What you actually lift once a band or a chair takes part of the load
Enter body weight and the assistance you use, and the page returns the load you actually lift. Assistance can go in as weight in pounds or as a share of body weight, and the step-down plan is built in whichever unit you chose. The share of an unassisted dip is the actual load divided by body weight, and a target rep count gives total work as load times reps.
The maths is simple: body weight treated as the load, minus the assistance. What share of body weight the arms really carry in a dip shifts with torso lean and position, and no single published figure is available, so this page does not state one. Feet on a chair remove whatever weight the feet take, and that too depends on position, so measure or estimate it and enter your own number.
The step count is how many reductions it takes to reach zero assistance, rounded up. No grade, level or body-weight rep target is provided. Dips load the front of the shoulder heavily, so cut the range of motion if it hurts and see a clinician if symptoms persist.
Frequently Asked Questions
This page does not state one. It shifts with torso lean and position and no single published figure is available, so only the body-weight-minus-assistance arithmetic is shown.
Whatever weight rests on the feet. Weigh it on a scale or estimate it, then enter that figure as the assistance.
No such threshold is provided. You decide how much to remove per step, and the tool reports the step count and the load at each step.