Maximize Dip Technique FOR TRICEPS Growth | Targeting The Muscle Series 

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Loving the Targeting the Muscle series so far Dr. Mike!

Slow, deep, pause at the bottom. Then she said - "what are you doing?". But Dr. Mike said this is correct form....

Rewatching over and over to help the algorithm, enough tries and I may get a free Full Rom-O’s T shirt 🔥

At my gym, the dips bars are just like my water bottle: Always empty. Love the exercise and it's cool to be able to refine my form. Thanks for the video!

This guy is the best instructor I have ever seen!!

Just found this guy. Finally, someone that’s not a bs’r and educated!!!

I use dips for chest because they MURDER my chest. I don't feel triceps no matter how I do them. That being said, as a coach - this is exactly how I coach my clients to do dips for different purposes. Good job dr Mike.

Haven't done a dip in years, bought a dip bar and could barely get 1. Thanks for the tips to help me work on getting reps!

That pre-fatigue tip has helped me so much! Thanks Dr Mike!

Would love to see a technique breakdown on cable crossovers. Especially in top or bottom positions. Thanks for the vid.

THIS SERIES IS JUST THE BEST!!!!!

Yo Dr. MIke..Just wanted to say ya boy wasn’t lying..got me some Versa grips and used them today for the pull sesh…them shits is nice. Completely different feel from straps…appreciate you sprinkling game the masses

Dr. Mike knew I was doing chest today somehow. Dr. Mike is a psychic confirmed 😂

@Mike: thanks very much for not just this video, but your entire series on exercises for particular muscle groups. I am about a month shy of 63, and I just started working out again about 2 1/2 months ago after a very long hiatus, and after having gained a bunch of belly fat. I was never great doing dips, and less so now with the belly fat, but I have started doing them with some assist because I recognize that it is a fantastic exercise for the triceps and shoulders. I have removed a lot of weight from the assist, partly due to working hard, but also with some help from lots of protein, as well as creatine and Hmb. My triceps are definitely getting back into shape, and the results in the mirror are pleasing, though I have a lot of work to do in the future. As usual, this video was a great help, focusing on the actual biomechanics of strength training, rather than on the BS that is peddled by so many others. I really wish that the nutritional and biomechanical knowledge that we take for granted here on RU-vid was available 40 years ago, I would’ve ended up a whole lot more jacked and strong. For all of you guys who are a lot younger than me, there is actually a future in which you can be healthy and strong. I have enjoyed going back to the gym, even if I am as sore as shit a couple days later - I know that is weakness leaving the body. Besides, you don’t just get health and strength benefits from going to the gym, you also get to see a lot of 20-something eye candy that is in fantastic condition. I’m wondering where all these gorgeous young women were when I was their age. 😜

Wtf I didn't expect that ending at all! 😅 I had to look twice to make sure I wasn't tripping

Like always, super informative and funny!

Very detailed, thanks. Coming back from a neck issue so I'll try your suggestions but I'll have to use a resistance band since I've lost strength in my arm.

Full Range Of Mike!

Good tips on the dips its also good to know ive been doing the right thing and keeping the dips at the end of the work out 😊

not kidding I literally was searching a video for this on RP .

Best tricep advice, thanks bro new sub💪🏿👁💪🏿

This channel is the reason I look how I look

Never thought to put my legs in front of me to target the triceps more - thanks for that info.

I finally got my triceps to grow after only 3 days of using your technique- slow eccentric/negatives, upright body, below parallel on the nautilus graviton back/dip machine (that’s the name I learned it as back in the day, 25 years ago). I was doing it the standard subpar way all these years, with not much visibility!! I binge watch all your videos and always super excited to try the methods the next day. Thanks, Dr. Mike- and God bless! ❤️

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Holy shit, tried the feet forward form adjustment and it really lit up my tri's, fewer reps, but the soreness the following day was confirmation that this form adjustment was very beneficial.

Good stuff as usual, doc. I had dips today so I implemented the legs forward tip. Had to cross them a bit since the dip machine at my gym isn't very tall (or the handles aren't very high), but definitely keeps you more upright and helps target the triceps more. Keep the tips coming!

Great vid. Thx Mike!

Doing dips like this combined with overhead cable extensions have really blown up my triceps. That slow eccentric is the key to making these work.

Awesome tips as always. Being more upright and closer grip really does make a huge difference to the triceps involvement. Been doing mine to the extreme they almost look like a decline skull crusher. Makes it feel like the damn tricep's going to rip off the bone the stretch is so extreme (fingers crossed it doesn't 😂)

I didn’t see the end coming 😳 I haven’t felt like this since watching Broke Back Mountain 😱

Great video, subscribed !

Thank you ! You have Great Knowledge ✅

Good video man, thank you.

Suggestion for RP meditation app? Whispering about triceps relaxed me instantly

Have trouble keeping legs out in front of me. To combat this, I use an assisted dips/pull up machine, with no load, qnd just the footrest to position feet directly below. Looks silly, but, keeps you're feet positioned directly where ya want and hits tris (for me at least) killerrrr.

Huh, how weird seeing you upload this today! First time doing full sets of BW dips in like, 1.5-2 years man. Chronic sternum/costochondritis/"Intercostal muscle inflammation"??? (Physicians lmao). Benching, flies and shit like is really good, (Hitting tons of PRs), but not dips. And finally, after SELF rehabbing and strengthening with them (benching, assisted dips, etc) and other isolation stuff for the chest, back, and shoulders, I am back to dips! Will continue progressing slowly rehab style for. P.S.: The gymnast style (L sit dips) are actually fucking hard tricep-wise (and the V-sits and other shit like that, which is extra hard on the rear delt too). But otherwise, harder to load, sustain, and fatigues the abs and the hip flexors (including your rectus femoris) too much, which could be good or bad depending on your goals. A good way to load the triceps and shoulder depressors if external loading is problematic for some reason. I'd work up slowly if new to them tho.

Thanks Dana!

I've always heard not to pre-fatigued my triceps before chest because you wouldn't get optimal chest work before the triceps give out, but I like this idea much more, especially if your intention is to get the most mobility and strength through full range for the shoulder joint. It's a great idea to progress to to "bulletproof" the joint. Love the "great way to fuck your shit up" lolz

If you hold a heavy dumbbell between your feet or knees, your legs won’t swing out behind you. Additional tip, sometimes it helps to get up on a box or stool, put the dumbbell in place, and then step off onto the bars… I do the same for weighted pull ups. For me it’s so much more comfortable than hanging plates from a belt that’s most likely going to ride up on you, give you a wedgie, or mess with your junk…

Dude is a unit

We got the Hammer Strength dip machine with moving handles, il try to implement some of this on it.

Hey Doc, could you do a dip video for chest focus? I get a phenomenal SFR with dips for my chest

I'm going to do these after push downs and fry my triceps. Even if I don't have anything left in the tank I and can climb up, do negatives and deep stretch at the bottom and repeat. This video has inspired me. Dips are one of my favorite exercises

Sick vid braaaaah

I'm listening!

Dr Mike can you do a video specialisation workout for the shoulder and forearms

ayyo was NOT prepared for the ending lol

Dr.Mike , The pullover really needs a good video. Pullover video = guaranteed lambo

Thx Dr.Mike

That Faygo shirt is dope doc lol

This Channel is awesome , what don’t you have a video on ? 😂

At the ens sounds like Mike Mentzer's Pre-Exhaustion technique. Mike said dips is the upper body squats.

Seated Cable rows deserve a video.

wish you showed this on the assisted pullup/dip machine

I was looking for that alternate exercise to target the triceps. To a degree, I want to do the dips first then extensions, as they take more drive to get them going well. Then I can do the extensions to failure. Then again, I'm olny doing 20 - 32 total reps for dips. I think if I can do more than that, I'll switch the order. Excellent complimentary exercise.

Ever try the “impossible dip” ? Simply go down and “touch your elbows to the bar” and then raise back up. Pretty tough. 💪🏼

I was doing dips today and trying to get full range of motion. This is an incredibly difficult movement when you go all the way down and go all the way to lockout. Kind of like pull-ups, how people rarely go all the way to fully extended on the eccentric.

I love u Dr. Mike

His gigantic shorts reminds me of the style in middle school where everyone worse their shorts to their mid shins

In my opinion the straight bar dip you develop more usable strength getting over fences and do an obstacle courses

Sir, please please make a video on tricep assisted dips!

Hi doctor mice, im vertically challenged at 5'8, can i still do dips or will people laugh at me when i try to climb up to the bars??? plz respond.

What do I do if I already do dips in my routine for chest,should I do dips again or try a different exercise.Since I do push/pull,it would be during the same workout.That’s why I’m asking

Any tips for those with a fucked up AC joint? I found today out my shoulder pain is due to degenerative arthritis in the joint. I'm only 32 and I can barely even workout now.

TIP of the day "DIP & PUMP" 😁

Dr. Mike, how can we warm up the triceps to prevent the elbow pain ? I'm ok once I'm warmed up, but if not... I always feel pain during my first two sets.

Thx Dr❤️

Would these count for tricep AND chest volume during a mesocycle?

LMAO- curveball ending coming in hot!

Dr Mike, if we lean forward and get the chest involved, will it still be pretty effective overall for developing the triceps?

How does Creatine supplementation work? Isn’t it broken down to amino acids in the stomach and then those amino acids are used to make Creatine again for the muscles? If so, wouldn’t larger proteins containing the same 3 amino acids in Creatine as well as other amino acids have a similar effect?

Hi Dr. Mike. What do you think about bench dip. I feel I have a higher SFR witht this exercice.

Like the ending lol

That faygo shirt is epic

helpful!

Sternum pain after doing dips? Is it because of going to low?

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dips into ons, wasn't expecting that;)

Pushups for tricep growth please

i normally go up really slow and since you said going fast is ok, i was wondering if there was any benefits or im just wasting my time ?

i’ve always been curious on how to program supersets in a mesocycle. how do you track it and would it only be used on the last week of an accumulation phase?

I put my legs forward specifically to target the chest. Hips back. Arms flared. Gironda style. Body like a V. I find dips to be in my top two chest builder exercises. And I don’t feel them in my lower chest at all. Inner and outer mid pec is where I get sore from dips

Why/how does pausing reduce injury risk? It is advisable at the top of a pullup too? (and/or bottom)

Dr. Mike used to be a juggalo!

I'll have to try doing a tricep exercise before doing dips. 🤔

What’s the best form for an adult male over 5’ tall?

Dr Mike can keep his legs fully extended in a dip station. Some of us have to tuck our legs or our feet will touch the floor.

Question: For triceps exercises in general and dips in particular, is it good to go in more than a 90º angle? Is it only in dips where it's recommended as long as the elbow is fine?

You are a fucking legend ❤❤

Just how big is your workout space?

Any recommendations for those of us with shoulder mobility issues?

It's a shame that Mike hasn't talked about the correct position of the scapulae or the rotation of the shoulder joint...

Dr Mike love your content. Probably a stupid question but do dips work the long head of the triceps

"Touching each other..." OMG hahahahahahah..... only you could say that hahahaha

We need another children books story time!!!

Awesome dip apparatus. Most of the time, they are too low, so you really can’t dip without bending the knees back.

Thank you so much! Gonna start doing Dips with a wide grip and shifted forwards c: