Dips

Dips Instruction

• As you raise yourself above the handles, have the feeling of screwing your hands into the bars and pulling your shoulders back.
• This will stabilize your shoulders. 
• Keep this shoulder position throughout.
• Have your feet underneath your pevlis with your glutes tight and core engaged.
• Allow your chest to come forward slightly as your descend.
• Lower your body until your shoulders are fairly aligned with your elbows with your forearms relatively straight.
• Feel your chest and tricep loading.
• Extend your elbows and push yourself to the starting position.

*Tips*

• Do not let your elbows flare excessively or your traps "shrug" on the descent.
• Maintain a strong shoulder and core position throughout:
• Scapulas retracted
• Neutral spine
• Glutes engaged.
• Refrain from descending too low as this will put unnecessary stress on the shoulders and elbows.