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dumbbell isolation Activity intensity • Moderate
✓ knee safe
✓ lower back safe
Seated Overhead Dumbbell Tricep Extension
Primary Muscles: triceps
DEFAULT REP RANGE
10-15 reps
INTERVAL REST TARGET
75s
DIFFICULTY
beginner
Biomechanical Coaching Cues
- Hold the top plate of a single dumbbell overhead with both hands and ribs braced down.
- Lower the weight behind your head into a deep stretch of the long head.
- Press straight up by extending your elbows.
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