Even muscle development

 The dip is often thought of as a triceps exercise. Sometimes it’s given props as a chest workout. I for one find that it’s the most reliable way to nail my shoulders. The push up / bench press tends to be a chest focused exercise. Hand stands and over head presses are a bit more focused on the shoulders. Finding something that works the triceps like the dip is hard, which may be why so many people tend to include some triceps focused work with their pressing routine. When I dip, I feel it everywhere, chest, shoulders, back, triceps, without too much emphasis in any area. This leads me to believe I’m getting a great over-all workout for my time. One move and it’s all done without any area of my upper body getting too much or too little work.

 It’s a Killer chest workout

 Even though the dip works everything, I find my chest gets a workout that’s top notch. My first experience with dips came when I was 14 and I was a push up fanatic. I was visiting some friends at a park where we used to climb on massive boulders. According to the rules of bouldering, you can’t just roll yourself onto the top of the rock. You have to push yourself up onto the ledge (like a kid pushing themselves up onto a kitchen counter) and step up onto the top. I didn’t make it to the top of too many boulders, so I ended up only pushing myself up about 5-10 times. Even though it was a low number of dipping movements, my chest was on fire the next few days. There is no doubt that the dip works the chest like nothing else.

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