Banded overhead triceps extension

Sets, reps and RIR

Bands give the least resistance where you are strongest, so chase reps and control, not load.

RIR means reps in reserve: how many you could still have done when you racked it. RIR 2 is two short of failure.

Muscles worked

Primary: Triceps.

What it is called elsewhere

• Norsk Triceps over hodet med strikk
• Svenska Triceps över huvudet med gummiband
• Dansk Triceps over hovedet med elastik
• Deutsch Trizepsdrücken über Kopf mit Band
• Español Extensión de tríceps sobre la cabeza con banda
• Italiano Estensioni sopra la testa con elastico
• Português Tríceps francês com elástico
• Русский Разгибание рук из-за головы с резинкой
• Français Extension nuque (élastique)

Related arms exercises

• Barbell curl
• EZ-bar curl
• Preacher curl (barbell)
• Skull crushers
• Standing French press
• Reverse curl

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