Seated Overhead Triceps Extension

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This movement mainly trains triceps, and also recruits Rear delts.

What the movement loads

With the arm overhead, the long head of the triceps is stretched — it is the only one of the three that crosses the shoulder, and this is the only position that loads it truly lengthened.

How to load it

Ten to fifteen reps, moderate load. Full range matters more than weight here: the stretch is what justifies the movement.

The recurring mistake

Letting the elbows flare out on the way up. Load spreads onto the shoulder, and the long head loses exactly the stretch this position was chosen for.

Variants in the catalogue

The variants REPWIND's catalogue carries, under the name the app shows:

• Band Overhead Triceps Extension
• Cable Lying Triceps Extension
• Cable Rope High Pulley Overhead Triceps Extension
• Cable Standing One Arm Triceps Extension
• Dumbbell Incline Triceps Extension
• Dumbbell Lying Alternate Extension
• Dumbbell Lying Triceps Extension
• Dumbbell One Arm Triceps Extension