Reverse Grip Triceps Pushdown

TricepsCableBeginnerIsolation
Reverse Grip Triceps Pushdown — start position
Start
Reverse Grip Triceps Pushdown — finish position
Finish
Muscles worked
PrimaryTriceps

How to do it

  1. 01

    Start by setting a bar attachment (straight or e-z) on a high pulley machine.

  2. 02

    Facing the bar attachment, grab it with the palms facing up (supinated grip) at shoulder width. Lower the bar by using your lats until your arms are fully extended by your sides. Tip: Elbows should be in by your sides and your feet should be shoulder width apart from each other. This is the starting position.

  3. 03

    Slowly elevate the bar attachment up as you inhale so it is aligned with your chest. Only the forearms should move and the elbows/upper arms should be stationary by your side at all times.

  4. 04

    Then begin to lower the cable bar back down to the original staring position while exhaling and contracting the triceps hard.

  5. 05

    Repeat for the recommended amount of repetitions.

In the app

Reverse Grip Triceps Pushdown appears when you own a cable stack and the day's window has room for it. Loads come from Rule 3 (Loads rise when earned, read from RPE, graded strong) and climb on the reps you actually did.

If a machine is taken the engine swaps a same-pattern movement and says why.

If you don't have a cable stack

Same movement pattern, same primary muscles — swap by what you have.

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