Dip - Triceps
Recommendations: 2-3 Sets, 8-12 Reps
Beginner Triceps Shoulders Strength Dipping Bars Push Compound Gym
Purpose: This exercise strengthens the triceps muscle.
Benefits: Strengthening the triceps balances the biceps muscle.
Position yourself on the dipping bars. Your elbows are straight and your body must be straight up and down with your head up. This is your starting position. Slowly lower yourself with your elbows straight back behind you. You should feel a stretch in your chest. Inhale during this movement. Push back up, while straightening your elbows, to the starting position. Pull your arms in against your sides. Exhale during this movement. Repeat for the recommended number of repetitions.
The triceps is a straight muscle with three heads, long head (which extends and adducts the shoulder joint), lateral head (outer triceps) and medial head (inner head along with the long head).
Step 1
Position yourself on the dipping bars, elbows straight, your body straight up and down, your head up.
Position yourself on the dipping bars. Your elbows are straight and your body must be straight up and down with your head up. This is your starting position.
Step 2
Slowly lower yourself with your elbows straight back behind you.
Slowly lower yourself with your elbows straight back behind you. You should feel a stretch in your chest. Inhale during this movement.
Step 3
Push back up, while straightening your elbows, to the starting position. Pull your arms in against your sides.
Push back up, while straightening your elbows, to the starting position. Pull your arms in against your sides. Exhale during this movement.