Dip Hold Isometric

The Dip Hold Isometric targets your triceps, shoulders, and chest. This exercise improves strength and stability in the upper body.

  1. Start by gripping the dip bars with your palms facing inward.
  2. Lower your body until your elbows are at a 90-degree angle.
  3. Hold this position, keeping your body stable and core engaged.
  4. Maintain the hold for the desired duration, then carefully return to the starting position.

How to perform the Dip Hold Isometric

  1. Set up. Set up in a stable, balanced starting position appropriate for the Dip Hold Isometric using your body weight.
  2. Brace and execute. Brace your core, control the descent, and move through a full pain-free range of motion while emphasizing your pectoralis major.
  3. Reset. Reverse the movement under control and reset between repetitions, keeping your form crisp on every rep.

Coaching cues

  • Move with intent — every rep should feel deliberate, not rushed.
  • Drive force through your pectoralis major rather than momentum.
  • Keep your breathing steady: exhale on the hard part, inhale on the reset.

Common mistakes

  • Using too much weight and losing positional control.
  • Cutting the range of motion short and missing the target muscle.
  • Letting your spine round or hyperextend instead of staying neutral.

Detailed cues, common mistakes, and demonstration video are available in the Fitly app.

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