Dips

Reviewer Research-backed and precise — this is how you actually coach the dip.

Moderator Textbook complete breakdown — muscles trained, EMG research, loading strategy by rep range, full setup-to-lockout execution, tipping/cheating avoidance. This is what you show a client on day one.

Reviewer Best kind of technique video — explains the why, not just the what.

Moderator Dr. Mike (Renaissance Periodization) doing a dedicated mistakes-and-fixes breakdown on dips — full range of motion vs. partial, and what over-depth actually costs you. This is the sub-skill, full stop.

Reviewer Precise, well-reasoned coaching on exactly what your shoulder blades should be doing -- excellent.

Moderator Thoroughly and exclusively about optimizing dip technique via body position -- squarely the sub-skill.

Reviewer The most complete, correct dip breakdown in the batch -- covers setup, common mistakes, and why they matter.

Moderator Thorough, start-to-finish walkthrough of tricep dip technique -- squarely and comprehensively on the sub-skill.

Reviewer Rippetoe, correct cues, honest safety caveat, exactly what a technique video should be.

Moderator Directly and entirely about how to perform the dip correctly, setup, depth, lockout, and who should avoid it. Nothing tangential, this is the sub-skill.

Reviewer Elbows-in cue alone is worth the watch — real chest activation trick, not fluff.

Moderator Wall to wall dip technique — lean position, forward chest, scapular depression, and the elbows-in adduction cue at lockout. Every single cue ties directly back to dip execution for the chest. This is what the sub-skill entry should look like.

Reviewer Practical fix for a problem a lot of people actually have.

Moderator Squarely about dips technique, specifically solving a very common real-world problem (shoulder strain) — directly on the sub-skill.

Reviewer Crude delivery, but the cues are spot on.

Moderator Same coach, this time isolating body angle and elbow path to bias triceps over chest on dips — squarely the sub-skill, just a narrower slice of it (targeting) than the mistakes video.

Reviewer Real problem-solving for dip pain, with the reasoning included -- excellent.

Moderator Squarely about refining dip technique to solve joint pain -- bar orientation, grip, tempo, equipment choice -- all core to the sub-skill.

Reviewer Efficient and accurate -- says exactly what changes between the two variations.

Moderator Directly compares the two dip variations by name and by the exact form differences between them -- squarely on the sub-skill.

Reviewer Real coaching cues for taking dips from bodyweight to weighted.

Moderator Entirely focused on executing the weighted dip specifically -- tempo, elbow position, lean angle, lockout avoidance, head position.

Reviewer Genuinely useful programming advice for someone who already has the movement down.

Moderator Entirely about dips -- technique basics, progression, and specifically how to program and prioritize them in a training week.

Reviewer Short, but the depth cue alone is worth the watch.

Moderator Entirely about executing the chest-focused dip variation -- angle, depth cue, rep scheme. On-topic throughout.

Reviewer Clear and correct fundamentals, just delivered a bit robotically.

Moderator Wall-to-wall dip technique, nothing else -- grip, lean angle for chest vs triceps emphasis, add-weight progression.

Reviewer If your shoulders ache after bench dips, this is why — and how to fix your hand position today.

Moderator Bench dips are a dip variant and this is 100% about fixing the classic shoulder-jamming error on them — hand rotation, shoulder depression. Core sub-skill content.

Reviewer Bathroom-mirror video but the shoulder cue is gym-gold — check yourself in a mirror doing this.

Moderator Whole video is one specific dip mistake — shrugged, rounded shoulders — and the fix. Squarely on the sub-skill, no padding.

Reviewer Solid fundamentals, nothing fancy, all correct.

Moderator Plain, no-frills walkthrough of the standard dip from setup to rep execution — this is the textbook version of the sub-skill.

Reviewer Well put together -- explains the why, gives you a form checkpoint, and a real progression path.

Moderator Consistently and specifically about dips throughout -- the biomechanical case for why they build the chest/shoulders/triceps differently than other pressing, clear form breakdown (top and bottom positions, full lockout), and a progression path (bodyweight reps, then weighted or tempo work). Doesn't wander into other exercises.

Reviewer Genuinely useful nuance, the pain-vs-discomfort distinction alone is worth it.

Moderator Squarely about dips, specifically the very real, very common problem of shoulder or sternum pain and how to build tolerance and work back into them. This is a legitimate and underserved corner of 'how to do dips' content.

Reviewer Explains WHY the standard dip shortchanges triceps — not just another 'do this' video.

Moderator Physics lecture first, dips second, but it's all in service of explaining a dip variation (the upright 'tricep dip'). It stays on dips the whole way through, just comes at it from a biomechanics angle rather than straight cueing.

Reviewer Solid, correct basics with sensible regressions built in.

Moderator General, complete rundown of standard dip technique from start to finish -- squarely the sub-skill.

Reviewer Textbook-correct form cues, clearly laid out -- does exactly what it says.

Moderator Entirely and only about correct dip form for the chair/bench variation -- nothing else in it.

Reviewer Real technical depth on the rep itself, wrapped in a lot of personal gear logistics.

Moderator Squarely about dip setup and execution technique, even though it's scoped to a heavily weighted context -- the form cues (elbow lock, scapular protraction then retraction, controlled eccentric, explosive concentric) apply to the core movement.

Reviewer Basic but accurate -- the forward/back lean cue for chest vs. triceps is worth knowing on day one.

Moderator Short and entirely on-topic -- explains what the movement targets (chest/triceps), how shifting your torso lean changes the emphasis between the two, and gives concrete form cues (don't go too low, extend arms near-fully at the top, breathing pattern). No filler, no tangents.

Reviewer Better technique detail than the clickbait title suggests.

Moderator Focused entirely on dip mechanics -- muscles worked, torso angle, common mistakes, static-hold variation.

Reviewer Short, but the cues are exactly right -- good, no-nonsense technique.

Moderator Short and entirely about performing two dip variations correctly -- squarely the skill, no filler.

Reviewer Good myth-bust up front, then a clear if repetitive demo of the two angles.

Moderator Squarely about differentiating dip technique for triceps vs. chest -- on-topic throughout.

Reviewer Good cues packed into a short clip.

Moderator Description gets specific — "step into the top of the dip with straight arms, biceps facing" — that's real technique language about dips, three variations promised.

Reviewer Correct checklist, no wasted words -- just don't expect the 'why'.

Moderator All 9 seconds are spent on bench dip setup and form -- a recognized dip variation, squarely in scope for the sub-skill.

Reviewer A genuine progression plan for a genuinely extreme skill, from someone who's clearly taught it before.

Moderator Squarely about a dip variation and its progression path -- the two-finger, 45-degree lean dip and the drills that build up to it. Niche and extreme, but it's the skill through and through.

Reviewer Good fix up front, then it just repeats itself into the ground.

Moderator Squarely about correcting a specific, common chest-dip mistake (staying upright, which trains triceps instead of chest) -- right in the sub-skill.

Reviewer One good cue, correctly explained, but that's the whole video.

Moderator Fully about proper dip form for chest development -- squarely the sub-skill, just narrowly scoped to the chest-lean variant.

Reviewer Real anatomy, real reasoning -- understand this and you'll understand why torso angle matters on any dip.

Moderator This is entirely a biomechanical breakdown of the dip movement -- specifically why the fixed-torso version (bench dips) puts the shoulder in a compromised position compared to a standard dip where you can shift your torso angle. Squarely about dips, even though the conclusion is 'do something else instead.'

Reviewer Fascinating theory, but you won't learn how to actually do a dip from this.

Moderator Frames the whole piece around the dip as 'the upper body squat,' but a large share of runtime is really Mentzer's general growth-mechanism/indirect-effect training philosophy, using dips as the case study rather than being wall-to-wall dip-specific teaching.

Reviewer Good advanced programming nugget once it gets going.

Moderator The excerpt is mostly general strength-training philosophy before it gets specific, but it does land on a concrete, actionable point — using near-max singles (90% 1RM) to build weighted dip strength. That's programming for the exercise, not form coaching, so I'm not maxing this out.

Reviewer The one dip cue he gives is legit -- just wade through the plugs to get to it.

Moderator The opening is a legitimate, specific coaching correction for chest dips from a well-known bodybuilding coach -- knees pulled to chest, staying in the leaned-forward 'cross position,' not just dropping straight down. That's real, correct, chest-dip-specific technique. But a large chunk of what follows moves into other chest exercises (sounds like cable work) as part of 'a complete chest workout,' so dips are only part of the picture here.

Reviewer Handy if you've got no dip station, but don't expect real technique coaching.

Moderator Rambly intro with the dogs eats a lot of runtime, but the actual content — improvised dip belt from a leash, kitchen counter dips, bar+strap dips, treadmill dips — is squarely about doing dips when you lack equipment. On-topic, just padded.

Reviewer Short but straight -- a fair, no-hype take on whether dips belong in a chest day.

Moderator Only one of five questions here is about dips, and the other four (cardio timing, eating late, HIIT vs LISS, whey) have nothing to do with it. The dip segment itself is squarely on-topic when it comes up, just a small fraction of the total runtime.