Dumbbell lying extension (across face)
Triceps Dumbbells
How to do it
- 1Lie on your back on a bench with your feet flat on the floor and your head at the end of the bench.
- 2Hold a dumbbell with both hands and extend your arms straight up over your chest, palms facing each other.
- 3Keeping the upper arms still, lower the dumbbell in an arc behind your head until the forearms are parallel to the floor.
- 4Pause briefly, then contract the triceps to bring the dumbbell back to the starting position.
- 5Repeat for the desired number of reps.
More triceps exercises
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- Ez barbell decline close grip face pressEZ bar
- Barbell pin pressesBarbell
- Barbell lying close-grip triceps extensionBarbell
- Barbell one arm floor pressBarbell
See it moving
In the app every exercise comes with its animation and the muscle marked on the body, with the set timer and the rests counted.
See NiudThis page is for information and doesn’t replace a professional. If you have an injury or a medical condition, ask first. Data from the open catalogue hasaneyldrm/exercises-dataset, MIT licence.

