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Tricep Dip

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PrimarySecondaryTertiary

Muscles worked

TricepsPrimary · 100%
ChestSecondary · 40%
ShouldersTertiary · 30%

Equipment

Dip Bars / Station

How to log the weight

Bodyweight

A bodyweight movement — log added load only if you strap extra weight on.

Recovery window

~54h for the primary movers

Triceps~54h
Chest~72h
Shoulders~54h
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Programming notes

Tricep Dip is driven by the triceps, with chest and shoulders assisting. Give the primary movers roughly 72 hours before loading them hard again. In the same session it pairs cleanly with Pull-up, whose primary movers don't overlap with anything this exercise works.

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