Triceps Pushdown

Trains the Lateral Head and Medial Head.

Equipment
Cable
Mechanic
Isolation
Force
Push
Level
Beginner

How to do it

  1. Attach a straight bar to a high cable pulley and stand facing it, about a foot back.
  2. Take an overhand grip on the bar with your hands roughly shoulder-width apart.
  3. Pull the bar down until your upper arms are against your sides and your elbows are bent to about ninety degrees. This is the start position.
  4. Keeping your upper arms pinned to your ribs, straighten your elbows and push the bar down until your arms are fully extended.
  5. Squeeze briefly at the bottom, then let the bar rise back under control until your forearms are just past parallel to the floor.

Common mistakes

Muscles worked

Primary