Weighted Tricep Dips

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Equipment required

Full gym

Primary muscle group(s)

Triceps

Weighted Tricep Dips exercise muscle groups

Weighted Tricep Dips exercise primary muscle groups

Carefully secure a weight belt around your hips. Step up to a dip bar. Position your hands on the bar with an overhand grip. Push yourself up and into the air with straight arms. Tighten the core to control stability.
Begin the exercise by bending at the elbows and slowly lowering yourself.
Once the upper arm is parallel with the ground, pause and push yourself back up. Be sure to focus the contraction into the triceps.

<em>As an alternative to the weight belt, you can hold a dumbbell between your feet.</em>

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Weighted tricep dips is a gym work out exercise that targets triceps. Refer to the illustration diagram and instructions above for how to perform this exercise correctly. Seated tricep press / overhead extensions, behind back standing resistance band chest presses and reverse grip barbell push ups / press ups are related exercise that target the same muscle groups as weighted tricep dips. Visit our free illustrated exercise directory for more exercises to try in your workouts.

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