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Tricep Side Stretch

How to do the Tricep Side Stretch with correct form, the muscles it works, and where it fits a training plan you actually stick to.

BeginnerStatic
Primary muscles

Triceps

Secondary

Shoulders

Equipment

Bodyweight

Step by step

How to do the Tricep Side Stretch

  1. 1

    Bring right arm across your body and over your left shoulder, holding your elbow with your left hand, until you feel a stretch in your tricep. Then repeat for your other arm.

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Log it, see it on your body.

Every Tricep Side Stretch set you log feeds Ascend's anatomy heatmap — so your triceps volume is visible at a glance — and counts toward your bodyweight-strength tier.

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