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Triceps Dips: 3 Common Mistakes to Avoid

One strength-training exercise that's sure to sculpt your upper arms and reduce the jiggle when you wave goodbye are triceps dips.

by Jenny Sugar

One strength-training exercise that's sure to sculpt your upper arms and reduce the jiggle when you wave goodbye are triceps dips. It doesn't take many reps to feel the burn — that is if you're doing them correctly. To get the most out of this move, avoid these common mistakes.

Lifting and lowering your tush: The move is called triceps dips, not butt lifts, so make sure you're focusing on bending your elbows and straightening your arms with each rep rather than keeping the arms fairly straight and just lifting and lowering your pelvis.
Rolling shoulders forward: To avoid straining the shoulder joints, make sure your shoulders aren't collapsing in toward the chest as you lower your torso. To prevent this, be sure to lift your chest and bend your elbows directly behind you, not out to the sides. This technique will also help to isolate your triceps more effectively.
Not engaging your glutes: This isn't just a move for your upper arms. You can tone your tush and hamstrings at the end of each rep by focusing on lifting your hips and squeezing the glutes every time you straighten your arms.

Back to Basics: Triceps Dips

Toning your triceps — the muscles that run on the backside of your upper arm from your shoulder to your elbow — is one way to really help prep your arms for tank tops.

by POPSUGAR Fitness

Toning your triceps — the muscles that run on the backside of your upper arm from your shoulder to your elbow — is one way to really help prep your arms for tank tops. Triceps Dips are a great, basic exercise for working your triceps. What's more? They're pretty easy to do and don't require much equipment.

Here's how you do them:

Position your hands shoulder width apart on a secured bench or stable chair.
Move your booty in front of the bench with your legs bent and feet placed about hip width apart on the floor.
Straighten out your arms and keep a little bend in your elbows in order to always keep tension on your triceps and off your elbow joints.
Now slowly bend at your elbows and lower your upper body down towards the floor until your arms are at about a 90 degree angle. Be sure to keep your back close to the bench.
Once you reach the bottom of the movement, slowly press off with your hands, and push yourself straight back up to the starting position.

Fit's Tip: Don't allow your neck to sink and your ears to fall close to your shoulders. Also, straighten your legs as you get stronger, this will make the exercise harder.