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Strength exercises Β· Upper body

Tricep pushdown

Difficulty Isolation movements

How to perform it

Standing triceps isolation on the cable machine: push the handle down by extending the elbows, elbows tucked to your sides. Unlike the skull crusher you work standing with a cable, not lying down with a bar.

Equipment

  • Cable machineMachine

Muscles worked

Muscles and artwork credits
  • Triceps – lateral and medial heads
  • Triceps – long head

Artwork: Ryan Graves, CC BY 4.0, modified

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