Triceps · Body weight · Beginner
How to do Elbow Dips
Elbow dips are a bodyweight exercise targeting the triceps, performed using a bench or chair. The movement involves lowering and raising the body by bending and straightening the elbows while keeping the back close to the bench.
- Primary muscle
- Triceps
- Equipment
- Body weight
- Level
- Beginner
- Category
- Triceps
How to do Elbow Dips, step by step
- Sit on the edge of a bench or chair with your hands gripping the edge next to your hips.
- Slide your hips forward off the bench and straighten your legs, keeping your heels on the ground.
- Bend your elbows and lower your body towards the ground, keeping your back close to the bench.
- Pause for a moment at the bottom, then push through your hands to straighten your arms and lift your body back up to the starting position.
- Repeat for the desired number of repetitions.
Track Elbow Dips in SPLYT
Elbow Dips is already in SPLYT’s exercise library. Log your sets, reps and weight on iPhone or Apple Watch, with last time’s weights already filled in.
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