Triceps Pushdown

What it is

This isolation movement uses a cable machine to directly target your triceps. You push a bar down, extending your elbows to strengthen the back of your upper arms.

Technique tips

• Keep your upper arms stationary at your sides throughout the movement.
• Focus on contracting your triceps to push the bar completely down.
• Control the weight on the way up, allowing a full stretch in your triceps.
• Exhale as you extend your arms and inhale as you return to the start.
• Maintain a slight forward lean with a stable core, avoiding torso swing.

How to track your progress

Log the weight and reps of each set. Straddly turns every set into an estimated one-rep max, so a heavier single and a strong set of eight both count as progress, and it flags a personal record the moment you beat your best.