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Triceps pushdown
Face a high cable with a bar or rope, elbows tucked at your sides. Straighten your arms to push the handle down, squeeze your triceps, and return slowly without flaring your elbows.
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How to do it
Face a high cable with a bar or rope, elbows tucked at your sides. Straighten your arms to push the handle down, squeeze your triceps, and return slowly without flaring your elbows.
Muscles worked
- tricepsprimary
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