Exercise of the Day #1

Exercise: Tricep Dips
Targets: Triceps
Counteracting muscle: Biceps (when ever you use one muscle-there is always another that has to work in the opposite manner)

~I love tricep dips because there are so many ways to use this one exercise to benefit your needs.

~You can do this exercise at home or at the gym, and the great thing about this one is it starts by using your body weight and as you become comfortable with the exercise you can modify it to make it more difficult.

* Make sure to keep you elbows going straight behind you,not out to the sides.

~ Here are some variations of the exercise once you are comfortable with the original positioning (It's always good to throw something new at your muscles- they don't like doing the same thing all the time!):

* place your legs straight instead of bent which shifts the load of the weight, which makes your triceps work differently.

* put a chair or bench across from you and place the back of your feet on the bench. This also changes the weight load, which again makes you triceps work differently

* place a weight on your lap (plate weights work the best b/c they won't roll)-I also recommend going back to the bent knee position to start when you are doing these with weights until you are comfortable with the added weight.

Tiff