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Strength Machine

Assisted Dip Machine

The Assisted Dip Machine reduces part of your body weight while you perform a dip. The triceps are the main focus, while the chest and shoulders assist as you lower and press...

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Strength Bands

Band Skull Crusher

The Band Skull Crusher is a lying triceps exercise performed with a resistance band anchored behind the head. The elbows bend to bring the hands backward, then straighten agai...

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Strength Barbell

Barbell Skull Crushers

Barbell Skull Crushers are a lying triceps exercise performed by bending and straightening the elbows while holding a bar above the body. The triceps provide the main movement...

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Strength Body Only

Bench Dips

Bench Dips are a bodyweight triceps exercise performed with the hands on a bench behind the torso. The chest and shoulders also assist as the elbows bend and straighten. Foot...

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Powerlifting Barbell

Bench Press - Powerlifting

The Powerlifting Bench Press uses a competition-style setup designed to create a stable pressing base. The upper back is retracted against the bench, the feet provide leg driv...

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Powerlifting Barbell

Bench Press with Chains

The Bench Press with Chains is a powerlifting variation that adds hanging chains to the barbell. More chain rests on the floor at the bottom of the press, and additional links...

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Powerlifting Barbell

Board Press

The Board Press is a powerlifting bench press variation in which one or more boards limit how far the bar can descend. The shortened range often emphasizes the middle or top p...

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Strength Body Only

Body Tricep Press

The Body Tricep Press is a bodyweight elbow-extension exercise performed against a fixed bar. You lean toward the support by bending the elbows, then use the triceps to press...

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Strength Body Only

Body-Up

The Body-Up is a bodyweight triceps exercise performed from a forearm plank. You press the palms into the floor and straighten the elbows to raise the upper body, then lower b...

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