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Machine Triceps Extension

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Machine Triceps Extension — start position
Start
Machine Triceps Extension — finish position
Finish
Muscles worked
PrimaryTriceps

How to do it

  1. 01

    Adjust the seat to the appropriate height and make your weight selection. Place your upper arms against the pads and grasp the handles. This will be your starting position.

  2. 02

    Perform the movement by extending the elbow, pulling your lower arm away from your upper arm.

  3. 03

    Pause at the completion of the movement, and then slowly return the weight to the starting position.

  4. 04

    Avoid returning the weight all the way to the stops until the set is complete to keep tension on the muscles being worked.

In the app

Machine Triceps Extension appears when you own the machine 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 the machine

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

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