Dip Prep / Lean-In

The controlled prep that comes before any dip: the follow commits a little weight into the lead's frame, the lead takes it through a solid base, and both feel exactly how much support is there. It's not a dip — it's the trust exercise that makes dips safe. Learn this and the dips-drops cluster opens up; skip it and dips are a gamble.

• Lead: Set a real base — feet planted, frame firm, knees ready. Take her weight gradually and prove you've got it before she gives you more. You are the floor she leans on.
• Follow: Give weight in increments, staying in control of your own core — never dump your whole weight at once. You should be able to recover yourself at any point in the prep.
• Timing: Commit slowly across a held 2-3-4; this lives in slow, breaking passages.
• Common mistake: The follow committing fully before the lead has the base, or the lead pulling her in. It's gradual, shared, and reversible — that's the whole lesson.

This is a gate: teach it before The Lean (B038), Cambré (B039), and the rest of the dips. It's where the partnership earns the right to dip — the safety mechanics that the pretty stuff depends on. Frame it as trust, because that's what it is.