After a good response to a post about pull ups let's throw some facts about pressing bodyweight powerhouse.😏

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💡Dips is one of the most functional upper body pressing compounds due to massive strength transferability.✔

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💡Dips has somewhat complexed mechanics because body is basically in vertical position while pressing mechanics acts like a horizontal press.✔ Since muscle activation and movement mechanics decide; dips is a horizontal press.✔

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💡Major muscles in the movement are pectoralis major(lower/mid), anterior delts and triceps.

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💡Your rhomboids, lats, delts(medial/rear) and traps act as antagonist stabilization support so basically dips covers a whole upper body.

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Now what you've all been waiting for!😎

What EMG studies have to say about dips?🤔

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💡Weighted dips has the absolutely highest mean lower pecs activation and one of the highest peak lower/mid pecs activations.✔

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💡Dips also has one of the highest mean triceps activations.✔

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💡Based on some studies there is not a single pressing movement that has the transferability potential of the dips because it has different mechanics from any other upper body press.✔ Increasing the weighted dips strength almost always results in bigger bench and overhead press.✔👌

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So you have one of the best compounds for chest and triceps with enormous strength transferability!😱 No wonder some people call it; "an upper body squat".😏