Dumbbell lying extension (across face)

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Dumbbell lying extension (across face)

Upper arms · Dumbbell

Target muscles

Triceps

Also works

Shoulders

How to do it

  1. 1Lie flat on a bench with your feet flat on the ground and your head at the end of the bench.
  2. 2Hold a dumbbell with both hands and extend your arms straight up above your chest, palms facing each other.
  3. 3Keeping your upper arms stationary, slowly lower the dumbbell in an arc behind your head until your forearms are parallel to the ground.
  4. 4Pause for a moment, then contract your triceps to bring the dumbbell back to the starting position.
  5. 5Repeat for the desired number of repetitions.

Exercise text from exercises-dataset by Hasan Emir Yıldırım, MIT License. Credits