Strength · Dips · Machine
Assisted Dips
Assisted Dips is a strength exercise on a machine that mainly works the triceps, with help from the chest and front delts.
How to do it
- Start with straight arms, shoulders down
- Lean slightly forward as you lower
- Go down until the upper arms are about parallel
- Press back up to straight arms
In Sets Ahead
Sets Ahead starts you on 3 sets of 5–8 reps with 3:00 rest. When every set reaches 8 reps, the assistance goes down 2.5 kg, or 5 lb if you train in pounds.
Muscles worked
Mainly
- Triceps
Also
- Chest
- Front delts
Joints it loads
- Shoulder a lot
- Elbow some
With an injury here, the app warns you before this exercise.
Log it in Sets Ahead
Sets Ahead works out your next set of assisted dips, and every other lift, from your own numbers.
Test it before releaseSimilar exercises
The same movement, done another way: what the app suggests when you swap.