Skip to contentI’ve not been shy about the fact that I’m a big fan of parallel bar dips. If you incorporate them into your routine properly, it’s likely that you’ll find you’re in the same camp. However, I do believe that dips, in particular, are an exercise that must be “respected” as we incorporate them into a lifting routine.It’s not uncommon for a lifter to start doing dips, experience the benefits, and then immediately develop some nagging sternum pain or shoulder pain from this exercise. While everyone’s anthropometry is a little different, these aches and pains from dips are...…Skip to contentI’ve not been shy about the fact that I’m a big fan of parallel bar dips. If you incorporate them into your routine properly, it’s likely that you’ll find you’re in the same camp. However, I do believe that dips, in particular, are an exercise that must be “respected” as we incorporate them into a lifting routine.It’s not uncommon for a lifter to start doing dips, experience the benefits, and then immediately develop some nagging sternum pain or shoulder pain from this exercise. While everyone’s anthropometry is a little different, these aches and pains from dips are...WW…

Skip to contentIf you ask most folks (including trainers) how to utilize push-ups to develop the upper chest, you’ll hear one thing over and over: decline push-ups. However, this advice is only useful if you understand how to actually do the exercise to bias upper chest fiber recruitment.In this article, we’re going to discuss my top 3 form cues to actually target the upper chest with push-ups, whether you’re doing them on a decline or not.If you’re doing your decline push-ups in such a way that you’re simply placing your chest on the ground at the end of the rep, you’re not actually...…Skip to contentIf you ask most folks (including trainers) how to utilize push-ups to develop the upper chest, you’ll hear one thing over and over: decline push-ups. However, this advice is only useful if you understand how to actually do the exercise to bias upper chest fiber recruitment.In this article, we’re going to discuss my top 3 form cues to actually target the upper chest with push-ups, whether you’re doing them on a decline or not.If you’re doing your decline push-ups in such a way that you’re simply placing your chest on the ground at the end of the rep, you’re not actually...WW…

Skip to contentPush-ups are a staple upper body strength exercise. If you’re lucky, you learned them as a youngster. Many folks move on from push-ups in favor of sexier exercises … but what many of them don’t know is that they don’t need to. A couple of very simple cues would make push-ups harder and significantly more effective.Before we get too into the weeds:The technique cues to make push-ups harder are:Narrow your gripSlow down the eccentricPause briefly at the bottomExplode back to the topLock out and Squeeze at the topPush-ups can further be made tougher by adding weight, using a...…Skip to contentPush-ups are a staple upper body strength exercise. If you’re lucky, you learned them as a youngster. Many folks move on from push-ups in favor of sexier exercises … but what many of them don’t know is that they don’t need to. A couple of very simple cues would make push-ups harder and significantly more effective.Before we get too into the weeds:The technique cues to make push-ups harder are:Narrow your gripSlow down the eccentricPause briefly at the bottomExplode back to the topLock out and Squeeze at the topPush-ups can further be made tougher by adding weight, using a...WW…