How To Do Dumbbell Shrugs Video

Do seated dip exercises in order to work out muscles in the arms. Learn about dips and arm exercises in this fitness video.

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Only move upper arm
Do not shrug
Keep elbows back

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Michelle is a personal trainer at a gym in NC and has been a personal trainer for several years. She is certified through ACE and is a certified aerobics instructor as well. Her Specialty is weight lifting and she enjoys training aspiring female body builders as she is one herself. She focuses on helping her clients stronger, healthier, and sending them out feeling better for it. The best part of her job is when she see people living a better life as a result of the physical training. She was also a Marine physical trainer before she was employed at the gym.

MICHELLE TRAPP: I'm going to demonstrate how to do seated dips. Seated dips or tricep press, what you are going to need is a tricep press machine. What we are working is the triceps, the muscles on the back of our arm here. So, what we are going to want, in order to do a seated dip, is find a seated press machine. The back pad will usually have you angled forward, that is completely normal, your feet are flat on the floor, your abs are tight, you are going to grab the handles here, and you are going to let your arms come back, and we are going to press down. What I'm not doing is letting my elbows flare out to the sides, notice my elbows are coming straight down. What I'm also not doing is shrugging, and then letting my shoulders help pull them down, nothing is moving except that upper arm, everything else is stable, straight and tight. We are going to come up, we are going to press down, squeezing those triceps at the bottom. Up, down, and squeeze for a count of one or two, you can do these 3 to 4sets, anywhere from 8 to 12 reps is perfect. Start with the lighter weight, work your way up. Again if you see yourself starting to shrug, to get it down, it is too heavy. Up, and down, that is the seated dip, remember elbows not out, elbows back, we are using triceps, no shrugging, upper body stay still, start lower weight, work your way up. That is the seated dip.

How to Do Dumbbell Shrugs Video

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