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Cable pushdown (straight arm) v. 2
Back · Cable
Target muscles
Lats
Also works
TricepsShoulders
How to do it
- 1Attach a straight bar to a high pulley cable machine.
- 2Stand facing the machine with your feet shoulder-width apart and a slight bend in your knees.
- 3Grasp the bar with an overhand grip, keeping your arms straight and your palms facing down.
- 4Engage your core and keep your back straight as you exhale and push the bar down towards your thighs.
- 5Pause for a moment at the bottom, then slowly return the bar to the starting position while inhaling.
- 6Repeat for the desired number of repetitions.
Exercise text from exercises-dataset by Hasan Emir Yıldırım, MIT License. Credits