Decline Dumbbell Triceps Extension

TricepsDumbbellBeginnerIsolation
Decline Dumbbell Triceps Extension — start position
Start
Decline Dumbbell Triceps Extension — finish position
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Muscles worked
PrimaryTriceps

How to do it

  1. 01

    Secure your legs at the end of the decline bench and lie down with a dumbbell on each hand on top of your thighs. The palms of your hand will be facing each other.

  2. 02

    Once you are laying down, move the dumbbells in front of you at shoulder width. The palms of the hands should be facing each other and the arms should be perpendicular to the floor and fully extended. This will be your starting position.

  3. 03

    As you breathe in and you keep the upper arms stationary (and elbows in), bring the dumbbells down slowly by moving your forearms in a semicircular motion towards you until your thumbs are next to your ears. Breathe in as you perform this portion of the movement.

  4. 04

    Lift the dumbbells back to the starting position by contracting the triceps and exhaling.

  5. 05

    Repeat for the recommended amount of repetitions.

In the app

Decline Dumbbell Triceps Extension appears when you own dumbbells and the day's window has room for it. Loads come from Rule 3 (Loads rise when earned, read from RPE, graded strong) and climb on the reps you actually did.

If a machine is taken the engine swaps a same-pattern movement and says why.

If you don't have dumbbells

Same movement pattern, same primary muscles — swap by what you have.

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