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Dumbbell lying extension (across face)
Upper arms · Dumbbell
Target muscles
Triceps
Also works
Shoulders
How to do it
- 1Lie flat on a bench with your feet flat on the ground and your head at the end of the bench.
- 2Hold a dumbbell with both hands and extend your arms straight up above your chest, palms facing each other.
- 3Keeping your upper arms stationary, slowly lower the dumbbell in an arc behind your head until your forearms are parallel to the ground.
- 4Pause for a moment, then contract your triceps to bring the dumbbell back to the starting position.
- 5Repeat for the desired number of repetitions.
Exercise text from exercises-dataset by Hasan Emir Yıldırım, MIT License. Credits