Triceps · Body weight · Beginner
How to do Triceps Press
The triceps press is a bodyweight exercise targeting the triceps, with secondary emphasis on the shoulders. It involves pressing your body away from the ground using your triceps strength, typically performed in a standing position with arms extended forward.
- Primary muscle
- Triceps
- Also works
- Shoulders
- Equipment
- Body weight
- Level
- Beginner
- Category
- Triceps
How to do Triceps Press, step by step
- Stand with your feet shoulder-width apart and your knees slightly bent.
- Extend your arms straight out in front of you, parallel to the ground.
- Bend your elbows and lower your body towards the ground, keeping your upper arms close to your sides.
- Pause for a moment at the bottom, then push yourself back up to the starting position.
- Repeat for the desired number of repetitions.
Track Triceps Press in SPLYT
Triceps Press is already in SPLYT’s exercise library. Log your sets, reps and weight on iPhone or Apple Watch, with last time’s weights already filled in.
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