Changing Exercises

[Jeff Walker]

So I have an upper body Ring Day where I do the basic movements.

Is it a good idea to create 2 Upper Body Days, Upper Ring A and Upper Ring B. The only difference between these workouts is I change the exercises a little or the order of movements, etc. For example when I dips, there are 3 variations I like, Weighted Regular Dips on Rings, Russian dips on bars, and weighted wide dips. Should I just focus on one or is it a good idea to rotate through a few different exercises - OR does it even matter? There are so many cool exercises, how do I know which is the best bang for my buck?

[Klaudius Petrulis]

I like variety too, but my schedule and my body can only take so much.  So in this case I would suggest to mix it up once in a while but to train one specific exercise in order to become extremely good at it. Then again I have no idea what your goals are!

 

If you want to just work out, sure you can have Mondays as Upper Ring A for somewhat serious training and Wednesdays as Upper Ring B, or whatever you need.

 

edit: Variety is the spice of life, but I'm limited to the equipment I have at home. This makes me lucky because otherwise there would be too much variety! It's like standing in the candy aisle at the store and trying to pick 1 out of the dozens... torture.

[Blairbob]

 If you have access to a set of bars, I see no reason ro do weighted ring dips.

[Jeff Walker]

I think weighted RIng Dips are harder than weighted Dips on Bars. I can do much more weight with weighted dips on bars than on rings.

[Blairbob]

yes, this is true but weighted ring dips are limited by other factors which beats the point of adding load.

 

to each their own