Tricep Side Stretch

Muscles worked

The muscle under tension is the triceps brachii, which straightens the elbow, and through its long head helps pull the arm back at the shoulder.

A stretch loads it at the far end of the range it normally works in, so the position you hold is itself the resistance.

Nothing travels, but holding the position is not the target muscle’s job alone: the deltoids stabilise the shoulder and add force at the top of the range.

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How this movement works

Nothing travels once you are in position. The muscle holds a length under tension instead of working through a range, so effort is measured in seconds rather than repetitions — and the honest progression is more time in a good position, not a deeper one forced early.

It is filed under stretching, so the target is range of motion rather than force — a position you can settle into and breathe in, held long enough for the tissue to give.

What you need

These train the triceps too, using equipment this one does not:

• Triceps Extensions using Machinemachine
• Triceps Kickback with Dumbbelldumbbell
• Triceps Overhead Extension with Ropecable
• Band Skull Crusherband
• Bench Dipsbody only

Difficulty

Listed at beginner level: the pattern is simple enough to pick up without coaching, and a position that goes wrong mid-set is obvious enough to correct on the next repetition.

Of the 99 triceps exercises in this database, 44 are listed at beginner level.