Cable Triceps Extension
Exercise Profile
Main muscle group: Triceps
Secondary muscle: None
Exercise type: Strength
Equipment Required: Cable
Mechanics: Isolation
Force type: Push
Exercise Instructions
1. Set up for the cable triceps extension by attaching a straight bar or an angled bar to a high pulley and selecting the weight you want to use on the stack.
2. Keep you back straight and lean forward very slightly, grabbing the bar with an overhand grip at shoulder width apart.
3. Keep your upper arms straight and tucked in close to your body. Your forearms should be around parallel to the floor lifting the weight slightly off the stack. This is the starting position.
4. Push the bar download moving only at your elbows. Continue pushing until your arms are fully extended. The bar may touch the front of your thighs.
5. Keeping your back straight and your elbow tucked in at your sides, slowly curl up the dumbbell in your weakest arm up as far possible.
6. Pause for a moment and then slowly return the bar to the starting position.
7. Repeat the step.
Exercise Tips:
1. Focus on moving the weight with your triceps, keeping control of the weight as you slowly lower the weight stack back to the starting position.
2. Keep your body as still as possible, moving only your forearms
.3. Keep your head up and eyes forward throughout the exercise.