Exercise
Machine-Assisted Chest Dip
Also known as: assisted chest dip (kneeling), assisted dip machine, counterweight dips, gravitron dips
Machine-Assisted Chest Dip is a compound exercise for the chest. Main target: lower chest. Also works: triceps lateral head and anterior deltoid. Equipment: machine.
Muscles worked
How to do it
- Set the counterweight on the assisted dip machine and kneel or stand on the platform, gripping the dip handles.
- Lean your torso slightly forward and lower yourself until your elbows reach about 90 degrees, feeling a stretch in the chest.
- Press back up through your palms until your arms are almost fully extended, squeezing the chest.
- Keep the descent slow and controlled; reduce the counterweight over time as you get stronger.
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