Triceps · Body weight · Beginner

How to do Triceps Dips Floor

A bodyweight exercise targeting the triceps, performed using the floor or a stable surface like a chair or bench. It also engages the chest and shoulders as secondary muscles.

Triceps Dips Floor demonstration
Primary muscle
Triceps
Also works
Chest and Shoulders
Equipment
Body weight
Level
Beginner
Category
Triceps

How to do Triceps Dips Floor, step by step

  1. Sit on the edge of a chair or bench with your hands next to your hips, fingers pointing forward.
  2. Slide your butt off the front of the chair with your legs extended in front of you.
  3. Straighten your arms, keeping a little bend in your elbows to keep tension on your triceps and off your elbow joints.
  4. Slowly bend your elbows to lower your body toward the floor until your elbows are at about a 90-degree angle.
  5. Once you reach the bottom of the movement, press down into the chair to straighten your elbows, returning to the starting position.
  6. Repeat for the desired number of repetitions.

Muscles worked

Triceps Dips Floor works your triceps as the main mover, with help from your chest and shoulders.

Track Triceps Dips Floor in SPLYT

Triceps Dips Floor 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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