Tip: Do Straight Bar Dips
Tip: Do Straight Bar Dips
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<h2 class="article-detail">Regular dips not challenging enough for you? Try these. Here's how to do them.</h2>
<div class="article-detail-byline"><span class="byline">by <a href="https://www.t-nation.com/all-articles/authors/al-kavadlo">Al Kavadlo</a> |</span> <span class="timeStamp3">Yesterday</span></div>
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<p>One of the more challenging dip variations, the straight bar dip, is also one of the most specific precursors to the muscle-up. Don't start working on them until you can do a set of at least ten consecutive dips on parallel bars.</p>
<h4>Straight Bar Dip</h4>
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<ol><li>The straight bar dip is performed with both hands on a single straight bar positioned in front of the body. <span>Your grip should be within a few inches of the width of your hips, though you can experiment with wider or closer hand positions. Like a bench press, close grip tend to be more difficult.</span></li>
<li>When you dip on a straight bar, your body must move around the bar. <span>As you lower yourself down, you'll need to lean over the bar and reach your legs out in front a bit to keep balance. This causes further abdominal activation while demanding more from the shoulders and traps.</span></li>
<li>Don't let your shoulders shrug as you lower yourself down, and pay attention that your arms don't flare out to the sides. <span>Your elbows should point behind you at the bottom of the rep.</span></li>
<li>Just like parallel dips, make sure you get all the way down when you dip on a straight bar. <span>You should aim to touch your chest to the bar and achieve the same 90-degree angle outside of your elbows at the bottom of each rep.</span></li>
</ol><h4><a href="https://www.t-nation.com/training/all-about-dips">Related: All About Dips</a></h4>
<h4><a href="https://www.t-nation.com/blogs/quick-guide-to-perfect-dips">Related: A Quick Guide to Perfect Dips</a></h4>
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<h2 class="article-detail">Regular dips not challenging enough for you? Try these. Here's how to do them.</h2>
<div class="article-detail-byline"><span class="byline">by <a href="https://www.t-nation.com/all-articles/authors/al-kavadlo">Al Kavadlo</a> |</span> <span class="timeStamp3">Yesterday</span></div>
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<p>One of the more challenging dip variations, the straight bar dip, is also one of the most specific precursors to the muscle-up. Don't start working on them until you can do a set of at least ten consecutive dips on parallel bars.</p>
<h4>Straight Bar Dip</h4>
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<ol><li>The straight bar dip is performed with both hands on a single straight bar positioned in front of the body. <span>Your grip should be within a few inches of the width of your hips, though you can experiment with wider or closer hand positions. Like a bench press, close grip tend to be more difficult.</span></li>
<li>When you dip on a straight bar, your body must move around the bar. <span>As you lower yourself down, you'll need to lean over the bar and reach your legs out in front a bit to keep balance. This causes further abdominal activation while demanding more from the shoulders and traps.</span></li>
<li>Don't let your shoulders shrug as you lower yourself down, and pay attention that your arms don't flare out to the sides. <span>Your elbows should point behind you at the bottom of the rep.</span></li>
<li>Just like parallel dips, make sure you get all the way down when you dip on a straight bar. <span>You should aim to touch your chest to the bar and achieve the same 90-degree angle outside of your elbows at the bottom of each rep.</span></li>
</ol><h4><a href="https://www.t-nation.com/training/all-about-dips">Related: All About Dips</a></h4>
<h4><a href="https://www.t-nation.com/blogs/quick-guide-to-perfect-dips">Related: A Quick Guide to Perfect Dips</a></h4>
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