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Instructions
- Adjust the assisted dip machine to provide suitable support for your body weight.
- Grip the handles and position your knees on the support pad.
- Lean your torso slightly forward while keeping your elbows slightly flared out.
- Lower your body by bending your elbows until your shoulders are below your elbows.
- Push through your palms to return to the starting position.
Technical Tips
- Maintain a forward lean to emphasize chest activation.
- Avoid locking your elbows at the top of the movement.
- Keep the core engaged to stabilize your posture.
Breathing Tips
- Inhale as you lower your body downward.
- Exhale as you push back up to the starting position.
Medical restrictions
- Shoulder impingement or instability
- Elbow tendonitis
- Pectoral muscle injuries
Description
The leaning torso dips on the assisted machine is a beginner-friendly strength training exercise designed to target the chest muscles, particularly the lower chest. By incorporating a forward torso lean during the dip motion, the emphasis shifts from the triceps to the pectorals, making it an effective variation for chest development. This movement utilizes a guided machine, which provides adjustable counterweight assistance, allowing users to perform dips with proper form and reduced bodyweight load. Ideal for beginners and individuals lacking the upper body strength to perform bodyweight dips, this exercise offers a safe and controlled environment to build pressing strength. It is also suitable for those rehabbing or avoiding overuse in free-weight routines. The guided nature of the machine ensures joint alignment and motion tracking, reducing the risk of injury while maintaining proper movement mechanics. Incorporating assisted leaning dips into a routine enhances chest hypertrophy and upper body pushing capacity, making it valuable for bodybuilding and general fitness. Consistency in execution and gradual resistance progression helps users transition toward unassisted dip variations over time.