Wide Push Up vs Weighted Dips

Maximizing Your Chest Workout Plan

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Wide Push Up is the easier place to start — difficulty 3 of 5 vs 5. Compare Chest form cues and when to progress.

Customize Your Chest Workout: Explore the Benefits of Wide Push Up and Weighted Dips for Better Comparison.

Planfit Users' Choice about Wide Push Up vs Weighted Dips : Which is Better?

Based on randomly selected data from 1 million completed workouts, Planfit users log Wide Push Up more often — 494 sessions compared to 371 for Weighted Dips.

Popularity is not the whole answer. Wide Push Up and Weighted Dips differ in the muscles they load, the equipment they need, and how hard they are to learn — the comparison below covers each.

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How to Wide Push Up

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Wide Push Up muscles worked: Chest

Form

  1. 1. Please lower yourself until your chest is just about to touch the ground.
  2. 2. Engage your chest and return to the starting position.

Coach's Comment

  1. 1. Please go down only as much as you can without straining your shoulders.
  2. 2. Keep your core engaged to prevent your hips from dropping.

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How to Weighted Dips

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Weighted Dips muscles worked: Chest

Form

  1. 1. Please slowly lower down while keeping your shoulders fixed down.
  2. 2. If you go down too much, you may injure your shoulders, so please gradually increase your range of motion.
  3. 3. Return to the starting position while engaging your core.

Coach's Comment

  1. 1. This is a very advanced exercise, so please try it when dips are too easy for you.
  2. 2. Be careful not to go down too much, as it can injure your shoulders.

If you want to know a detailed guide to Weighted Dips, alternative exercises, and its benefits, check it out here. Check out the Weighted Dips Guide page of our blog!

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