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Isolation · Intermediate

Horizontal Tricep Extension With Rope

Isolation isolation exercise using cable.
Movement pattern
Isolation
Difficulty
Intermediate
Equipment
Cable
Mechanics
Isolation
Sides
Bilateral
Main plane
Sagittal

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How to do the Horizontal Tricep Extension With Rope

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Setup

Stand facing a cable set at roughly chest/shoulder height, gripping the rope with both hands, elbows at carrying-angle width (not pinned unnaturally narrow).

  1. Extend your elbows to push the rope forward and out, splitting your hands apart at the end for extra contraction -- this variation emphasizes the lateral head of the triceps.

  2. Keep your elbows at that natural carrying-angle width throughout -- this is what makes rope work effective for triceps extensions.

  3. Return under control to the starting position.

Common mistakes

  • Pinning the elbows unnaturally close together instead of letting them sit at a natural carrying-angle width.

  • Using your shoulders to help push the rope instead of isolating the extension at the elbow.

Muscles worked

Primary

Secondary

None listed in the graph
How the knowledge graph models this movement

Each joint action, with the role and emphasis the graph assigns each muscle. These are qualitative anatomical labels, not measured muscle activation.

  • Elbow extensionprimary action

    Triceps brachii (prime mover, high emphasis); Triceps brachii (prime mover, moderate emphasis); Triceps brachii (prime mover, moderate emphasis)

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