Seated Machine Triceps Extension

Start

Finish

How to do it

Set the seat so your elbows line up with the machine's pivot and rest on the pad, then extend the arms to full lockout and return slowly to a deep bend.

Muscles worked

Primary: triceps · Also works: forearms

Equipment

Machines, Full gym

Common mistakes

• Seat height wrong, so the elbows sit ahead of or behind the pivot
• Lifting the elbows off the pad to push more weight
• Letting the stack drop back instead of controlling the return

Variations

• Single-arm machine extension
• Machine dip press

Can't do this one? Swap it for

• Rope Triceps Pushdown
• Close-Grip Bench Press
• Resistance Band Triceps Pushdown

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• Bench Triceps Diptriceps
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• Close-Grip Push-Uptriceps
• Incline Close-Grip Push-Uptriceps
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