Standard Tricep Dips

One of the most common exercises for the tricep muscle, without the use of weights.

START

CLOSE UP

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Place both hands either side of your hips on a secure bench, keeping your fingers pointed forward to reduce the stress on your wrist joint.

Extend your feet out to your front, the further your feet are away from the bench, the harder the exercise, however always aim to keep a slight bend in the leg to reduce the stress on the knee joint.

Focus throughout the movement to extend your elbows back behind you, lower your buttocks downwards by bending the arms, rather than taking your buttocks towards your feet.

Bend the arm to help isolate the tricep muscle, keeping your buttock close to the bench throughout the movement.

You may wish to pause for a second or two in the downward phase, in order to help focus on feeling the tricep muscle work as you smoothly return to a straight arm position, prior to repeating again.