Exercises / Upper arms / Cable Pushdown
Cable Pushdown
Cable Pushdown: step-by-step technique, the muscles it works and a demo clip. Equipment: cable.
- Equipmentcable
- Body partupper arms
- Primary muscles
- triceps, forearms
- Secondary muscles
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How to do it
- Attach a straight bar to a high pulley cable machine.
- Stand facing the machine with your feet shoulder-width apart and a slight bend in your knees.
- Grasp the bar with an overhand grip, hands shoulder-width apart.
- Keep your elbows close to your sides and your upper arms stationary.
- Exhale and push the bar down until your elbows are fully extended.
- Pause for a moment, then inhale and slowly return the bar to the starting position.
- Repeat for the desired number of repetitions.