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Cable Incline Triceps Extension
How to do the cable incline triceps extension, the muscles it works, and the mistakes to avoid. Pulled straight from the Kovo app's exercise library.
- Equipment
- Cable
- Difficulty
- Intermediate
- Logged as
- Weighted reps
- Movement
- Extension
- Mechanic
- Isolation
How to do it
Set an incline bench in front of a low pulley and lie back holding a rope or bar with your arms extended up and back over your head. Keeping your elbows fixed and pointed up, bend at the elbows to lower the attachment behind your head, then extend back to straight arms.
- 1Feel your triceps stretch and contract through the long range
- 2Keep your elbows fixed and pointing toward the ceiling
- 3Fully straighten your arms and squeeze at the top
Common mistakes
- Don't let your elbows flare out or drift forward
- Avoid using your shoulders to swing the weight
- Don't bounce out of the stretch at the bottom
Muscles worked
The cable incline triceps extension mainly works the triceps.
- TricepsPrimary
- ForearmsMinor
- LatsMinor
- Upper AbsMinor
Kovo programs the cable incline triceps extension for you and tracks it every session.
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More triceps exercises
- How to do the bent-over tricep extension
- How to do the crossbody tricep extension
- How to do the cable katana tricep extension
- How to do the cable single arm tricep extension
- How to do the kickback
- How to do the lying tricep extension
Last reviewed June 2026.