Exercises / Intermediate
Partial impossible dip rep
- Triceps
- Abs
- Lower Chest
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- Level
- Intermediate
- Muscles
- 3
- Equipment
- Parallettes
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01 / Steps
How to do it
Get into the starting position for push-ups.
Lean your body back and try to slowly lower yourself to the halfway point.
Then, return to the starting position while maintaining the same lean and without using inertia, swaying, or momentum.
02 / Muscles
Muscles worked
Triceps
Abs
Lower Chest
03 / Skills
What it trains
How demanding this exercise is for each physical ability.
- Strength40
- Explosivity0
- Technique40
- Cardio5
- Mobility15
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