Dips

What it is

This compound bodyweight exercise primarily strengthens your triceps, with significant involvement from your chest and shoulders. You lower your body between parallel bars and then push back up to the starting position. It is a fundamental movement for building overall upper body pushing strength.

Technique tips

• Keep your torso upright throughout the movement.
• Maintain elbows close to your body to emphasize triceps.
• Lower until your upper arm is parallel to the floor.
• Use your triceps to power the upward phase.
• Control your descent; do not just drop down.
• Inhale on the way down, exhale as you push up.

How to track your progress

Log reps, and add the extra load if you wear a belt or a vest. Straddly counts your bodyweight in the estimated max, so added weight and extra reps both show up as progress, and new records are flagged during the session.