceps do relatively little in the lower portion of the exercise and increase in significance as the exerciser straightens his arms out. Near the top, the pectoralis major does little if anything. At no point are the latissimus dorsi contributing in the execution of the dip. Raoulduke25 (talk) 18:30, 26 November 2007 (UTC)

According to Latissimus Dorsi is activated while performing dips. anon 12:20, 5 May 2011 (UTC)

Improper subject/verb agreement
This article, in addition to being incorrect on matters pertaining to muscular mechanics, does not show proper subject/verb agreement throughout. A "person" is singular and "their" is plural. You cannot say, "A person supports their weight," if the antecedent of the pronoun "their" is "person". That is not proper grammar.

And WikiPedia most certainly does NOT support this absurd non-grammatical nonsense. The website listed was WP:GNL but that website uses they and their by pluralizing both subject AND predicate, not just one or the other. Read the link! It says: "Pluralizing (not “A player starts by taking up his position”, but “Players start by taking up their positions”), although this can be problematic where the text needs to emphasize individuals, or where it creates a need to switch regularly between singular and plural." Raoulduke25 17:29, 3 December 2007 (UTC)

You Failed: "They" can be used in a singular sense

If you read the link, it says that the "singular they" is popular and non-technical. Wikipedia is supposed to be a formal encyclopedia, not exactly the place for vulgar English. Wikipedia guidelines call for correct grammar, not what is in popular and non-technical usage. Wikipedia now says that this is permitted though it does not make sense why. Raoulduke25 (talk) 12:34, 18 September 2008 (UTC)

Source for variations
Found this page for variations. Not sure if this is a good source though. Can someone please take a look? Thx, Traintogain (talk) 02:57, 3 September 2013 (UTC)

Diagram
The diagram in this article gives me body issues. Couldn't you find a drawing with someone that looks a little bit more normal? -User:85.250.33.83 17 November 2014
 * lol, feel free to replace with another ··gracefool&#128172; 07:55, 19 November 2014 (UTC)

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