Master The KING of Presses for Muscle And Strength
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The Dip, is often called the KING of upper body pressing, and no doubt, it is a powerful, scalable, and highly productive exercise that has the potential to build tons of muscle and strength. However, not everyone can do them, and not everyone can take advantage of their muscle and strength building potential by training them at volumes and intensities needed to get the most out of them. Push ups are an amazing alternative and my goto pushing exercise due to the fact my shoulders just do not tolerate them very well. To make them more powerful, extending the ROM can layer an additional stimulating property to the movement. It allows you to increase overall ROM, and increase the stretch in the pecs and shoulders while staying easily loadable and scalable. When considering injury risk and stimulus, I honestly feel like it is one the best overall pressing exercise for many people, and is a superb "main" pressing exercise for those training at home. It also makes for an extremely productive assistance movement for powerlifters and weight lifters, and can be added to a bodybuilding routine as a potent muscle builder to throw into the mix.
Haven't watched the channel for a while, but I have to thank you for kick-starting my fitness journey. Been at it for a little over a year and sometimes I feel like lifting is the only thing keeping me sane. You're a legend.
Thank you, my friend! I'm happy the content has helped!
@@Kboges Agreed with this guy! Thanks so much man for showing me the importance of habit. Been doing push ups and body wait squats every day for over a year now and feel great! Strongest I've ever been. Thanks for everything dude.
I'm the same, haven't watched in awhile but now that I think of it it's some of the most valuable content I follow on here!
U can catch up in like 30 mins cuz his vids are so short and concise lol. Top tier content
Yeah I just came back to the channel, was watching hybrid calisthenics and it reminded me it was only 2 years ago I got tired of being borderline obese and never exercising so I started my fitness journey. hybrid calisthenics and K Boges were the first channels I really got into, and I began doing push ups, squats and pull-ups in the park (too anxious for the gym) 2 years later my routine has developed as I learn about sports science more, I got a whole power rack in my lounge, and I'm finally exceeding the max weight of my starter barbell (75kg) for squat and deadlift for a good 10 reps, my bench is not far behind 70kg for 10, so I'm ordering a proper Olympic barbell in a few days. Mainly focusing on bodybuilding moderate reps to failure, and being well rounded doing plenty of cardio and yoga for flexibility/mobility also. I never imagined this for myself but when I look in the mirror now I feel impressed by myself, I'm still anxious as fuck but I'm getting better at talking to people and managing stress/anxiety since I got into fitness, and just thinking more positively in general.
Ever since I ditched lifting and started focusing exclusively on calisthenics 2.5 years ago, I’ve never been stronger and my physique has never looked better. Thanks for providing a lot of the knowledge that I have today!
This is awesome to hear! So stoked for you, brother! Thank you for sharing your story! 🙏💪
What’s your workout routine like? I’m on the verge of moving to calisthenics as well, at least 60-70% of my workout. Edit: typo
@@adityanilangekar1166 I have a 3 days on 1 day off schedule. Push day, Leg day, Pull day, rest, repeat. I’ll only perform 2-3 exercises per workout. For example, yesterday was a push day and I did block push-ups (for greater range of motion) and dips. Today I will do around 600 squats and couple hundred calf raises. Tomorrow I will likely do around 100 regular grip and width pull-ups, and around 100 close grip chins. I rarely perform the same exercises 2 workouts in a row unless I’m trying to buildup a certain area more (for example if I feel my lower chest is lacking I’ll incorporate, say, dips in every push workout for a few weeks or couple months). Maybe sounds a bit complicated but it’s actually simpler than anything else I’ve ever done. I will also incorporate a weighted vest here and there, ranging from 10-60 pounds depending on my mood. I also mix up my rep tempos. Just get creative with it!
I believe in Bodyweight Mondays, Kettlebell Wednesdays, and Barbell Saturdays. All good❤ "The best program is the one you actually do."
@@skriabinfly Love it!
I started doing these deep pushups after seeing some of your earlier videos, and I completely agree - they are fantastic. Thanks!
Glad you enjoyed! I think they are becoming more popular among calisthenics enthusiasts, but are underrated by most gym goers. They are very effective!
@@Kboges Should parallets be better for this during the decline section becasue the wrist can stop the range of motion during the decline pushups
@@Ajay-ox1eo Yes, if you have them. But for those without them, anything that elevates your hands gives you the benefits of increased ROM.
I started doing these! The results are legit. This channel has been nothing short of a continuous blessing in my life. Thank you brother for all your knowledge and experience.
So happy to hear this, Leonard! Thank you for sharing the feedback, my friend. You are too kind. Much love, brother 🙏 💪
Impressive! Thanks for the motivation!!
I started watching this channel back in June, and subbed not long after. Working full time and looking after two kids has always been a barrier to getting back into a proper 'gym routine'. Nothing worse than when 9pm rolls around and feeling guilty not having gone to the gym. But this channel has helped me to reassess my expectations when it comes to my time, and has helped me to be more aware that I can easily incorporate resistance training into my day. I am currently doing multiple sets of pushups, squats and curls throughout the day. Sure each set may be a few hours apart, but I can definitely feel my strength increasing over time (plus i'm down 4kg). This is the best i've felt for a few years. Thank you.
Well done! You are exactly the demographic a lot of my info is intended to reach. Thank you so much for sharing your story. Keep at it, and never hesitate to reach out if you have any questions or feel I can help in any way! 🙏
Savage. Thanks for the info and inspo K Boges!!
Man, I love your style so much. Packed with info and bite sized. Keep it coming brother!
thank you for all the simple, easy to digest straight forward information. I found your page sometimes during the pandemic and have watched every single video you put out to help me create my fitness routines. thanks again, couldnt have done it without you!
I love this channel! Just straight to point, the pros, the cons, without the extra sprinkles! Keep up the good work!
I literally did these push ups with a weighted vest today! Great info on this channel thank you .
Thanks K boges!
Love this, your form is impeccable.
Thank you! I appreciate that!
Fantastic series! As many have said, clear, to the point, no nonsense etc. I've been watching for about a month and trying to adjust my daily volume and intensity . Noticed improvement. I'm 71, and remember in one of your vids you coached an 81 year old to his, her first pull-up. I wonder if you could do a short vid about what routine you used for that person , or a general routine and recommendations for those over 65? Thanks..
That form is exceptional! Great upload again Kyle 👏🏼
Thank you, brother! 🙏
Awesome thanks a lot man !! Helps a lot !!!
Your push up form is so inspiring. Can’t wait to have some additional tools in my home gym for deficit work!
Ah thank you! I hope you enjoy these. Get good at them and they will pay off💪💪
Kyle, another great video. I often feel as though I get as much recruitment from depth push-ups as I do from the bench press, without the shoulder pain. Thanks again!
Same! Bench just wrecks my shoulders in a unique way 😂 these do not!
Deficit push-ups with load are my personal favorite and king of presses. Especially with feet elevated on a decline. As someone who prioritizes rings as my pressing movement these are the next best thing in the world you can get to them. I love going very heavy on them and will add up to 100lbs. The stretch is phenomenal on both the pecs and the shoulders, and the movement feels so beautiful and natural. This is better than any heavy bench pressing movement and every time I do them at the gym I see everybody watching me sitting on bench presses, knowing deep down they’re missing out. You will get so absurdly strong and jacked doing these. This is what I like my clients to get very strong on before I have them worry about going to rings.
Dude I couldn’t agree more with all this. This movement blows the bench press out of the water, in my opinion. I think more bench focused athletes would benefit from including this in their training. I haven’t run across a more potent, widely tolerated, and accessible pressing variation. It’s hard to overstate my enthusiasm for this exercise.
100lb elevated deficit pushups is really impressive, how much do you weigh and what's your max on the standard bench?
I haven't maxed on bench in a long time. But years ago I did 265x3 without a spotter after benching once per week for 8 weeks. A couple of weeks ago I benched for the first time in about 8 years and did 205 pretty comfortably in terms of effort. That was after a hard push up workout. I think with a little practice, like maybe 1 heavy set per week, I could add 10lbs a week and get my bench up to a pretty respectable number in a short period of time. It has just been SO long since I've done any bench, it felt awkward and I don't have the technique for it, so I would need to recover some of that. Basically my bench isn't as strong as my pushup, but that's not surprising given it's a movement I never touch. But it would be a cool experiment to train it to see what happens. @@OriginalGacole
@@Kboges thanks for the response bro i weight about 150 and was doing 80lb decline deficit pushups was trying to work up to 100lbs, but i notice that deficit pushups are way harder than bench press probably because it recruits more muscles in order to stabalize i feel like athletes like wrestlers or any athlete in general probably will benefit more from doing functional movements like pushups, dips and weighted pull ups than they would just lifiting weights.....and i appreciate the more athletic asthetic look than the body builder look to be honest
@@OriginalGacole I’m 6’4” roughly 220lbs. I have no idea what my max is on standard bench as it is something I refuse to do and haven’t in years other than one time for a video a few months ago. I was repping 225lbs for 15 reps. I stay far away from barbell chest presses. That being said, I do occasionally dumbbell press, and can generally do 100LBS on a 45° incline with full range of motion and pauses. I’ve developed a pretty crazy pressing strength on rings and weighted deficit push-ups alone. Especially as a taller athlete I would stay far away from a barbell for any pressing movements in the horizontal plane, or at least localized to the chest. Your limbs are going to be too long and you’re not gonna be able to get any range of motion to stretch the shoulder or the chest properly to grow or be stimulated for connective tissue growth and repair. I totally believe in dumbbell pressing all day, but more in the fashion of an ATG/barrel press. However, rings and deficit push-ups at the end of the day are the two exercises I’d rather cycle through.
Such a good exercise! And so many angle modifications to manipulate. Parallel bar dips cause me issues too, an old injury i had years ago, but straight bar and rings seem to work. Weighted sb dips are pretty good, but best done with a lower bar setup and a loading pin to attach the weights. Great content! I like the focus on the basics, and the myriad of nuances & subtleties of them!
Probably the chest movement that gets me the most amount of engagement in that inner pec muscle. Have been doing them since I started following you, results have been amazing!
Spot on I feel that too. The inner pecs do seem to get hit hard from these!
Thank you kindly sir, will be implementing more of these, noted :)
These are incredible love the deep movements to engage the inner chest! Great how your inspiring people to get in shape with little or no equipment brother💪
I love these, they've replaced my standard push up, find them more comfortable on the wrists using bars. Getting solid sets of 25 and adding paused reps for the last 5 is killer. Thanks for your videos, inspiring.
Definitely everything you are saying is true, and the added bonus of not stressing the shoulder's is a big thing for some people as you said, mine feel good sometimes on dips , others not so much. But this push up variant no such problems. Great straight to the point information as always 👍
Yeah I know A LOT of people who don't tolerate the dip, but so far this push up variation is well tolerated.
After finding your content, the bodyweight squat has easily become my ultimate favorite exercise!! All time, dips & deficit push-ups are irreplaceable!! So many variations for excellent programming and progression. You are so correct & appreciated!!! 🔥💎💪🏾
Dude this is so cool to hear! So stoked you have found the content useful and inspiring. It’s always a pleasure seeing your comments on here and getting your feedback. Always pure positivity dude, and I appreciate that so much. I hope others find this inspiring too!🙏🙏💪💪
Great Material. I used to go to the gym daily to do my workouts. But boredom kicked in and I started splitting up weight training with calisthenics and gymnastic rings. Now I focus almost totally on rings and calisthenics. My gains have been fantastic. I believe your channel is imperative on the methodology of training and understanding strength using bodyweight. Plus it's fun and you get to be outside.... Thank you very much....
Love your every video! Thanks!
Thank you! I appreciate that very much!
@@Kboges You always going deeper and deeper on "simple" topics, it's helps to stay focused 🙏🏻
your channel is truly a breath of fresh air, especially when it comes to fitness channels and fitness content. Straight, simple and to the point. solid facts.
I truly appreciate that! Thank you for the kind feedback!
@@Kboges 🙏
Well said Sir!!
Thank you, Mike!🙏
I completely agree with this. I bought some paralettes to do pushups with and really noticed the difference. Feels like I'm engaging alot more muscles and core than a normal palms in the floor pushup. Thank you K Boges!
Yeah kind of wild, right?! It’s such a productive exercise. I love this one. Thanks for the support and kind feedback dude!🙏
So do you feel like the muscle and strength building is greater due to the increased ROM?
Hey Kyle, I just wanted to thank you a lot for this video since it really aligns with my current situation where I can't do dips for now sadly due to my recent bicep tendonitis on my left shoulder that caused a significant pain even just by doing one or two reps of bodyweight dips (although now, the pain has significantly decreased since I haven't been doing dips almost anymore since like about a month ago). I used to be an avid enjoyer of weighted dips especially on rings. But sadly yeah some crap happens and now I replaced them with weighted push ups. At first I feel like I have been missing out a lot due to my inability of currently doing dips. But then this video convinced me to do even more weighted push ups and a lot of their variations while I can heal my tendonitis fully.
Thanks for sharing 🙏🏾
It's my pleasure! Thank you for watching and supporting! 🙏
That's my go to press up. Great video.
I wish I would have spent my late teens focusing on this instead of bench press 😂
@@Kboges bro how many sets and repetition you do? Thanks.
W advice, will surely incorporate this in my daily routine.
Enjoy!
Thanks K boges... I also do 4 sets of 10 reps the one exersice that you posted sculpted tricep shoulder and chest push up with dumbbells very good my shoulders became big and my chest also my tricep oh you can't imagine. Thanks for your help K boges. Keep working hard. 🙏🏼
That’s awesome dude! I’m super enthusiastic about these extended ROM push up variations. You can tweak them so many ways and all seem to be powerful!
Have only used dips and push-ups as my pressing exercises in the last few years and have never looked, felt, or performed better. Great video as always!
It's crazy how that works, right?! The simplest exercises, when done consistently, deliver in an amazing way.
@@Kbogessir what is best for strength and muscle growth fast reps or slow???
Hi Kyle! Can you explain further the difference between a deficit push-up and a dip push-up? Also, thank you so much for all this content! Your videos and tutorials are extremely informative and helpful; I really appreciate the depth of reasoning you provide for each exercise and sound biomechanics behind your explanations.
Hi Kyle! Another excellent video. The deep push up really is underrated. Just doing dips and those types of push ups will make someone an absolute unit.
Totally agreed! I think most people would be shocked with how far those two exercises can take them.
@@KbogesWhat do you think about Mike Mentzers training regime but with Calisthenics?
I just did my first sets of decline deficit push-ups. Thank you. They're a keeper. Subscribed.
Enjoy! Thank you for the support 🙏
There is no one on KZhead who performs any given exercise as perfectly as you do. You are art in motion, Sir....Your body is one of the most beautifully chiseled on KZhead. Congrats!
Wow, that is exceptionally kind of you. Thank you so much for such a kind compliment. Much appreciated, my friend!
Thanks for the sharing. Would love to know more about such exercises that have multiple benefits and work like compound exercises.
Noted! Thanks!
This guy is knowledgeable, clear and practical. A much needed antidote to 'bro science' !
That is super kind of you! Exactly what I'm going for. Thank you 🙏
I have tried and failed many times to master the dip, hurting myself more than once. Hearing your statement at 0:42 that not everyone's shoulders are built to tolerate them was really reassuring. I've been doing standard push ups for some time and was wondering if I should get parallettes but I liked seeing your cinder block setup (especially considering your guidance to keep the feet elevated as well). Thanks as always for doing what you do!
Completely loved the set up Low in cost high in muscle
Exactly! Well said, Marcelo!💪
I get a great stretch doing these. Love your videos! :)
Well said! That outlook will keep you healthy and making progress your whole life. Great mindset, dude!
Another great video! started doing these just a couple of weeks ago and the pump and strech i get from them is amazing. Also, you don't need much external weight, even 5kgs makes a huge difference in difficulty!
100%. The pump/stretch is unmatched, and it doesnt take a lot of weight to increase the intensity.
Sound logic. Great video
Thank you, dude!
I love this exercise
It's soooo good!
Amazing form in these pushups!
Thank you!
Great video Kyle!
Thank you, Bart! Much appreciated!
Thank goodness for this video. It seems every time I add dips I get an injury either in my shoulder or shoulder blade area. Once again this week I’ve been resting my shoulder. No more dips for me. Rather than feel I’ve wasted my money on bars I’ll flip one of bars on its side and use it for deep pushups or hang under and try some Aussie rows instead!
Great video
Thank you brother 🙏
Those stretched push-ups are now my go-to. As for presses, those push-ups and kettlebell shoulders presses are just what you need
I'm not strong enough for cinder block elevated deficits, but I do love deficit push ups with books. I also do knuckle pushups with I think provide a small deficit. I definitely feel it more in the pecs. I don't do dips because I have a bad left shoulder, and I think the dip would irritate it. Thank you Mr. Boges for another banger of a video!
You are scaling this exactly right! As you get stronger, you will have access to more ROM! Take your time and enjoy the process💪
That’s a good video. I need to add in some blocks to my daily push ups.
There he is!!
Yeah put these in your training and I think you will enjoy them!
That sure does have better range of motion in comparison to dips and you can balance the body better also. Dips have always in some fashion given me issues with my shoulders, especially wider grip dips. This here is excellent in that you can perform this anywhere, say you are using two chairs to get into the deficit and depth of the push-up also. Great video! Keep up with the good content man
Exactly! The "to chairs" method is an old school exercise. I know even Arnold and Franco recommended it!
These are AWESOME ! My main push / chest exercise at home. Stretch is the most important part of the lift
Agreed!
Hypertrophy loves stretch!
Did deficit pushups for the first time ever 10 hours ago. Mind-blowing to now see your video about them
Hahaha heck yeah! I love synchronicity!
Hi i watched your recent video telling us about your recovery after being given a Sting and i tried to leave a comment but there was no comments section ? I was diagnosed with lyme desease its a tick bite it affected my body its now in my blood and affects me in my training i am glad youre on the road to recovery and just wanted to say that im 61 a soccer coach i dont have the strength i had but i dont give up , i feel the need to do pull ups again but my body just wont do it im weak up top so im asking for any tips . God Bless 🙏 keep up the good work . 🙏 William
Thank you so much kyle for sharing your knowledge with us , what's your best exercise for the triceps?
Awesome and simple solution I could do at home. Super! Could you or someone point me to where I can get those weight vests?? Thank you as always!
The push-ups rule! One of the reasons being… there are so many possible variations! My first ever exercise and my most used (…and abused!. I won’t repeat how much this channel is , how could I put it… the best.
I couldn't agree more! I don't think any other exercise has so many variations available to play with. It can be scaled from super easy, to downright near impossible, and everything in between. It's hard for me to overstate how valuable I think they are. Grazie!
New fan of the content! What is your take on supplements? What lands in the good and bad for you? Would be a great video idea. Thank you for your effort!
mr kyle, my suggestion is if u want to do dips i highly suggest doing leg assisted dips on rings because it is less painful in the joints vs bar dips
Right on. I do pushups on parallettes for the extra range of motion. I like the cinder block version though, cheap and portable. I also have a 40lb weight vest for making them harder.
Yeah Parallettes are great, especially for people who have wrist issues. a 40lbs vest is awesome for these!
@@Kboges Good point, I kinda forgot that's one reason I bought them in the first place haha, my wrists were hurting doing deficit pushups on chairs.
I’ve got plenty cinder blocks in the back yard, good idea!
You have all the equipment you need! Enjoy!
I think you can also add explosive or archer pushups as an excellent variation of size and strength gains as well.
You are the king of bodyweight training
Hahaha thanks man! I don’t think so but I appreciate the compliment! My stuff is all simple but I’m glad you enjoy!🙏
@@Kboges good keep grinding
@@SuperhumanUnchained you too, my friend!
@@Kboges for sure
Never thought that cinderblocks could be used to improve pushups!!! im going to get a couple of them and try this!
Try this! You will love it. It's such a productive variation.
@@Kboges Thanks bro!!! I weight 115kg, got from 0 pushups, to knee pushups and bench press, to 3 sets of 15 pushups. This pushup variant has a lot more ROM, thats something i needed!
Maybe idea for a video to make a Top favourite excercises? With varations etc.
That’s a great suggestion! Thanks 🙏
Kyle I love this video man! A bit out of topic but I was wondering what watch are you wearing haha!
Thank you! I wear a Coros Apex.
Just completed you nutrition course. Looking at buying your other courses to kick off my callisthenics journey. It's a practice I want to implement with running as a part of the rest of my days. Need to workout how to do that Thanks for the inspiration.
Wow thank you for the support! I really appreciate that. 🙏 Send me an email if you ever have any questions or feel like I can help in any way.
"Dips are the Squats of the upper Body" Mike Mentzer Video is very good. I don't like dips, because it feels not good in my shoulders. I will try your versions. Ty
Yeah Mentzer was a huge fan of dips. My shoulders aren't either. Give this a shot and let me know how they feel.
I’m gunna try this
Enjoy! 💪💪
always a great day when Kyle posts! Never see any overhead pressing stuff from you though, is this something that can be neglected?
It's on the list of things to discuss! I think it can be useful but isn't "necessary". HSPU were my primary pressing movement for a long time, and I still like them, but there are some considerations with the OH calisthenics movements that make them a less than ideal choice for many people, namely the ROM, accessibility, and injury risk. That doesnt mean they are bad, just that I think a DEEP ROM decline push up does a lot of what the OHP does (not everything though), without some of the issues. I'll cover this in more detail though.
Looking forward to it! many thanks@@Kboges
Great video as always, while dips are my favorite and my main pressing exercise I usually do deficit push-ups too and they are almost as good as the dips, going slow and controlled would work the chest really hard. I would like to ask what you think about rest pause training.
@Kboges you are my favorite person in the world
Hahahaha thanks my friend😂🙏
Yes! I should do weighted push-ups, and also try deficit push-ups.
I do weighted dips, but haven't done push-ups for a long time
Give it a shot! I bet you will like them. They are a great exercise to throw into your program.
Can you also do a video on the king of pulling movements and the king of leg movements? Thanks
Up next. Hopefully I will have it done for this Sunday.
Really suprised I haven't seen this before! That's why I like watching other training styles. As a weight lifter this isn't something I've ever thought about doing. Let's me go get a few cinder blocks 👌
Dude I love these for lifters! They are very versatile. Load them heavy, load them light… whatever you need for your training. They carry over great to the bench.
Love deficit pushups. ! Really good chest stretch at the bottom.
Yeah the chest stretch is crazy and feels like the safest way to get a bunch of tension on the pecs in the stretch without risking shoulder health. It's an awesome movement.
@@Kboges hell yeah. Also like to play with the hand placement. I find the closer hands are to waist, way more intense on the pecs.
Hey Kyle! Thanks for another awesome video, you're a great inspiration and a master for me. Quick question: how do you feel about ring push ups in comparison with the defict push up? Rings are my go to and I'd like to know how they compare.
Thank you for the kind words!🙏 I like to the push ups a lot. I tend to prioritize stability in movements but after some practice on the rings, it’s not usually an issue. That being said, I usually don’t like to think about stability when I train, so I prefer this version but rings have an advantage with their squeeze at the top and the the fact that your arms aren’t fixed.
Hello K Boges, thank you for the information you provide here. What happened that made you realize your shoulders aren't up for dips and have you ever looked into Ben Patricks stuff on getting joints strong again? I am asking wondering if the statement implies some people just have "bad" shoulders or their anatomy might not be made for it somehow. All the best to you and thank you again.
Deficit push ups are amazing. I started doing them when my elbows were giving me problems doing bench presses. I could bench press 225 for 2 reps at the time I stopped benching, spent a few weeks (I want to say about 6) not doing any bench pressing at all and just doing deficit push ups without weight, and came back to the bench press when my elbow issue had cleared up and was able to hit 4 reps at 225 the first day back. Doubled reps at 225 without any weights, just using deficit push ups. VERY happy with the exercise.
I've done dips on rings for some time then swiched to ring push ups and imo push ups done better work becouse of its range motion and more variations and difficulty options so I choose push ups thanks for video keep up good job 👍💪 stay healthy stay strong 💪👍👏
Great advice. Fortunately, dips are my preferred exercise. I don't know another exercise, where I can hit and stretch the triceps, chest and shoulders this accurately. Just on Friday, I succeeded in 3x15 / 13 / 12 reps with a +1/3 of my body weight.
WOW! Well done! Some serious strength development there! Dude, I totally agree and the guys I know who have specialized in dips have gotten crazy strong. It's a very powerful exercise.
Been gettin into your videos lately, very well done. Finally subbed lol That background looks so good it looks fake
Thank you, brother!
This exercise rocks! How about deficit handstands from pike position?
Top tier pressing exercises, just not accessible for most people due to scaling issues on the HSPU.
Do GTG for dips. Youll build them up quickly and get over the shoulder pain/weakness.
I was doing ten very good form at 220 body weight not to long ago.
I am not the best at dips for the same reason as you, but I would rather do decline push ups instead using both rings or parallettes . Thank you for sharing. 🌱💚🇨🇦
Thanks, Paul! Yeah this variation is pretty fantastic, and the decline version is probably my favorite overall pushing exercise.
I am one of those people too! Tried to dip yestarday and my left shoulder started to ache (i did only one rep!!) and then for the rest of the day I felt the deltoid spasm. Push-ups are better, just load them up. You can do all kinds of "grips" with them, adjust as needed. Yeah u can do that with dip paralettes, but most dont have them and do them at the gym or park.
My personal king of pressing exercises will probably always be the Clean and Press, not because I think it is better than anything you just said, but simply because I love picking things up and pressing them over head (whether that is the press, push press, jerk, or snatch depends on the mood). But I agree that the pushup alone is more than almost anyone needs to reach their pressing goals. It has always worked and it will always work. Any love for Dive Bomber pushups? I feel like that is a highly underrated variation as well, and it offers great mobility benefits
Oh dude clean and press is a truly amazing exercise. If all you had was a barbell, and all you did was clean and press, you could become a legit beast of a human. A lot of old school strong men built their routines around variations of that exercise; Edward Aston comes to mind. Yeah I agree on dive bombers. I think they are a really solid variation and one I used a lot when I was a kid. Only thing is I ended up not tolerating them well in terms of shoulder irritation. They aren't as bad as dips for me, but much more irritating than standard or deficit push ups. That being said, they have been. staple in martial arts conditioning for a LONG time. They work and they provide a training effect over a very larger ROM.
@@Kboges Definitely. I am a kettlebell addict these days so I opt for the double kettlebell work while my oly bar gathers dust. KBs and calisthenics outside is just too good for my mind to pass up
I am not sure if you have already said this in one of your former push up videos, but on what moment do you breath out? With the push back to neutral? Again, great, clear no nonsens video. Thank you for sharing your knowledge.
Great content as always! I wish to know If one doesn't have access to a pull up bar and can include only pushups and Squats in the workout, What should the workout routine be or how many squats for say a set of 20? pushups?
Great video. I've had 4 combined surgeries on both shoulders. Dips kill. These look great.
Ahh man sorry to hear that. Yeah dips can just trash some peoples shoulders. It's one of the exercises that really shows how variation in joint structure can impact exercise tolerance.
Started doing déficit push-ups recently and have really noticed a difference, especially with a really deep/full stretch.
It’s one of those exercises that can be a game changer for a lot of people. I can’t say enough positive stuff about this movement.
I can do dips, but it’s hard to target it for the chest. It’s just a little weird how you have to angle your body just right. I love doing push ups. There are so many variations and there is no other exercise where I go to failure quite like push ups. I use wooden push up handles which works great. I did get a shoulder injury from bouncing with push ups and internally rotating my shoulder on accident. When your wrists are straight you may think you’re safe, but you may be internally rotating shoulders without realizing it. That’s why I got the push up handles. Just angle them the right way. Combined with overhead press with weights I’ve got very good pushing results.
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Thanks Michael!
I have been using push-up boards with different grip variations since last august. It took probably 3 months of training to make it to a full hour long session (1 set every 5min) because the chest or scapula would cramp from the sheer muscular activation. Deficit push-ups are so incredible and they will absolutely strengthen your overhead press due to posterior engagement unlike the bench press. Dips are brutal on that shoulder joints. I feel that