Planche Dip on Parallel Bars

Cómo hacer el Planche Dip on Parallel Bars

1. 1Set the parallel bars to a width slightly wider than your shoulders. Mount the bars and lock your arms out fully, holding your body upright above them.
2. 2Lean your torso forward aggressively, pushing your shoulders into protraction (rounding them forward) and shifting your hips in front of your hands. Your body should form a near-horizontal angle to the floor.
3. 3Brace your core and waist hard to hold the forward-tilted position. Keep your legs together and either straight or slightly tucked — do not let your hips sag or pike.
4. 4With control, bend your elbows and lower your body downward while maintaining the same forward lean throughout the descent. Your elbows will flare slightly outward.
5. 5Lower until your elbows reach roughly 90°, or as deep as your shoulder mobility and strength allow, without losing the planche lean.
6. 6Press firmly through the bars to extend your arms back to the starting locked-out position, keeping the forward lean intact throughout the push.
7. 7Complete your reps, then carefully return to an upright seated position on the bars before dismounting.

Consejos de técnica

• Actively push the bars apart (scapular protraction) throughout the entire movement — this is what makes it a planche drill, not just a leaning dip.
• The forward lean must stay constant from start to finish. If your torso rises toward vertical during the press, you have lost the planche stimulus and turned it into a standard dip.
• Keep your core and waist braced as if you expect an impact — any relaxation lets the hips drop and breaks the body line.
• Build the lean angle gradually over sessions. Start with a modest forward tilt and increase it as your strength and wrist tolerance improve.
• Straight-bar or ring push-ups in a planche lean are good accessory work to build the wrist and shoulder strength this movement demands.

Errores comunes

• Losing the forward lean during the press phase and finishing upright — this converts the rep into a standard dip and removes the planche-specific stimulus.
• Allowing the hips to pike upward to compensate for insufficient core strength, which reduces the load on the chest and shoulders and breaks body alignment.
• Rushing the descent without control, which places sudden stress on the elbows and wrists and increases injury risk.
• Neglecting scapular protraction and letting the shoulders retract, which defeats the protracted position that defines the planche lean.
• Attempting too steep a lean before building adequate wrist and shoulder strength, which can cause wrist strain or shoulder impingement.

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