How to do the Cable Triceps Pressdown
Step by step
- Attach a bar or rope to a high pulley and grip it with hands about shoulder-width.
- Stand tall with a slight forward lean and your elbows pinned to your sides.
- Keeping your upper arms still, push the handle down until your arms are straight.
- Squeeze your triceps at the bottom of the range.
- Let the handle rise slowly back to about chest height, elbows staying tucked.
The thing people get wrong
Keep your elbows locked at your sides - only your forearms should move. Letting the elbows drift forward turns it into a shoulder movement.
Coaching cue
Keep your wrists straight and press down through the base of your palms.
Muscles worked
- Primary: Triceps
What to do instead
Same job, different movement — useful if you don't have the equipment or it doesn't feel right today.
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