Exercise details
- Target muscle: Triceps Brachii
- Synergists: None
- Mechanics: Isolation
- Force: Push
Starting position
- Holding a dumbbell in each hand, lie on your back (supine) on a decline bench.
- Hook your feet under the foot pads.
- Raise the dumbbells vertically and hold them using a neutral grip (palms facing each other).
Execution
- Keeping your upper arms fixed, inhale as you flex your elbows and lower the dumbbells to the sides of your head in a semicircular motion.
- Exhale as you extend your elbows and push the dumbbells back up to the starting position.
- Repeat for the prescribed number of repetitions.
Comments and tips
- Keep your upper arms fixed. Only your forearms should move.
- At the top of the movement, do not lock out your elbows.
Decline dumbbell triceps extension video
Prefer this with an ez curl bar.
Tricep destroyer!
This makes biggest arms?? Which ones best big arms?
Cheers, good info as usual!
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Nicely put, Many thanks.
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Thanks a lot, Helpful stuff!