{"id":817,"date":"2010-12-28T11:00:35","date_gmt":"2010-12-28T00:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.maxnrgpt.com.au\/blog\/?p=817"},"modified":"2020-07-29T06:55:22","modified_gmt":"2020-07-28T20:55:22","slug":"parallel-dips","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.maxnrgpt.com.au\/blog\/exercise-of-the-week\/parallel-dips\/","title":{"rendered":"Parallel Bar Dips &#8211; Exercise of the Week"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>Parallel Bar Dips &#8211; <a title=\"Exercise of the Week\" href=\"https:\/\/www.maxnrgpt.com.au\/blog\/exercise-of-the-week\/\">Exercise of the Week<\/a><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Grab hold of the parallel bars on a dip machine and lift yourself up until your arms are fully extended.<\/li>\n<li>Bend your knees and raise them towards your chest so that your hips and knees are bent at 90 degrees.<\/li>\n<li>Keep your abs braces and lean slightly forward.<\/li>\n<li>Gradually lower your body by bending your elbows until there is a 90 degree angle between your upper and lower arm and your upper arm is parallel to the bars.<\/li>\n<li>Pause, and then push yourself back up to the starting position using your chest, triceps and shoulders.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.maxnrgpt.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/Overhead-Forward-Lunge-Start.jpg\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.maxnrgpt.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/Parallel-Bar-Dips-Start.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-819\" title=\"Parallel Bar Dips - Start\" src=\"https:\/\/www.maxnrgpt.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/Parallel-Bar-Dips-Start-300x224.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.maxnrgpt.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/Parallel-Bar-Dips-Start-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.maxnrgpt.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/Parallel-Bar-Dips-Start.jpg 567w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.maxnrgpt.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/Parallel-Bar-Dips-Finish.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-818\" title=\"Parallel Bar Dips - Finish\" src=\"https:\/\/www.maxnrgpt.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/Parallel-Bar-Dips-Finish-300x224.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.maxnrgpt.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/Parallel-Bar-Dips-Finish-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.maxnrgpt.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/Parallel-Bar-Dips-Finish.jpg 567w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>(Click each image for a larger view)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>For more dip variations and other great exercises, visit the &#8216;<a title=\"Exercise of the Week\" href=\"https:\/\/www.maxnrgpt.com.au\/blog\/exercise-of-the-week\/\">MaxNRG Exercise of the Week<\/a>&#8216; page or check out or <a title=\"Exercise Video Library\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/MaxNRGpt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Exercise Video Library<\/a><\/p>\n<p><object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"500\" height=\"301\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/VvsYrfEvvUw?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><embed type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"500\" height=\"301\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/VvsYrfEvvUw?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"MaxNRG Personal Training\" href=\"https:\/\/www.maxnrgpt.com.au\">MaxNRG Personal Training<\/a> is a mobile personal trainer company in Melbourne, VICTORIA.<\/strong> All our fitness trainers are highly qualified and are the types of trainers who are willing to go above and beyond to be excellent and truly help people reach their fitness and exercise goals.  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