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Exercise Details

Target Muscle Group

Chest

Equipment Required

Parallel bars or dip station

Experience Level

Intermediate

Force Type

Push

Secondary Muscles

Triceps, Shoulders

Exercise Description

The chest dip exercise builds serious chest, tricep and shoulder strength using just your bodyweight. It's one of the best upper body mass builders you can do.

How To

1. Grab parallel bars and lift yourself up so your arms are straight and supporting your full bodyweight. 2. Lean your torso slightly forward and keep your knees bent to focus more on your chest during the chest dip movement. 3. Lower yourself down slowly by bending your elbows until your shoulders drop just below your elbows. 4. Push yourself back up by straightening your arms, focusing on squeezing your chest muscles throughout the chest dip. 5. Complete your reps with control, avoiding any swinging or bouncing at the bottom of each rep.

Form Tips

• Keep your chest up and lean forward slightly to target your chest muscles better during each chest dip rep. • Lower yourself slowly and controlled - don't drop down fast or bounce at the bottom. • Keep your elbows close to your body rather than flaring them out wide during the chest dip movement. • Squeeze your glutes and keep your core tight to stay stable throughout each rep.

Common Mistakes

• Going too deep and dropping your shoulders way below your elbows, which can hurt your shoulders during chest dips. • Staying too upright instead of leaning forward, which turns it into more of a tricep exercise than a chest dip. • Using momentum and bouncing at the bottom instead of controlling the movement with smooth, steady reps.

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