Chest Dips
Compound exercise targeting the triceps with body weight. Lower the load under control to a stretch, then press up as you exhale without locking out hard.
Muscles worked
- Lower chest (primary)
- Triceps
Equipment
Bodyweight
How to do it
- To get into the starting position, hold your body at arm's length with your arms nearly locked above the bars.
- Now, inhale and slowly lower yourself downward. Your torso should remain upright and your elbows should stay close to your body. This helps to better focus on tricep involvement. Lower yourself until there is a 90 degree angle formed between the upper arm and forearm.
- Then, exhale and push your torso back up using your triceps to bring your body back to the starting position.
- Repeat the movement for the prescribed amount of repetitions.
Sets and reps to start with
3 sets of 12 reps, 90 s of rest between sets. Increase the load once you complete every set at the top of the rep range.
Similar exercises
- Decline Bench Press
- Cable Crossover
- Decline Chest Press Machine
- High Cable Fly
- Decline Dumbbell Press
- Barbell Bench Press
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