STRAIGHT-ARM DIPS

VIDEO DEMO:

EXERCISE INSTRUCTIONS:

1. SETUP: Get up on a dip bar, keeping your arms straight and shoulders back.
2. LIFT: Allow yourself to drop down into a depressed position by relaxing your traps, then power yourself back up, as if shrugging your shoulders.
3. TIP: Look at the motion; this is comparable to a bodyweight version of Shrugs. Resist the urge to bend your elbows and use your arms.

MUSCLES WORKED BY THIS EXERCISE:

• Shoulders (Upper Traps)
• Arms (Forearms)

ALTERNATIVE EXERCISES:

• Plate Shrugs
• Farmer’s Walk
• DB Shrugs