Strength discipline · Household
Parallel bar dips
Parallel bar dips is a strength discipline in BYOH, trained with household and building chest and arms. Its ladder runs from 1 rep at Level 1 to 65+ reps at Level 9, and Level 10 is the world record.
The ten levels
BYOH measures a discipline in ten cleared levels. Level 9 is a genuine feat; Level 10 is the standing world record, which is there to be looked at rather than reached.
Parallel bar dips starts at Level 1 with 1 rep. Level 5 asks for 19 reps, and Level 9 - the last level a person can train towards - 65+ reps. The largest single jump is from Level 8 to Level 9, 48 reps to 65+ reps.
| Level | Target |
|---|---|
| 1 | 1 rep |
| 2 | 4 reps |
| 3 | 8 reps |
| 4 | 13 reps |
| 5 | 19 reps |
| 6 | 26 reps |
| 7 | 36 reps |
| 8 | 48 reps |
| 9 | 65+ reps |
| 10 · Legend | Provisional legend benchmark |
The record past Level 9
Parallel bar dips — Provisional legend benchmark.
Governed dip records are set against a clock - most in a minute, most in an hour - which is a different attempt from an unbroken set, so BYOH prints no gate it cannot compare. This is a provisional benchmark rather than a governed record.
How it is done
- Support yourself at arm's length on parallel bars, a dip station or two stable surfaces that will not shift.
- Lower until the upper arms are at least level with the floor, leaning the chest slightly forward.
- Press back to straight arms without swinging the legs.
How the attempt is judged
A level only means something if two heroes clearing it have done the same thing. These are the rules BYOH counts an attempt by — they are the rules of a game, not coaching.
- What counts as one
- One repetition is lowering until the upper arms are at least level with the floor and pressing back to straight arms.
- The set
- One unbroken set. You may pause in the supported position for as long as you like; the set ends the moment you leave it.
- What you need
- Parallel bars, a dip station, or two stable supports that will not shift, high enough to hang clear of the floor. The supported position is arms straight.
- What ends it
- Touching the floor, or a support that moves, ends the set. Stopping short of level upper arms does not count, and neither does a swing that throws you back up.
What it builds
Parallel bar dips feeds Chest and Arms in a hero’s record, working chest, triceps, shoulders.
- Pressing strength
- Triceps
- Press control
- Shoulders
- Pressing endurance
Parallel bar dips is one of 35 strength disciplines. It shares its household requirement with 8 other strength disciplines. Chest is also built by push-ups, dumbbell bench press, barbell bench press and 4 more, and a broad attribute needs several of them rather than one taken far.
Quests that ask for it
- Raise the CeilingDiscipline · Level 1
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