Muscles Trained: Overall chest, shoulders, triceps, and back.

Intro: Like the pressing exercises, dips are a compound exercise that involves a variety of upper body muscles. The chest, along with the triceps, can achieve maximum development from performing dips. As progression increases, you may wish to use a dip belt to make the exercise more challenging. Proper execution and weight progression are essential to your training and safety. Assistant dip bars are present if you can not yet dip your own weight.

How it is performed: Approach the parallel dip bar machine and place your hands securely on the bars. Start out with your body straight up and knees slightly bent with ankles crossed to maintain proper balance. Leaning your body forward will put more of the focus on your chest. Keeping your body straight up will put more load on the triceps than previously. Bend your elbows and lower your body down to a level that feels comfortable yet gives you a good stretch. Push your body back up to the starting position in a controlled manner.