Dips
Compound exercise · horizontal push
How to do it
- Support yourself firmly on the dip bars, pull your shoulders down, and keep your chest tall.
- Lower yourself under control until your shoulders still feel stable and your upper arms are about parallel to the floor.
- Press back up without sinking into your shoulders at the bottom.
Muscles involved
- chest
- 100
- triceps
- 50
- shoulders
- 20
- hamstrings
- 5
- serratus
- 5
- obliques
- 5
- forearms
- 5
At a glance
- Type
- Compound exercise
- Movement pattern
- horizontal push
- Equipment
- dip bars
- Optional
- dip belt, weight plate, dumbbells
- Variations
- body weight, added weight
Follow along in the app
This exercise is in both apps. Pick whichever suits you.
Trainer
Guided strength training with a 3D coach, set by set.
Treeceps
The same exercise, inside your virtual fitness world.