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Triceps Dip
Muscles involved
The triceps dip lowers and presses your bodyweight. It builds strong triceps and pressing power.
How to do it
- Place two benches facing each other and suspend your body between them.
- Support your hands on the back bench and your heels on the front bench.
- Inhale and lower your body by bending your elbows, keeping them close to your torso.
- Exhale and extend your elbows to elevate your body to the starting position.
Equipment required
Muscles worked
Tips
- Keep your elbows close to your body during the descent. - Do not descend beyond 90 degrees of elbow flexion. - Keep your shoulders away from your ears.
Difficulty
IntermedioFrequently asked questions
Triceps Dip: which muscles does it work?
Triceps Dip mainly works: Triceps. It also involves: Triceps brachii, Anterior deltoid, Latissimus dorsi, Levator scapulae, Pectoralis major clavicular head, Pectoralis major sternal head.
What is Triceps Dip good for?
The triceps dip lowers and presses your bodyweight. It builds strong triceps and pressing power.
How do you do Triceps Dip with proper form?
- Keep your elbows close to your body during the descent. - Do not descend beyond 90 degrees of elbow flexion. - Keep your shoulders away from your ears.
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