Exercise technique

scapula dips

Scapula dips are a bodyweight exercise targeting the traps and upper back, focusing on scapular retraction and depression. This movement helps improve shoulder stability and strength.

How do you perform this exercise?

  1. Start by standing with your feet shoulder-width apart and your arms extended in front of you.
  2. Bend your knees slightly and hinge forward at the hips, keeping your back straight.
  3. Lower your body by bending your elbows and retracting your shoulder blades, as if you are trying to squeeze a pencil between them.
  4. Pause for a moment at the bottom, then push through your hands to extend your elbows and return to the starting position.
  5. Repeat for the desired number of repetitions.

Which other muscles are involved?

Rhomboids, Deltoids.

How do you log your sets?

How do you track progressive overload?

Source: ExerciseDB catalogue and demonstration. Related movements are options to compare, not equivalent loads or a prescribed progression.

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