Tricep dips can be performed on parallel bars at your gym or even on a playground. You hold your entire body weight up with your arms extended and feet hovering over the floor, ankles crossed.

Think: getting yourself up off the floor, pushing a heavy door open, or getting your luggage into an overhead compartment (a.k.a. my worst nightmare). But the triceps dip is not only focused on ...

Push the floor away from you and straighten the arms, ready to repeat. Alternatively, you can use the fixed-weight machines at your local gym to build the strength needed for tricep dips.

Go back to basics by removing the height of a chair or bench (which increases your body weight) and take your tricep dips down to the floor instead, as seen here (Youtube link). Once you’ve ...

adding hip dips puts more pressure on your lower back and could result in injury. Start laying on your side on an exercise mat Extend and stack your legs and rest your forearm flat on the floor.