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Triceps

Overhead Cable Triceps Extension

IsolationBeginner

How to do it

Elbows point forward beside your head; extend overhead.

Muscles

Primary

Triceps

No major secondary muscles

Steps to perform

  1. 1Face away from a cable with a rope held behind your head.
  2. 2Keep elbows pointing forward, beside your head.
  3. 3Extend your arms overhead.
  4. 4Lower slowly into a deep stretch.

Stretches the long head of the triceps.

Equipment

Cable station / crossover

Alternatives

Triceps Cable Pressdown

Triceps

EZ-Bar Skull Crusher

Triceps

Overhead Dumbbell Extension

Triceps

Dumbbell Kickback

Triceps

Band Triceps Pressdown

Triceps