@@Kris0931 Yeah, becuase most people can't even do one proper pull up with thier bodyweight alone, people see you and think you are an alien becuase you are so far above them in terms of pulling strength.
It's off topic, but the acoustic treatment of your room is amazing. If you ever want to go into music production, just stick bass traps at each corner of the room, and you're golden
honestly it is really cool to see a guy as knowledgeable and strong as you not getting as much weight as expected in bench press... i'm just starting to take this seriously and my weights are still laughably low in basically everything, so knowing it does take time to build that strength even for those more experienced is pretty motivating to me, thanks for the video!
I hit my chin doing my firts rep ever of vertical press :-) ... and that hurt. I'm glad no one was here to see it. Now I keep doing it because it is bad ass exercice, but you have to be very carefull. Thank you Daniel.
UA-cam recommended this video. Great recommendation. I can barely do BW dips because I’m weak and tore one of my shoulders a few years ago, resulting in a shoulder surgery. I’m glad my gym has an assistant pull up and dip station. Thanks!
Crazy to think weighted dips/pullups/pushups and rows are criminally underrated in the gym world, easy way to pack serious muscles without so much equipment variety.
Love this video Daniel. Your explanations & demos are A1. Can’t understand, so many views, the likes should b more too. Come on people let’s support Daniel & his channel by showing, not just viewing his content.
Your advice is just the best! I‘m personally doing Ring dips (they feel just better than normal dips), Pike pushups, weighted pushups with a Deep Stretch (i am using paralletts) and lateral raises. But I‘m planning to buy a barbell and weights. Greetings from Germany!
Outstanding vid, appreciate your content very much. In spirit of honing an exercise, which bench press, for me dare I say, has been a decades long affair. Your dumbells form: perfect! Slight arch in the back. Note your elbow angle. This keys grip width to the bar version. If triceps focused cool; but don't we strive for peak performance with each exercise? Slightly arching sets the scapula. Elbow angle sets grip width. One rep max be damned. 3-5 reps; 4-7 for optimal growth and strength benefit. These three mentioned here in your vid are truly the staples! Instead mastery say, of the bench, I prefer to rotate... flat bench bar, incline dumbells (30° max), dips every push day. My workout is barley over and I am already looking forward to OHP day... where I work flat bench dumbells. I always consider the three planes: up, out, and down. Just suggestions... love the discussion.
Usually if someone can dip over 50 kg for reps than he can bench over 100 kg easily, you arms must be very long to struggle with 90 kg but it's still a great weight since it's your last exercise and you use a close grip so keep it up Daniel you are an inspiration :)
Discovering dips revived my pushing muscle gains after I was sorely disappointed and left hurting by every bench press variation I tried. I'm looking forward to progressing to weighted dips, and OHP seems to perfectly fill out the gaps that dips have as a movement.
My push day: pushups, pike pushups, band lateral raises, bodyweight triceps extension, band triceps extension. Its working pretty well for me 💪, simple and effective
You haven't commented on why you do a narrow grip bench press? The traditional bench press uses a grip so that at the bottom, your arms are parallel to each other, and your ulna is pointing straight up from the floor. Your lower arms are internally rotated at the bottom.
Today, i did weighted pull ups 30kg 1 rep max, with 64 kg bodyweight. Most of the people in my gym were shocked and wanted to learn how i did it(none of them do weitghed calisthenics), it makes me happy and motivates me more to improve my goals 🎉🎉
THX brother I was learning recently how to dip since I had neglected my push days only really doing pull ups and core but this picture or video I took my back looked awesome but my chest really was depressing to look at haha time to get to work!
Dips also make it possible to put both triceps, chest and shoulders in a clear stretched position (or, if you want/can, even extremely stretched) under load, something that is now shown in studies to be the most important part!
great video! had a question about your choice of bench press with no arch: wouldn't having a slight arch lead to more ROM in the bottom because you let your elbows go lower than your chest than usual? I do get that it cuts the range of motion in the top part though love your videos Daniel!
Ever dealt with Tricep tendonopathy Daniel in your years of training? Had to take a few months off upper body due to injury, came back and got into weighted ring dips too early and now have the tricep tendons screaming at me!
Dips never really bothered my shoulders but they do have a tendency to aggravate my tendonitis in my left elbow. Its a shame because I really love doing the movement but I can't overload it without risking flareups.
One thing I noticed of the bench press vs the dumbell was the grip widht. You have a much narrower grip in the bench press. While the dumbell targets the chest, the bench press seems to hit your triceps.
Great tips, especially for dips. I agree about warming up on other exercises first for less pain. Can you recommend a pull up bar for home use that is high enough to hang from and that I can add rings to? I am about 6ft tall.
What is it you need help with? He's just set up the rings in a standard way from a pull-up bar. Making sure they are level. Which is easy with the marked straps
@@pedrog5846 from what I can see he has just looped the loose end of the straps somewhere on his rack. That's going to look different depending on the height of your rings set up and your specific rack/pullup bar, but I don't think he's doing anything particular special, just finding a tidy way of sorting out the straps.
The only thing I got from dips are thoracic spine Problems and I tryd so Many Variations especially how Olymp Gymnast do them. Change Angles do not help too its Like a unnatural movement for me. I do my Ring Push ups only and my chest grow Crazy
Get mobile first then. I had multiple pain doing dips but stop any bodyweight workout and focus more mobility and flexibility exercises. Came back after 6-7 months, everything got a bit better. End any exercises with some yoga stretching. I like to add, not going to help but my upper spine or neck still hurts with other bodyweight exercises but better than before. From doing mobility and flexibility exercises.
If there's anything I learned over the years its don't force an exercise just cause people say its a great exercise. I've never been able to squat without pain in my knees even as a teenager. I switched to Bulgarian split squats and they feel so much better. Close grip bench press has been said to be extremely similar to dips, but anyway, there's always a similar you can do to substitute.
great video mate! very informative, thank you! quick question, if you havent done the bench press then how did you grow your chest this much ? only dips and push ups ? O_O
I'm going to try incorporating these more. I've got hypermobile elbows that hyperextend and I hurt the left one badly, it's hard to accept that I have to stop locking out, makes everything harder 🤕
The Dip was my favorite exercise for many years. The only reason I am not doing them that often now is that they do not work the upper chest which gives that plate-of-armor esthetic look. Instead, over the years I got strong overall with a lot of muscle development in the lower pecs (especially the "external part") and some gains in the shoulders. Moving forward I will do one progression of dips at every 3 other chest progressions: weighted pushups (feet elevated), incline dumpbell press and ring pushups. So I do not agree that weighted dips alone give a full chest development.
Easy calisthenics exercises like: push ups,dips ,pull ups buy yourself rings and dumbbells would be nice too but not entirely necessary of course train legs too basic squat if easy try pistol squat try to progress each workout and add reps or weights if you feel stronger
You can probably use more weight with a barbell, dumbbells work more stabilising muscles and will help you work on imbalances. I also find I can get a better stretch with dumbbells because you can bring them down lower and to the sides of your body
if you have enough strength to be stable on ring and do the same amount of reps with weight on bard then do ring if not or beginner do bar dips rings might need more strength but for pure muscle growth i would recommend bar sorry for my bad english
I am 64 and trying to increase muscle mass. If I can not do a full 90 degrees on a dip, should I just go as far as I can? Moving slowly down (I guess??) Any suggestions please??? Thanks
Ive hated dips, yet I enjoy them. The excersizes I hate, I enjoy literally how I ended up having a good physique ubfer light as well which created extra tone to it. I started and still am only doibg bodyweights. I can do frog holds
With respect, while your dips info is all true, you are also putting a type of strain on your lumbar with all that weight strapped on, which has high risk of causing spondylolisthesis.
Does anyone know if locking the elbow at the end like he does is dangerous? Im not an expert but I have heard from experts to not lock the knees then doing leg press, idk if it works exactly like that for the elbows, I mean he looks like is been doing like that for a really long period of time so I will asume is allright.
Doing dips just gives me hell of a sternum pain, its horrible And I mean, i really wanna do dips but i cant with that pain, what should i do to eliminate it
Its kinda weird at times, I just rowed 225lbs for 3 but my max bench is at around 170-ish pounds but I can dip 100lbs for 2 and OHP of 110lbs but have a 60-70lbs pull-up max depends on the day and the grip I am using, I am sitting currently at 130lbs, I guess there are a lot of factors at play here I certainly favor pulling more than pushing plus the technique and consistency is one of the main factors I see that affects things
Doing any weighted dip/pull up/push up immediately makes you look the coolest in the gym
Not push up
When I do weighted pull ups people in my gym just look at me like I’m a psychopath
I agree. I work out alone in my home gym.
Wrong gym bro
@@Kris0931 Yeah, becuase most people can't even do one proper pull up with thier bodyweight alone, people see you and think you are an alien becuase you are so far above them in terms of pulling strength.
It's off topic, but the acoustic treatment of your room is amazing. If you ever want to go into music production, just stick bass traps at each corner of the room, and you're golden
man how he sounds is not off topic, its a huge part of why i watch him
honestly it is really cool to see a guy as knowledgeable and strong as you not getting as much weight as expected in bench press... i'm just starting to take this seriously and my weights are still laughably low in basically everything, so knowing it does take time to build that strength even for those more experienced is pretty motivating to me, thanks for the video!
As a guy who suffers from joint pains and is also a hard gainer, I'm so happy you shared alternative positioning for the dips 👍🏻
No problem mate 👍
the stretch on ring dips is magnificent, weighted dips should be mandated exercise for me
I love mixing weighted pullups with weighted dips, lovely par
I hit my chin doing my firts rep ever of vertical press :-) ... and that hurt. I'm glad no one was here to see it. Now I keep doing it because it is bad ass exercice, but you have to be very carefull. Thank you Daniel.
dips are just so fun, after a couple of sets my body really feels it, and they aren't a chore like a lot of isolation exercises are
UA-cam recommended this video. Great recommendation. I can barely do BW dips because I’m weak and tore one of my shoulders a few years ago, resulting in a shoulder surgery. I’m glad my gym has an assistant pull up and dip station. Thanks!
Once again excellent video Daniel with very detailed analysis and good deal of explanation. Cheers!
Crazy to think weighted dips/pullups/pushups and rows are criminally underrated in the gym world, easy way to pack serious muscles without so much equipment variety.
You are very inspiring man, cant say with words how good your Videos are. Absolutely insane, you are doing UA-cam on another Level with Calisthenics🔥
Love this video Daniel. Your explanations & demos are A1. Can’t understand, so many views, the likes should b more too. Come on people let’s support Daniel & his channel by showing, not just viewing his content.
Your physique is incredible and showcases what is possible without doing the standard bodybuilding exercises
Totally second the slow improvements on the bar overhead press. Such a challenging but rewarding exercise.
Your advice is just the best! I‘m personally doing Ring dips (they feel just better than normal dips), Pike pushups, weighted pushups with a Deep Stretch (i am using paralletts) and lateral raises. But I‘m planning to buy a barbell and weights. Greetings from Germany!
I appreciate the humor and humility that you convey when you talked about bench press! 😎😎🤜🏽🤛🏽
Please do the best 3 Pull exercises as well.
Previous video bro
Outstanding vid, appreciate your content very much.
In spirit of honing an exercise, which bench press, for me dare I say, has been a decades long affair.
Your dumbells form: perfect! Slight arch in the back. Note your elbow angle. This keys grip width to the bar version. If triceps focused cool; but don't we strive for peak performance with each exercise? Slightly arching sets the scapula. Elbow angle sets grip width. One rep max be damned. 3-5 reps; 4-7 for optimal growth and strength benefit. These three mentioned here in your vid are truly the staples! Instead mastery say, of the bench, I prefer to rotate... flat bench bar, incline dumbells (30° max), dips every push day. My workout is barley over and I am already looking forward to OHP day... where I work flat bench dumbells. I always consider the three planes: up, out, and down.
Just suggestions... love the discussion.
Usually if someone can dip over 50 kg for reps than he can bench over 100 kg easily, you arms must be very long to struggle with 90 kg but it's still a great weight since it's your last exercise and you use a close grip so keep it up Daniel you are an inspiration :)
this guy knows what he is talking about
he is the jesus of training and fitness , and i've been following him for years now
Agree Bro!!
First you lying, second you don't know what you talking about, third his exercise choices are indeed great.
Really enjoyed this video.
Discovering dips revived my pushing muscle gains after I was sorely disappointed and left hurting by every bench press variation I tried. I'm looking forward to progressing to weighted dips, and OHP seems to perfectly fill out the gaps that dips have as a movement.
Full rom dips are THE goat!
Love your content!
My push day: pushups, pike pushups, band lateral raises, bodyweight triceps extension, band triceps extension. Its working pretty well for me 💪, simple and effective
I'd swap out the band triceps extension for weighted. Way better loading in the stretch position - gonna put a lot more meat on them.
@@CalebTheHumbled french presses are goated
Try decline push ups, they are great
For tricep extension you can you bed/wall/box edges, better load
Hitting all the main movements and muscles there, resistance method is optional - bodyweight, band, free weights, cables
Great content bro
This is a great video for push day. What about pull day and leg day? Thank you
I’m sure he will get to that. One vid at a time!😅
You haven't commented on why you do a narrow grip bench press? The traditional bench press uses a grip so that at the bottom, your arms are parallel to each other, and your ulna is pointing straight up from the floor. Your lower arms are internally rotated at the bottom.
He talked about it in his bench press video I believe
Bro , he talks an about it in the video
He said his chest was already developed enough for his taste, so he wanted to do close grip to develop his triceps instead
triceps
Today, i did weighted pull ups 30kg 1 rep max, with 64 kg bodyweight. Most of the people in my gym were shocked and wanted to learn how i did it(none of them do weitghed calisthenics), it makes me happy and motivates me more to improve my goals 🎉🎉
Very solid info
Can you also do a video on shoulder impingement from the view of a calisthenics athlete and physiotherapist 🙏🏼
wow, haven't done weighted dips. nobody does it on my gym
gonna try tomorrow
THX brother I was learning recently how to dip since I had neglected my push days only really doing pull ups and core but this picture or video I took my back looked awesome but my chest really was depressing to look at haha time to get to work!
Thank you for this 😁
Great video
The CM (Cali Move) Merch @ 7:49 😊❤👍
Very useful video 💯✅ thanks mate
Dips also make it possible to put both triceps, chest and shoulders in a clear stretched position (or, if you want/can, even extremely stretched) under load, something that is now shown in studies to be the most important part!
great video! had a question about your choice of bench press with no arch:
wouldn't having a slight arch lead to more ROM in the bottom because you let your elbows go lower than your chest than usual? I do get that it cuts the range of motion in the top part though
love your videos Daniel!
9:10 MAN'S GOT SOME HAMSTRINGS
Ever dealt with Tricep tendonopathy Daniel in your years of training? Had to take a few months off upper body due to injury, came back and got into weighted ring dips too early and now have the tricep tendons screaming at me!
thx 4 tips
Very straight forward 👍
Dips never really bothered my shoulders but they do have a tendency to aggravate my tendonitis in my left elbow. Its a shame because I really love doing the movement but I can't overload it without risking flareups.
Always loved dips, couldnt do 1 last year. Now could do weighted.
Been doing ring dips, then quickly drop down and finish each set off with pushup variations. 3-5 min rest, then back at it. 5 sets and I'm toast.
One thing I noticed of the bench press vs the dumbell was the grip widht. You have a much narrower grip in the bench press. While the dumbell targets the chest, the bench press seems to hit your triceps.
Great tips, especially for dips. I agree about warming up on other exercises first for less pain. Can you recommend a pull up bar for home use that is high enough to hang from and that I can add rings to? I am about 6ft tall.
Behind the neck OHP for me 💪
A day: behind the neck OHP, B day: seated OHP 👀
@ST3FF3 🔥🔥
What about back and legs though?
Also what I thought. Title is clickbait - this is just his top 3 push exercises.
In my opinion Incline Bench as a variation for when you dont wanna do OHP and Bench is nice
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That's so benifet and very knowledgeable for me but u forget to combine legs with this exercises but good keep going broo
That’s another video
A video on setting up the rings like in 5:34 would be amazing.
What is it you need help with? He's just set up the rings in a standard way from a pull-up bar. Making sure they are level. Which is easy with the marked straps
@ I guess how the straps are wrapped around the rack. To ensure the straps won’t be uneven or become loose.
@@pedrog5846 from what I can see he has just looped the loose end of the straps somewhere on his rack. That's going to look different depending on the height of your rings set up and your specific rack/pullup bar, but I don't think he's doing anything particular special, just finding a tidy way of sorting out the straps.
Nice leg training buddy
Behind the neck press FTW!
The only thing I got from dips are thoracic spine Problems and I tryd so Many Variations especially how Olymp Gymnast do them. Change Angles do not help too its Like a unnatural movement for me. I do my Ring Push ups only and my chest grow Crazy
Get mobile first then. I had multiple pain doing dips but stop any bodyweight workout and focus more mobility and flexibility exercises.
Came back after 6-7 months, everything got a bit better.
End any exercises with some yoga stretching.
I like to add, not going to help but my upper spine or neck still hurts with other bodyweight exercises but better than before. From doing mobility and flexibility exercises.
If there's anything I learned over the years its don't force an exercise just cause people say its a great exercise. I've never been able to squat without pain in my knees even as a teenager. I switched to Bulgarian split squats and they feel so much better. Close grip bench press has been said to be extremely similar to dips, but anyway, there's always a similar you can do to substitute.
@@joehavianyeah every Body is different Nobody has to do the Same Like sum Else 🤝
@DSPNWtoCaliwhy u force to do dips or Ur other exercises if u still have pain
great video mate! very informative, thank you!
quick question, if you havent done the bench press then how did you grow your chest this much ? only dips and push ups ? O_O
He says at beginning of video he grew his chest from doing “dips” no fancy machines
I'm going to try incorporating these more. I've got hypermobile elbows that hyperextend and I hurt the left one badly, it's hard to accept that I have to stop locking out, makes everything harder 🤕
Man dipped so hard he put a hole in the ceiling
also close grip with long arms makes it even harder
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Pullups and dips will change your life 💯💪🏿👑🥇🎖️🏆
Not stacking the wrists during ohp gave me anxiety 😅
Daniel is seriously channeling his inner Rick Boogz
The Dip was my favorite exercise for many years. The only reason I am not doing them that often now is that they do not work the upper chest which gives that plate-of-armor esthetic look. Instead, over the years I got strong overall with a lot of muscle development in the lower pecs (especially the "external part") and some gains in the shoulders. Moving forward I will do one progression of dips at every 3 other chest progressions: weighted pushups (feet elevated), incline dumpbell press and ring pushups. So I do not agree that weighted dips alone give a full chest development.
What are some bodyweight alternatives to overhead press and barbell bench press for those of us who just have rings and no gym?
If you want to seated overhead press on a 90° bench there’s always behind the neck press
If I'm not yet comfortable going to the gym, what exercises can I do at home?
Easy calisthenics exercises like: push ups,dips ,pull ups buy yourself rings and dumbbells would be nice too but not entirely necessary of course train legs too basic squat if easy try pistol squat try to progress each workout and add reps or weights if you feel stronger
Wall HSPUs (wall handstand push ups), deficit push ups and pull ups. Sits ups, V ups. Squats and lunges.
@@norodzubara8888 you forgot handstand push ups/pike push ups for shoulders.
Question big bro.. is it just parallel dips or also straight bar dips? Or would that be separate for a different topic?
13:44 I'm here too. My weighted dip is only 5kg heavier than weighted chin 😂
What’s the difference between barbell and dumbbell overhead press?
You can probably use more weight with a barbell, dumbbells work more stabilising muscles and will help you work on imbalances. I also find I can get a better stretch with dumbbells because you can bring them down lower and to the sides of your body
Which is better for muscle growth? Ring or bar dips?
if you have enough strength to be stable on ring and do the same amount of reps with weight on bard then do ring if not or beginner do bar dips rings might need more strength but for pure muscle growth i would recommend bar
sorry for my bad english
i'd assume it's the same, just rings help with stabilization and are harder
I am 64 and trying to increase muscle mass. If I can not do a full 90 degrees on a dip, should I just go as far as I can? Moving slowly down (I guess??)
Any suggestions please???
Thanks
Noted about the ohp. I enjoy it as an exercise but always get to about 60kg and plateau. I started it (and the gym) again recently.
4:35 5-9 reps
Have you ever used a Barbell with sliding handles? I just got one, and still adapting to the instability, but i see a lot of potential.
No isolation for side delts ? No overhead tricep extension ? No exercice for upper chest ?
Can you do dips and OHP one day after incline bench press?
hello idk if you will answer me but is it safe for me to lear calisthenics with hyperextension in the elbows
Have you ever tried your streetlifting maxes?
Any reason why no back exercises?
How does an overhead press compare to a pull-up (or chin-up)?
Ive hated dips, yet I enjoy them. The excersizes I hate, I enjoy literally how I ended up having a good physique ubfer light as well which created extra tone to it. I started and still am only doibg bodyweights. I can do frog holds
What do you think about austin dunham banning dips from his workouts
Just add dips toward the end of your workout if you are afraid of too big lower chest
Each to their own
Would barbell overhead press be ok on a smith macine?
With respect, while your dips info is all true, you are also putting a type of strain on your lumbar with all that weight strapped on, which has high risk of causing spondylolisthesis.
I just realised they store the weight plates on a different floor than the dip station at my gym. 😮
Does anyone know if locking the elbow at the end like he does is dangerous? Im not an expert but I have heard from experts to not lock the knees then doing leg press, idk if it works exactly like that for the elbows, I mean he looks like is been doing like that for a really long period of time so I will asume is allright.
What do you think of Gironda dips?
On the overhead press his wrist are bent. Is that on purpose?
“Hello, I’m Mark Gahler”
If anyone gets this, you’re great lol.
Finally smne!
Doing dips just gives me hell of a sternum pain, its horrible
And I mean, i really wanna do dips but i cant with that pain, what should i do to eliminate it
"Can't even lift two plates(100kg)", but the set with 90kg looked awfully easy 😉
"Can't bench 2 plates", does 90kg for 5 with a close grip😂. 2 plates wouldn't be a problem for this guy.
Seated barbell press is king
Dips and bench presses yes! Overhead press no can do….they have always wrecked my shoulders.
Its kinda weird at times, I just rowed 225lbs for 3 but my max bench is at around 170-ish pounds but I can dip 100lbs for 2 and OHP of 110lbs but have a 60-70lbs pull-up max depends on the day and the grip I am using, I am sitting currently at 130lbs, I guess there are a lot of factors at play here I certainly favor pulling more than pushing plus the technique and consistency is one of the main factors I see that affects things
How does a push-up compare to a Bench press?