Steps
- For this exercise anchor a band to the ground. We used an incline bench and anchored the band to the base, standing over the bench. Alternatively, this could be performed standing on the band.
- To begin, pull the band behind your head, holding it with a pronated grip and your elbows up. This will be your starting position.
- To perform the movement, extend through the elbow to to straighten your arms, ensuring that you keep your upper arm in place.
- Pause, and then return to the starting position.
Tracking it in OneRep
Add the speed band overhead triceps to a routine and your previous weight and reps sit beside every set, so the decision to add load is made by what is already on the screen rather than by memory. Exercise history and volume trends are one tap away, and logging works offline for the gyms where signal does not reach.
Because OneRep tracks food on the same timeline, a stall on this lift can be read against what you were actually eating that month — which is the difference between a programming problem and an eating one. More on that in tracking progressive overload without a spreadsheet.
Where the instructions come from
The steps above come from free-exercise-db, a public-domain exercise dataset. They are general guidance, not coaching for your body: if a movement hurts, stop and get someone qualified to look at it.