Cable pushdown

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Cable pushdown

Upper arms · Cable

Target muscles

Triceps

Also works

Forearms

How to do it

  1. 1Attach a straight bar to a high pulley cable machine.
  2. 2Stand facing the machine with your feet shoulder-width apart and a slight bend in your knees.
  3. 3Grasp the bar with an overhand grip, hands shoulder-width apart.
  4. 4Keep your elbows close to your sides and your upper arms stationary.
  5. 5Exhale and push the bar down until your elbows are fully extended.
  6. 6Pause for a moment, then inhale and slowly return the bar to the starting position.
  7. 7Repeat for the desired number of repetitions.

Exercise text from exercises-dataset by Hasan Emir Yıldırım, MIT License. Credits