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Overhead EZ-Bar Extension

Also called French press

BarbellIsolationTakes some practice
Front
Back
Primary

Works

Triceps

You need

EZ bar, Bench

How to do itPicture · 3 steps
  1. 1Seated with your back supported, bar overhead
  2. 2Lower the bar behind your head, elbows pointing up
  3. 3Extend fully without flaring the elbows

Most common mistake

Flaring the elbows wide, which strains them.

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Why research scores it 851 study
Target tension · 35%5/5
Loaded stretch · 25%5/5
Progression · 20%4/5
Low cost · 20%3/5

An overhead position trains the long head in its stretch, which grew the triceps more in a direct comparison.

  • Maeo et al., 2023: Overhead cable extensions grew the triceps about 1.4× more than the same exercise with the arm at the side, over 12 weeks. (21 untrained adults; one study.)
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