Stretch - Triceps
Recommendations: 1-3 Sets
Beginner Triceps Lats Stretching Body Only Gym Home
Purpose: This exercise focuses on stretching the three heads of the triceps and makes an excellent warm-up before any resistance or weight training involving the triceps.
Benefits: This exercise helps to relax the triceps.
Stand upright with your feet about shoulder-width apart and your feet flat on the floor. Let your shoulders relax and your arms hang loosely at your sides. This is the starting position. Raise your right arm and reach behind your head. Using your left hand, gently pull your right elbow towards the back until you feel a stretch in your right triceps. Pause briefly and release. Breathe normally. Return to the starting position. Breathe normally. Raise your left arm and reach behind your head. Using your right hand, gently pull your left elbow towards the back until you feel a stretch in your left triceps. Pause briefly and release. Breathe normally. Return to the starting position. Breathe normally.
The triceps muscles are straight muscles with three heads. All three heads straighten the elbow while the long head, crossing the shoulder joint also adducts the shoulder (pulls it down from the side) and extends the shoulder (pulls it down from the front).
Step 1
Stand with your shoulders relaxed and arms hanging loosely at your sides.
Stand upright with your feet about shoulder-width apart and your feet flat on the floor. Let your shoulders relax and your arms hang loosely at your sides. This is the starting position.
Step 2
Reach behind your head with your right hand. Gently pull your right elbow until you feel a stretch. Pause briefly.
Raise your right arm and reach behind your head. Using your left hand, gently pull your right elbow towards the back until you feel a stretch in your right triceps. Pause briefly and release. Breathe normally.
Step 3
Return to the starting position.
Return to the starting position. Breathe normally. Stand upright with your feet about shoulder-width apart and your feet flat on the floor. Let your shoulders relax and your arms hang loosely at your sides.
Step 4
Reach behind your head with your left hand. Gently pull your left elbow until you feel a stretch. Pause briefly.
Raise your left arm and reach behind your head. Using your right hand, gently pull your left elbow towards the back until you feel a stretch in your left triceps. Pause briefly and release. Breathe normally.
Step 5
Return to the starting position.
Return to the starting position. Breathe normally. Stand upright with your feet about shoulder-width apart and your feet flat on the floor. Let your shoulders relax and your arms hang loosely at your sides.