Lying Triceps Extension
(EZ-Curl Bar)
Muscle: Triceps
(Figures 1 & 2)

- Lie on your back on a bench and grasp an EZ-Curl bar with your palms facing up.
- Straighten your arms to lift the bar directly over your shoulders. Keep your elbows slightly bent.
- Slowly bend your arms to lower the curl bar to a level a few inches from your forehead.
- Keep your elbows pointing up.
- Slowly straighten your arms to raise the bar to the starting position.

Figure 1

Figure 2

Seated Triceps Extension
Muscle: Triceps
(Figures 3 & 4)

- Sit on a bench and hold a dumbbell in one hand with palm facing up.
- Raise the dumbbell above your head by extending your arms upward with elbows slightly bent, use the fingers of the other hand to assist the weight bearing wrist.
- Slowly bend your arms to lower the dumbbell behind your head. Keep your elbows close to your head.
- Slowly straighten your arms to raise the dumbbell above your head to the starting position.

Figure 3

Figure 4

Pushdown
Muscle: Triceps
(Figures 5 & 6)

- Standing directly in front of the weight stack with your feet flat on the floor and knees slightly bent.
- Grasp an A-bar at the upper portion of a cable machine with your palms facing down.
- Slowly straighten your arms to lower the bar to the front of your thighs.
- Tighten your abdominal muscles to help protect your back.
- Slowly bend your arms to raise the bar to the starting position.

Figure 5

Figure 6

Bench Dip
Muscle: Triceps, Lower Chest
(Figures 7 & 8)

- Place your hands beside your hips on the edge of the bench.
- Sit on the edge of a bench with your legs straight, supporting your weight on your arms.
- Straighten your arms and lift your buttocks off the bench and move your body forward slightly.
- Slowly bend your arms and lower your body until your upper arms are parallel to the floor.
- Slowly straighten your arms and push yourself back up to the starting position.

Figure 7

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