Beginner
How To Do Dips For A Bigger Chest and Shoulders (Fix Mistakes!)
Coach's take: Research-backed and precise — this is how you actually coach the dip.
3.9
Dips
Gym (men) / Popular
Build pressing strength on parallel bars with shoulder-safe depth.
What coaches agree on
- Your torso angle sets the emphasis: lean forward to bias the chest, stay more upright to bias the triceps.
- Lower under control to roughly a 90-degree elbow bend, upper arm about parallel to the floor, deep enough for a full range of motion without pushing past what your shoulders can safely handle.
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- If you can't yet complete clean bodyweight reps, use an assisted-dip machine or a resistance band as a normal stepping stone while you build up strength.
Common mistakes
- The most common execution error is letting the shoulder blades round forward and ride up toward the ears as you fatigue, so retract and depress them before you start and hold that position for the whole set to keep the joint stable.
Beginner
How to do Dips with Mark Rippetoe
Coach's take: Rippetoe, correct cues, honest safety caveat, exactly what a technique video should be.
3.8
Intermediate
Are You Doing Dips Properly? (AVOID MISTAKES!)
Coach's take: Elbows-in cue alone is worth the watch — real chest activation trick, not fluff.
3.7
Intermediate
Weighted Dips with Skip La Cour - Workouts for Older Men
Coach's take: Real coaching cues for taking dips from bodyweight to weighted.
3.5
Intermediate
How to Build an Aesthetic Upper Body With Dips
Coach's take: Genuinely useful programming advice for someone who already has the movement down.
3.5
Beginner
Jud Dean - Dips (Bodybuilding)
Coach's take: Short, but the depth cue alone is worth the watch.
3.4
Beginner
How To Do Dips - Chest & Triceps Exercise
Coach's take: Clear and correct fundamentals, just delivered a bit robotically.
3.4
Intermediate
Stop Doing Bench Dips Like This!
Coach's take: If your shoulders ache after bench dips, this is why — and how to fix your hand position today.
3.4
Intermediate
Get a Bigger Chest from Dips (AVOID THESE!)
Coach's take: Bathroom-mirror video but the shoulder cue is gym-gold — check yourself in a mirror doing this.
3.4
Beginner
How Dips Dramatically Change Your Body
Coach's take: Well put together -- explains the why, gives you a form checkpoint, and a real progression path.
3.3
Intermediate
Dips Hurt? Get over it with these 10 tips.
Coach's take: Genuinely useful nuance, the pain-vs-discomfort distinction alone is worth it.
3.3
Intermediate
Why Dips DON'T Really Work Your Triceps (HOW TO FIX IT!)
Coach's take: Explains WHY the standard dip shortchanges triceps — not just another 'do this' video.
3.3
Beginner
The Right Way To Do Chair Tricep Dips (Beginner Friendly Guide)
Coach's take: Textbook-correct form cues, clearly laid out -- does exactly what it says.
3.2
Beginner
Double Bars Workout /Parallel Bars Dips Tutorial
Coach's take: Basic but accurate -- the forward/back lean cue for chest vs. triceps is worth knowing on day one.
3.1
Beginner
How 10 Dips Every Day Will Completely Transform Your Body
Coach's take: Better technique detail than the clickbait title suggests.
3.1
Beginner
Greg Plitt - Dip Machine & Bench Dips (Bodybuilding)
Coach's take: Short, but the cues are exactly right -- good, no-nonsense technique.
3.0
Advanced
THE HARDEST DIPS IN THE WORLD/CAN YOU?
Coach's take: A genuine progression plan for a genuinely extreme skill, from someone who's clearly taught it before.
2.6
Intermediate
STOP Doing Bench Dips! Try THESE Tricep Exercises Instead | Overrated | Men's Health Muscle
Coach's take: Real anatomy, real reasoning -- understand this and you'll understand why torso angle matters on any dip.
2.4
Advanced
DIPS: THE UPPER BODY SQUAT - MIKE MENTZER'S MOST POWERFUL MASS-BUILDER
Coach's take: Fascinating theory, but you won't learn how to actually do a dip from this.
2.4
Intermediate
🚫 You’ve Been Doing Chest Dips Wrong — Charles Glass Fixes It
Coach's take: The one dip cue he gives is legit -- just wade through the plugs to get to it.
1.8
Beginner
Chest Training "Unleashed" - Dips Tips (MUST SEE!)
Coach's take: Handy if you've got no dip station, but don't expect real technique coaching.
1.6
Intermediate
Bodybuilding Q&A Pt.6 (cardio timing, dips, eating cut-offs, HIIT vs. LISS, is whey necessary)
Coach's take: Short but straight -- a fair, no-hype take on whether dips belong in a chest day.
1.4