Dips

This exercise is primarily used to work the triceps but also works the chest and shoulders.

 

The exercise

• Find a pair of parallel bars, and grab it with the palm of your hands facing each other.
• Support yourself between the bars by lifting yourself up on the bars with your arms straight.
• Bent your knees and place the one foot over the other by crossing your calves.
• Lean forward as you begin to perform the exercise.
• Bend your arms and lower your body between the bars in a slow and controlled movement, until your elbows reach a 90-degree angle.
• Push yourself back up to the starting position in a steady and controlled movement.
• Repeat the exercise

Tips & Tricks

• As you reach the 90-degree angle, hold the position a little while before pushing back up.
  
  
• This exercise can be a bit difficult for beginners, as you have to lift your entire bodyweight in this exercise.
  
  
• As you get stronger you can add extra weight by using a weight belt.