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When you do triceps exercises with your arm stretched overhead instead of at your side, your triceps muscle grows more—even if you’re lifting lighter weights.

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Triceps brachii hypertrophy is substantially greater after elbow extension training performed in the overhead versus neutral arm position

Randomized Controlled Trial
Human
2023 Jul

When people did triceps exercises with their arms overhead instead of at their sides, their triceps grew more — even though they lifted lighter weights. So yes, overhead training is better for building this part of the triceps.

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Triceps brachii hypertrophy is substantially greater after elbow extension training performed in the overhead versus neutral arm position

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DOI: 10.1080/17461391.2022.2100279

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Overall, your whole triceps muscle grows more when you do the exercise with your arm overhead—even if you’re not lifting as heavy.

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Even the smaller parts of your triceps grow more when you do the exercise with your arm overhead instead of at your side.

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