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How to Stretch Your Triceps (AND HOW NOT TO)

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Rating: 4.0; Vote: 1

ll show you the right way to stretch your triceps to ensure that you really get a good stretch. In order to stretch the medial and lateral heads of the triceps you simply have to maximally bend your elbow. Since these two heads cross only the elbow joint and nothing else, you only have to make sure that your elbows are bent to start feeling the stretch in these two heads. That said, these heads rarely get tight since they are only crossing one joint. What you mainly feel in a properly executed triceps stretch is the long head which has an attachment on the scapula. Many people will try and stretch their triceps with an overhead tricep stretch position. The first mistake that many make here is confusing the sensation of skin pull with an actual triceps stretch. Try it for yourself. Grab the skin on the back of your arm and pull as I show you in the video and you will feel a -stretch- regardless of whether the elbow is fully flexed or not. This is not a true stretch. This is just a normal discomfort of the pulling that gets confused for it. The next problem with raising the arm and performing the stretch as I show it is that many people do not have the shoulder mobility to do this without pain. In order to get your shoulder overhead into this position you need adequate amounts of both shoulder external rotation and thoracic extension. Far too many people lack these two critical motions and the attempt to stretch their triceps with the common overhead stretch leads to discomfort or pain in the shoulder. To correct the stretch you really have to ensure that you are concentrating on separating the elbow from the point of attachment on the scapula. You need to make sure that the scapula does not rotate upward for this to happen (or at least is limited. You can do this by holding onto your scapula with your free hand and trying to gradually elevate your elbow by leaning into wall or a machine at the gym. Stretching your triceps and muscles is an important part of a complete approach to training. The ATHLEAN-X Training System is a complete workout and nutrition program that shows you step by step how to train like an athlete and get much more out of your workouts in the process. You can get this step by step program used by today-s top pros by heading to and starting today
Date: 2022-04-22

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Comments and reviews: 10

Jasmine
Had a pinch in my tricep during overhead tricep extensions in 2016 and I couldn-t bare any weight on it. Never knew why or got any answers. 2018 I realized that I had zero shoulder mobility compared to normal ppl - didn-t know why still. 2021 I work for 12 hr shifts throughout a whole month and my neck and traps get tighter and tighter. Massage of the traps and neck make the pain worse. 2022 I find out that it-s actually my traps that were as hard as a rock and needed some major stretching. After massaging and stretching all of that dormant pain just woke up all at once - after all those frikin yearsss I finally found this video and feel much lighter -
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Andrej
Thanks Man
I-ve worked out many years. But unfortunately every time after some weeks, I get injured, and had to pause my workout.
I-ve done the trizeps stretching wrong all these years.
Now I-m 55 years old and recovering from a cracked shoulder-tendon.
But I-ve started to work out again this week. With baby weights, and exercises which doesn-t strain my right shoulder too much.
Thanks a bunch, for Your tip.
I-m going to watch more of Your precious videos
Greetings from Winterthur (Switzerland)
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Lewis
For about a year now, I've been having shoulder issues. Because of this man and his stretching videos (especially this one and the pec minor/major one, I feel no shoulder pain throughout my day and when I do my workouts. I haven't been able to do shoulder press for a very long time because of the pain and now, I am getting back into it. I nearly cried when I felt no pain whatsoever. Thank you so much for not only saving us money on PT visits and appointments but helping us save our bodies.
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sport
I am so thankful for your short and effective videos that educate us on making our bodies healthier and stronger. I am over 50, not in the best shape, but thanks to you, I am getting stronger each day. There is no -fluff- in your videos! Specific, educational, to the point, effective and I can implement your strategies right away! I have had some issues with stretching the long triceps. So thankful for how you educate your viewers.
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The
Big fan brother. In rehab for my second tricep surgery unfortunately. Any tips for post OP tricep rehab. First time was a full rupture. This time It was partial. After the first op I did get back to the same size but never retrieved my original strength. On my second week of resistance training. Super weak and very sensitive when its humid.
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Owen
Just a suggestion, it would be awesome to see you show us the stretch in the first 30 seconds of the video, and then explain the reason why it-s good or bad for the next 6 minutes. I appreciate the reasoning and explanation, but often I only have a couple of minutes to hurry and stretch.
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Baabuushka
I would have loved to see all the different ankles as u do the exercises. Looks great but don-t feel like I-ve got it fully. It-s a shame that the camera couldn-t film more details of how u do the last exercise. Awesome videos tho and great explanation. Love it.
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Hamza
-Summary: -
The stretch shown at 0: 25 actually does nothing to stretch the triceps because its actually the skin stretching.
To get a good stretch, 2: 40 but if that hurts the shoulders, you probably dont have good shoulder mobility. To fix, 4: 20 & 4: 55
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Doug
I have tendonitis at the elbow / tri and want to just stretch that. based on this video it seems all I have to do is to bend my arm all the way. I don't have to worry about the classic hand behind the back to hit the shoulder / tri. Does that sound right?
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ryan
JEFF I need an answer! I do this stretch everyday and feel a constant burning feeling in my underarm area! Not sure what this is from but it hurts like hell! I get the stretch in my tricep, but this is worrisome!
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