Dips vs Push-Ups: Which Builds Upper Body Muscle Faster?
A lot of people eventually resort to focusing on push-ups and dips for their upper body development. Once you strip away the fancy gym machines, the Crossfit workouts, and the bodybuilding routines, you have two exercises that are very similar yet vastly different.
Push-Ups vs Dips: Muscles Used
Both exercises focus on the pecs, triceps, and front delts in different ways. The vertical movement of the dip allows you to slightly change the angle on your pressing to stress your triceps or pecs differently whereas a push-up allows you to adjust your hands and foot placement.
Which Can You Overload More?
A dip allows you to overload with external weight more. You can just wear a dip belt and load some weight up. As a result, the dip carries over to your bench press and overhead pressing strength. You can wear a weight vest and increase the intensity of your push-up or wrap a resistance band around your back.
Push-Ups vs Dips: Where In Your Workout?
Push-ups are historically placed at the end of the workout because most people perform them body weight as a way to flush the chest muscles with more blood. Dips are typically added at the beginning of the workout because they are more difficult. No one grows up doing dips.
