How to do the Ring/TRX Triceps Extension
Step by step
- Hang gymnastic rings or a suspension trainer from your pull-up bar at about waist height.
- Hold the handles and lean forward with your arms extended in front of you.
- Set your feet so your body is a straight, rigid line from head to heels.
- Bend only at the elbows to lower your head down and forward between your hands.
- Keep your upper arms fixed as your body dips toward the handles.
- Press through your triceps to straighten your arms and push your body back up.
The thing people get wrong
Keep the body a straight plank and move only at the elbows. Walk your feet back to make it harder, forward to make it easier.
Coaching cue
Keep your hips locked in line with your shoulders and do not let them sag as you press up.
Stay safe
Check the rings or straps are locked on the bar before you put your bodyweight on them.
Muscles worked
- Primary: Triceps
- Secondary: Core
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