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Dips (weighted)

Chest · Bodyweight

Sets, reps and RIR

Sets3 to 5
Reps6 to 15
RIR1 to 2

Load is fixed, so progress by adding reps first, then by slowing the lowering phase, then by adding weight.

RIR means reps in reserve: how many you could still have done when you racked it. RIR 2 is two short of failure.

Muscles worked

Primary: Chest.

Secondary: Triceps, Front delts.

What it is called elsewhere

  • Norwegian Dips (vektbelastet)
  • Swedish Dips (med vikt)
  • Danish Dips (med vægt)
  • German Dips mit Zusatzgewicht
  • Spanish Fondos en paralelas con lastre
  • Italian Dip alle parallele con zavorra
  • Portuguese Mergulho com peso
  • Russian Отжимания на брусьях с весом
  • French Dips lestés

Related chest exercises

  • Bench press (barbell)
  • Incline bench press (barbell)
  • Decline bench press (barbell)
  • Close-grip bench press (barbell)
  • Landmine press
  • Flat dumbbell press

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