Overhead cable triceps extension
- Intermediate
- Cable
Elbows by your head, full lockout
Muscles worked
- Primary:
- Triceps
How to do it
- Back to the pulley with a rope, arms bent behind your head.
- Extend forward/up until your arms straighten.
- Return under control, feeling the triceps stretch.
Common mistakes
- Moving your elbows too much.
- Arching your back.
Tips
- The overhead position stretches the long head of the triceps.
- Step forward to keep the cable under tension.