EXERCISE PROFILE
- MAIN MUSCLES: Triceps
- SECONDARY MUSCLES:
- EXERCISE CATEGORY: Strength
- EXERCISE TYPE: Isolating-(Single-Joint)
- EQUIPMENT REQUIRED: Dumbbell
- EXPERIENCE LEVEL: Beginner, Mid-level
EXERCISE INSTRUCTION
- Take a dumbbell in one hand.
- Place your hand with the dumbbell behind your head so that it is perpendicular to the floor and turn your palm so that your little finger is facing up (toward the ceiling).
- Place your other hand on the body. This is your starting position.
- Inhale and as you exhale, extend your arm with a dumbbell to the side of you.
- At the highest point, lock in your weight and strain your triceps.
- Return to the starting position, stretching the triceps muscles as much as possible at the lowest point of the trajectory and lingering there for 1-2 seconds.
- Perform the specified number of times.
- Change your hand and repeat the same for the right hand.